Tag: trish bell
Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: Introspection Meditation
by Trish Bell
Hey y’all. Sooooo… it looks like we are drawing to the end of the dreaded year 2020 here, and it’s a banner moment, I suppose. 😕 Soooo… are you ready for some self-care meditation!? LOL. If your inner voice just shouted “NO,” I totally understand. Meditation isn’t easy. And you know what? Life isn’t easy right now either. I mean, as 2020 draws to … Read More Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: Introspection Meditation
Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: A “Dialing In” Tutorial
by Trish Bell
We all want to manage stress and take care of ourselves better. Utilizing my video tutorial below, on a very specific technique for experiential visualization, is one way to do this. So… experiential visualization… well, it maaaaay actually be a term that I made up, I’m not 100% sure… but I do know that it came out of my head without prompting when I … Read More Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: A “Dialing In” Tutorial
Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: The Marshmallow Heart Technique Tutorial
by Trish Bell
Stress is not something to be simply ignored. I mean, we can probably all agree on that, right? Oh, we can try to ignore stress, of course, but it can still have huge impacts on our well-being, mental clarity, focus, self-image, and physical health. Because we can FEEL it. We can feel it in our bodies, in our hearts and our minds, and oftentimes … Read More Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: The Marshmallow Heart Technique Tutorial
Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: A Balloon Breathing Visualization Tutorial
by Trish Bell
Okay y’all, here’s what I want to talk about today — the dreaded “s” word: stress. And a few hard truths — truths which REMAIN true regardless of whether or not you’re on board with the whole “breathing and visualization” thing. Truth #1: Stress is real. And sometimes it kinda sucks. And sometimes it sucks a whole f*cking LOT. I mean, sometimes it feels … Read More Find a Way #WithMe to Manage Stress: A Balloon Breathing Visualization Tutorial
O-Oh, Those Sleepless Ni-iiiights: An Insomniac’s Anthem
by Trish Bell
Sleeplessness is a slow, maddening torture. And insomnia is a torture that, I would imagine, many of us are suffering under the weight of these days — especially with all of the stress and anxiousness that the events of 2020 have heaped upon us all. I spent many years of my adult life struggling with a slowly but gradually worsening level of insomnia — … Read More O-Oh, Those Sleepless Ni-iiiights: An Insomniac’s Anthem
Journal Entry #19: A Hildegard von Bingen Writing Party!
by Trish Bell
So one of my good friends recently hosted a writing party with a bunch of writing prompts inspired by the work of Hildegard von Bingen, and it was so very muchly, muchly, like… super fun, and really also just… wayyyy more productive than I could have ever imagined. So I just wanted to repost the products of that writing party here, because it feels … Read More Journal Entry #19: A Hildegard von Bingen Writing Party!
Journal Entry #18: On Feeling My Feelings
by Trish Bell
I don’t think I knew how to feel any real feelings, except maybe brief, barely contained spasms of all-consuming rage (though even that much was rarely expressed), until I was 19 years old. But as far as the rage goes… I remember vivid bursts of white-hot intensity at various times in my youth, mostly stemming from feelings of indignation and feelings of being wronged … Read More Journal Entry #18: On Feeling My Feelings
Journal Entry #17: Relationship Sh*t
by Trish Bell
A lot of things have got me thinking about relationships lately… and my relationship to being in relationships… and my history of attachment issues and glomming onto people who are bad for me. For historical reference: At the oh-so-mature age of 15, I attached myself with a vengeance to the first person to show me any romantic attention ever. I think this is because … Read More Journal Entry #17: Relationship Sh*t
Journal Entry #16: Probably My Most Confident, Concise Intro Yet!
by Trish Bell
Hey y’all! Just wanted to jump in and say hello (yet again)! I’m Trish — she/her pronouns, full-time RVer, 9/11 military vet, divorcee, polyamorous, pansexual, kinky, nerdy, overly blunt at times, 2w3 on the enneagram scale, INFJ on the MBTI scale, horribly inept (and perhaps a bit lazy) cook, and UBER protective dog mama. I travel around a bit, but I’ve been calling AZ … Read More Journal Entry #16: Probably My Most Confident, Concise Intro Yet!
Journal Entry #15: No, I’m NOT F*cking Pregnant, Actually
by Trish Bell
So this week, my online recovery support group has been talking a lot about how to use nutrition and lifestyle changes to support the body’s healing during the early years of recovery. I’ll be honest, this particular topic of conversation is suuuuuper tough for me in a lot of ways, because the whole concept of “nutrition” is all entangled and enmeshed in my head … Read More Journal Entry #15: No, I’m NOT F*cking Pregnant, Actually
