Happy Late Summer + Lunar Eclipse <3

Ola! from the Duoro Valley, in Portugal! I just sat in ceremony with Huachuma (San Pedro), and I’m very much in integration. I will be soon writing more of my thoughts, lessons and processings about it. Plant medicine has been integral in my own healing journey, and I’m so grateful for it. For those who don’t know, I offer integration sessions, as that’s just as important as sitting with any sacred medicine. I may also be offering my integration services retreats in Europe, in the near future. If you are at all interested, please let me know.

My intention for this lunar eclipse 🌑: Soak up every last moment of summer in Europe, continue to integrate my ceremony, work on projects, record some cool stuff, and begin my preparation and training the #CaminoPortugues, and take my first step, when it’s time. It feels like it will be a transformational time, pero estou pronta - I am ready 🙂‍↕️ What are YOUR intentions? I’d love to hear / read them.

P.S. Thank you for the Bday love - I have so much to celebrate/ be grateful for, including having you in my life <3 Thank you for being here.

P.P.S. The Summer Playlist is HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4U88EByw5QyTguGLb06DUl?si=5b5528ceac704bc1&pt=7c3f3b9d8bcd61d2cea8416897c6601c

Food for Thought + Updates:

*** Clients - I have switched to Thrizer from Advekit - Please create an account if you haven’t already. As September will be my last month with Advekit. TY! https://www.thrizer.com/for-clients

1. Healing from Chronic Illness? Don’t forget to look down on the mountain you’ve climbed…

2. If you’re in flare-up right now….

3. Healing means we are becoming the person we wish we had when we were younger…

4. What got you sick, won’t get you healthy…

5. We are just mirrors for one another…

6. So far, you’ve survived 100% of your most challenging days

7. We must pour from a full cup ☕️

8. EMOTIONAL HEALING IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF DISCOMFORT, OR IMPERFECTION…

9. A reminder that @pictalhealth and I have an incredible complimentary available from our past workshop! We dove into so many incredible subjects and got asked such important questions on the mind/body connection.

For anyone wanting to discover all that @pictalhealth has to offer, head to their website and use code ‘begin’ at checkout for 20% off! It truly is such an incredible resource.

Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2h_oh39ywI

10. If we are over-thinking/ hyper intellectualizing something, we are also, not feeling our emotions through it all.

11. “The sky can handle all weather systems - it knows it’s all temporary.”

12. “When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.” - Rumi

13. “Healing Happens when Stories are told in Safe Spaces” -
🩵Christina P. Kantzavelos, Psychotherapist

14. I AM SWEARING BY THESE STEM-CELL ACTIVATING STICKERS AFTER SEEING HOW QUICKLY I HEALED AFTER MY POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THEM…Check out the image at the bottom of this newsletter.

15. I noticed ongoing symptoms related to my kidney, and once again, this lemon cleanse saved me. I have now recommended it to many of my clients and friends and family with any kind of inflammation, all with good results. It’s great for the liver and kidneys. Remember, lemon is acidic until it enters into your body, and becomes alkaline.

16. What I hope to be for all of my clients

17. Dr. Rothbaum pioneered prolonged exposure therapy (PE) and massed prolonged exposure therapy (MPE), therapies that provide a safe environment for individuals to approach their trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations and learn that the trauma-related memories and cues are no longer dangerous. PE is an evidenced-based treatment for PTSD and involves weekly sessions over three months, while MPE is an intensive version that condenses treatment down to 10 daily sessions in a two-week period. 

In this pilot study, Drs. Rothbaum and Maples-Keller are modifying the MPE protocol by adding an MDMA-assisted therapy session on the 2nd day in which two exposure sessions will occur, with the hope of utilizing the window of neuroplasticity in the remaining sessions of the protocol during daily continued exposure therapy sessions.

Read about the trial

18. It's a beautiful time to announce this recently approved study, Tending the Embodied Soul: 

Exploring the Integration of Psyche and Soma with the Support of Psilocybin.

• This study will investigate the lived experience of women with fibromyalgia, and how a treatment with psilocybin might impact symptoms. This qualitative research will focus on lived experience to contribute new insight into the condition of fibromyalgia, symptom management, treatment options and targeted interventions.  The study will explore specifically the experience of women, an under-researched population, diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Currently, treatments for fibromyalgia are costly and focus on symptom management. This study aims to bridge gaps in understanding of both the condition and treatment of fibromyalgia by examining biopsychosocial factors.

Your support with sharing this recruitment flyer with your colleagues, interested patients, subscribers, or clients is highly valued and greatly appreciated.  

Please feel free to reach out with questions about the study or publication of the flyer.  

I can be reached via this email or my student email as listed on the flyer (sierra.warren@my.pacifica.edu).

