Coaching – Goldfinch Wellness

digesting vs. consuming

Emily Cooney October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 Blog, Coaching, healing, health, inside job, making space, nourishment Tagged consumerism, consuming, digesting, digestion, expression, gifts, inner gifts, inner wisdom, meaning, process, purpose

What’s the difference between digesting and consuming? This question has been on my mind a good deal recently. If you’re new around here, or in case you missed...

working with the seasons ~ reflections from last fall

Emily Cooney September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Blog, Coaching, habit change, habits, healing, health, making space, medicine of nature, nature, nourishment, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged Ayurveda, cleanse, goal-setting, goals, growth, habit change, health, health coaching, nature's cycles, nature's rhythm, nourishment, rhythm, seasonal cleanse, seasonal eating, seasonal living

using the seasons as my guide has had a powerful impact on my life and health ~ and that of my family as well. the Ayurvedic model of health...

insights from the road… 2023 edition

Emily Cooney August 24, 2023September 7, 2023 Blog, Coaching, habit change, habits, healing, health, progress, travel Tagged goal-setting, goals, growth, habit change, healing journey, health, health coaching, journey, road trip 2 Comments

a few weeks ago i hit the road with my family. we essentially made a beeline from Albuquerque, NM to Western Mass. plenty of time for reflection in those...

time to try something new

Emily Cooney December 2, 2022December 3, 2022 Blog, Coaching, habit change, habits, healing, health, progress Tagged aging, antiaging, circadian rhythm, Einstein, habit change, health, Ikigai, inquiry, longevity, personal growth, rest, self-study, small changes, transformation, willingess

there’s a story i came across last year that had a big impact on me. studying sleep cycles and circadian rhythm, i read of an older couple who was...

foundation of love

Emily Cooney October 21, 2022November 4, 2022 Blog, Coaching, forgiveness, habit change, habits, healing, health, inside job, love, making space, nourishment Tagged Ayurveda, balance, brené brown, change, compassion, epigenetics, growth, habit change, habits, healing, love, massage, practice, rumi, self-love, self-talk, stress, thich nhat hanh

i sit at the head of the massage table. dropping into stillness. emptying out. listening with my hands to the body of the client before me. listening with hands...

all about that inner beauty

Emily Cooney September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Blog, Coaching, education, health, inside job, medicine of nature, nature Tagged Anatomy & Physiology, appreciation, beauty of nature, bronchial tree, daily habits, deep intelligence, empowerment, fractals, health coaching, holistic health, immune system, inner beauty, kidneys, love, lymph nodes, Self care, self-understanding, spleen

When I sliced open this tomato, what I saw inside stopped me in my tracks. I have drawn this before ~ I have taught from this drawing. This tomato looks uncannily similar...

borrow a leaf from someone’s book

Emily Cooney April 20, 2022April 22, 2022 Blog, Coaching, habit change, habits, healing, health, progress Tagged Carol Dweck, change, daily habits, growth mindset, habit change, learning, learning from one another, mindset, school, small changes, willingness

Studio art class. Smith College. 1998. The light pours in from a wall of windows, concentrates in this room. The floors dance with ink-splotches and paint stains. It smells...

make it a practice

Emily Cooney April 12, 2022April 14, 2022 Blog, Coaching, habit change, habits, health, medicine of nature, nature, progress Tagged Bosque, daily habits, evening walk, Great Horned Owl, medicine of nature, owl, practice, Rio Grande, simplicity, walking meditation, woods

My Spring Cleanse this year was all about inviting balance and rhythm into my days. My main priority was restoring a sense of deep relaxation in my nervous system....

an inside job

Emily Cooney September 29, 2021August 7, 2023 Blog, cleanse, Coaching, healing, health, inside job, making space Tagged breathing, cleaning, cleanse, conscious awareness, inner light, inside job, making space, natural intelligence, restore, seasonal cleanse, spring cleanse, subconscious programming

The inside of my windshield somehow became noticeably dirty over the summer. It had a sort of patchy film that registered on a low level. It wasn’t great, but...

it’s the little things…

Emily Cooney September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Blog, Coaching, exercise, habit change, health Tagged exercise, gratitude, habit change, letting go, rewards, small changes

I wanted to share something with you based on a real-life example around habit change. If you’ve been around me at all in the past year, you’ve undoubtedly heard...