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training a healthy ego for individuation
Show of hands: how many of us think of the ego as a "bad thing"-- something we should be trying to get rid of? 🙋🏼‍♀️ It's not uncommon...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jul 10, 20234 min read
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shame & blame
How do we own what's ours within systems of unequal power distribution? Recently, a friend of mine and her partner found themselves in a...

Laura Beth Wenger
May 22, 20234 min read
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yoga teachers: are we teaching presence or inviting dissociation?
In my last post, we took a look at what we’re actually trying to accomplish when we sit down to meditate. TLDR (too long, didn’t read?):...

Laura Beth Wenger
Mar 21, 20233 min read
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practicing presence: embodiment, dissociation & meditation
Why do we meditate? Or, if we don’t, why do we think we should meditate? For many folks, the goal is to be more mindful. We want to enjoy...

Laura Beth Wenger
Mar 21, 20235 min read
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emotional labor: dissociation for hire
A few weeks ago, over the holidays, I was in line at a Starbucks when the mother of one of the employees came into the store to surprise...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jan 25, 20237 min read
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will movement cure your anxiety?
If you’re someone who works with anxiety, you already know how overwhelming it can be. This is especially true for folks with a history...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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perception is embodied (but what does that mean?)
Of course, we all know that each of us sees things a little differently. For example, if you’re lactose intolerant (or a vegan), dairy...

Laura Beth Wenger
Sep 1, 20224 min read
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awakening intuition through embodied practice
Our intuition is our gut instinct, our deeper knowing, Jung’s “perception via the unconscious,” which guides us when logical information...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jul 18, 20224 min read
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your hackable brain: why knowing yourself is more important than ever
The other day I was listening to a podcast. The “commercial break” was 30 seconds of “the sounds of nature.” As I listened to the sounds...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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mindful anger
What’s your capacity to be embodied, present and engaged with anger? Before we jump into this topic, it might be helpful to reflect for a...

Laura Beth Wenger
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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they handed me a french horn: (it's never too late to be who you might have been)
“There is an inner wholeness that presses its still unfilled claims upon us.” Emma Jung My one and only childhood encounter with musical...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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don't call it a workout
It’s Not Exercise, It’s Not a Workout, It’s Training (here’s why) When I talk about the kind of work that I do, or how I move my body,...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jun 30, 20213 min read
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6 ways that movement helps support mental health
(There are definitely more, but 6 is a nice number to start with!) Endorphins. Movement releases “feel-good” hormones like seratonin,...

Laura Beth Wenger
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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neuroception, embodiment & how to be with others in a nonreactive way
As I’m writing this, my dogs are barking fiercely: the lawn maintenance company is trimming some hedges around the house, and as the...

Laura Beth Wenger
Dec 31, 20206 min read
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“failure means you’re going somewhere you haven’t been before.”
For some of us, learning that it’s okay to fail is a life skill that pays off big. In a recent Fighting Monkey workshop with the...

Laura Beth Wenger
Aug 19, 20203 min read
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