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Hallowed Ground: Outside OPEN FLOOR Dance, Movement, & Meditation!
Hallowed Ground: Outside OPEN FLOOR Dance, Movement, & Meditation @ Points of Stillness, Hudson, WI!
Summertime 2025- 3rd Tuesdays:
6/17, 7/15, 8/19 from 6-7pm!
Bibliotherapy: Magnificent Sex by Kleinplatz & Ménard
Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D. and A. Dana Ménard, Ph.D. in their book, Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lovers share research and insights gathered from conducting interviews with extraordinary lovers. They realized there was much research on sexual dissatisfaction and dysfunction, but little evidence on magnificent sex. Here is what they learned from their Optimal Sexual Experiences Research:
Magnificent sex, “it can be life altering.”
Brainspotting for Better Sleep!
Sleep disturbances are common complaints, we hear about from clients. Not being able to fall asleep, not being able to stay asleep, nightmares, waking up feeling unrested, and the list goes on…
Coriander Living Collective loves supporting people in changing their lives. Get in touch if you are ready for restful sleep! Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN psychoeducates on sleep hygiene and uses Brainspotting to treat sleep issues.
How Do We Heal?
We all know that if we get a cut, there is a natural healing process that will follow. But what if the injury we have suffered is not physical? What if it is emotional, psychological, or spiritual?
Bibliotherapy: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD
I would highly recommend this book whether you’re an A+ sleeper, a parent, or struggle with sleep. Coriander Living Collective is here to support you in creating a life well lived, and sleeping well is a pillar of that! Reach out for a free consultation!
LEARN to Use Self-Brainspotting to Self-Regulate WORKSHOP!
BRAINSPOTTING is typically done with a brainspotting therapist, but SELF-SPOTTING is a simple and effective mindfulness-based practice that leads to self-regulation that can be done alone. After 10-15 minutes of self-spotting many people experience noticeable shifts.
Yoga for Wellness!
I was introduced to the practice of yoga in the Summer of 2000 by a new friend I met in a train station in Italy. She took me to my first sweaty, hot Bikram’s yoga class once we returned to Madison, WI where we were both undergrads.
10 Ways to Remain Steady in an Unsteady World
About five years ago, we were finding our way through the uncertainty, fear, stress, and grief of the Covid-19 Pandemic and The Black Lives Matter Movement with protests, riots, and social unrest. Fast forward five years from Spring 2020 to today, I am hearing from many clients and connections that they are once again feeling heightened levels of uncertainty, fear, stress, and grief due to the political and social climate in the United States. During unwelcome and trying times, how do you remain steady in the face of adversity and hardship?
Learn About EMDR Therapy & Resourcing Practices!
Curious to understand more about EMDR and learn an EMDR Resource that you can practice at home? Join Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Certified EMDR Therapist for this workshop, EMDR Therapy: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Resourcing on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from 6-7:30pm at the River Falls High School. Pre-registration is required.
Sleep: WELL! Free In-Person Workshop!
Sleep is foundational to wellness yet is problematic for so many. Come to this free workshop at the River Falls Library on Thursday, 3/27/2025 from 6-7:30pm in the basement to learn insights from current sleep science on how to improve your sleep.
Bibliotherapy: The Chemistry of Calm by Henry Emmons, M.D.
“The Chemistry of Calm is intended as a guide to reclaiming your resilience, to moving from a state of stress, anxiety or fear to a place of calm, balance, and equanimity.” Dr. Emmons covers in his book his resiliency approach to health and calm. He’s an integrative psychiatrist that practices out of Minnesota.
As one of its core values, Coriander Living Collective believes in expansion and personal growth. Bibliotherapy is a great way to do that and so we share what we’re reading to support your healing journey. Enjoy!
17+ Things You Can Brainspot!
With Brainspotting, you can literally target anything where there is a felt sense in the body around the target issue or hope, even numbness or dissociation because they are sensations. If you are curious if BRAINSPOTTING might be something for you to try, please reach out for a free consultation. Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Certified Brainspotting Therapist is taking new clients ages 13+ in MN/WI for telehealth.
BIBLIOTHERAPY: Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, and Life Itself by Lee Know, ND
Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, and Life Itself is a comprehensive review of cellular biology and scientific evidence and yet he strives to make the complex content accessible.
Ambivalence. Ugh.
In this Psychology Today article, The Roots of Ambivalence by Valerie Hoover, PhD gives tips on navigating ambivalence.
BIBLIOTHERAPY: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism by Stanley Rosenberg
Stanley Rosenberg is an expert cranial sacral and Rolfing bodyworker with over 30 years of experience. He wrote, Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism as a practical guide to understanding cranial nerve function for psychological and physical well-being, building on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory.
SUICIDE SERIES 4: BRAINSPOTTING, EMDR, & SUICIDALITY
When treating clients with suicidality presence and co-regulation are paramount, normalizing and educating about suicidality are helpful since 20% of the general population has suicidal thoughts in any given year, a referral for medication management might be supportive, creating a crisis response plan to be used as tool, and EMDR or BRAINSPOTTING treatment to work on remapping neutral networks for more adaptive outcomes.
Make Trip Packing a Breeze!
It is winter in the Midwest and it might be time for you to pack those bags and head out on vacation! I am a big believer in the benefits of travel for mental health. Here are a few tips to make travel preparation a breeze! If something is standing in your way of traveling, reach out for our help!
Bibliotherapy: This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol by Annie Grace
Bibliotherapy: This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol by Annie Grace
In her book, This Naked Mind, Annie Graces aims to bring your unconscious programming around alcohol use into light, educate you on the dangers of alcohol, and eliminate your desire to drink.
Coriander Living Collective does not specialize in addiction treatment or recovery, yet substance abuse and use are dynamic and complex, psychotherapy and counseling could benefit your recovery. We would be happy to offer you a free consultation and resource connect. Just reach out!
9+ Ways to Overcome Adversity!
In this Psychology Today article, Estroff Marano discusses how adversity has “the capacity to overwhelm the system, to stress it to the breaking point, to shatter the sense of safety that allows mind and body to flourish, to destabilize the neural circuitry powering everyday life…” She shares that people do not necessarily “bounce back” easily when confronted with adversity or traumatic experiences, we typically need to integrate and accept a changed reality following adversity. “...Getting beyond adversity is a process, a very active one, sometimes a very messy one.”
Ditch the Resolutions! HELLO ANNUAL REVIEW AND Sweet Surrender MINI RETREAT!
Come join us on Sunday, December 29th, 2024 from 1:30-5pm at Inspiring Actions Yoga Studio in River Falls for the SWEET SURRENDER MINI RETREAT! Registration is open and ends 1226/24. Claim your spot today. You need this!