19. I can now prescribe labs at Fullscript!!! www.fullscript.com (you also receive 25% off of all supplements as my client)

Here are some resources, articles, and podcast episodes I’ve either stumbled upon, or, my lovely clients, and our community have shared with me (as Always, I will have these also list on the resources page)…

1. The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies

2. Get Out of Scarcity Mode & Make More Money with EFT Tapping (She has a lot of good ones)

3. How to reprogram your default reactions

4. Cured- Book https://drjeffreyrediger.com/cured-the-life-changing-science-of-spontaneous-healing-testing/

5. Ear Seeds https://areyouunderpressure.com

6. At-home Lyme Tests https://www.acudarthealth.com/pages/group-order?contact_posted=true#contact_form

7. Discounted Electricity Bills (I can fill this out for my clients): https://www.sdge.com/residential/pay-bill/get-payment-bill-assistance/health-senior-support/qualifiying-based-medical-need

8. Myofunctional Therapy https://myo-moves.com

9. The Little-Known Bully on the Block: Eating Disorders and the Impact of Mast Cell Activation...
10. Mel Robins - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mel-robbins-podcast/id1646101002?i=1000659591743

11. Did you know those with a medical disability can receive a FREE national park pass? America the Beautiful-The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Access Pass

12. Discovery of how blood clots harm brain and body in COVID-19 points to new therapy

13. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents.aspx?campaign=dynamic_ads_international&source=google&medium=ppc&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1emzBhB8EiwAHwZZxSSzrOn37urqn0oLRtLZ0blhUCwoBuUrjNKMPWZNnMHBwUHuwEaBFBoCpSQQAvD_BwE

14. Embrace Autism - Great Resource

15. IVIG Study for Long Haul Covid

PRESS FEATURES…

1. So honored to have had the chance to sit down with the incredible Jessica Fowler of @therapybookspodcast! Such a treat to chat about the books that inspire me in the work I do and so much more! Link here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Ag24WDkYekJfLiYBAsRc8?si=ce7bae89aa544be1

2. TimeLine Hopping and Somatic Authorship with Aimee from Free Your Soma

3. Mind-Body Connection with Pictal Health

UPCOMING ONLINE EVENTS W/ME..

Somatic Authorship with Aimee Takaya, HSE and Christina Kantzavelos, LCSW

-Proclaim a new timeline for your health, happiness and prosperity!-

Our thoughts create our reality AND did you know that your bodily sensations and autonomic nervous system responses can create your thoughts?

In fact, your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and etheric energy are always happening together, simultaneously! It’s a quantum experience rather than a linear sequence, yet we tend to think of “mind” and “body” as separate because it’s often too much for our awareness to gauge all at once.

This is why when you work with your mindset, you can experience physiological changes AND when you work bottom up and make physiological shifts, your way of thinking and feeling also changes!

In this innovative workshop we will shift BOTH your mindset and your somatic, autonomic reality for a shift that will continue on long after the magical container that Aimee and Christina hold for you ends!

Link: https://www.freeyoursoma.com/somaticauthorship

1. TONIGHT - LYME EMPOWERMENT CIRCLE AT 6 PM PST (FREE) - MORE INFO HERE

2.

It's a beautiful time to announce this recently approved study, Tending the Embodied Soul: 

Exploring the Integration of Psyche and Soma with the Support of Psilocybin.

• This study will investigate the lived experience of women with fibromyalgia, and how a treatment with psilocybin might impact symptoms. This qualitative research will focus on lived experience to contribute new insight into the condition of fibromyalgia, symptom management, treatment options and targeted interventions.  The study will explore specifically the experience of women, an under-researched population, diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Currently, treatments for fibromyalgia are costly and focus on symptom management. This study aims to bridge gaps in understanding of both the condition and treatment of fibromyalgia by examining biopsychosocial factors.

Your support with sharing this recruitment flyer with your colleagues, interested patients, subscribers, or clients is highly valued and greatly appreciated.  

Please feel free to reach out with questions about the study or publication of the flyer.  

I can be reached via this email or my student email as listed on the flyer (sierra.warren@my.pacifica.edu).

Participants do not have to reside in the state of Oregon.

MORE ON THE STICKERS….

Did you know a small portion of every therapy or coach visit is donated to The Trevor Project? They provide information & support to LGBTQ 
young people 24/7, all year round (and, my phenomenal VA, Rebecca, who is a LCSW in works, volunteers for their hotline… She’s the best). Anyway, everyday is Pride around these parts :>

"The Begin Within Today journal has been an absolute blessing for my health. For years I've been trying to design my own sleek and easy to fill symptom tracker that didn't feel like a chore to do and most importantly, doesn't feel like I'm micromanaging my health. Let's be real as spoonies we need a break from our illness' even while dealing with them, so less micromanaging is important, for me at least. This journal focuses on gratitude which is probably the biggest reason I love it. Learning to be grateful throughout this journey doesn't always come naturally and it's refreshing to have daily reminders. I definitely recommend this to anyone, not just spoonies as it's a great way to help your overall life. 10/10!"