healing – Page 2 – Goldfinch Wellness

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...

abundance

Emily Cooney March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Blog, education, healing, health, medicine of nature, nature, nourishment Tagged abundance, biodiversity, ecosystem, edible weeds, foraging, local, local ecosystem, macrocosm, microbiome, microcosm, mustard, natural medicine, orach, purslane

these days, i’m super attuned to plants that thrive in my ecosystem. wild arugula, mustard greens, lamb’s quarters, purslane, and amaranth are but a sampling of the species...

why i cleanse

Emily Cooney March 20, 2022November 12, 2024 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, healing, health, inside job, making space, nature, nourishment, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged accumulation, Ayurveda, clearing space, digestion, fall cleanse, fall reset, intuition, lightening up, making space, natural intelligence, nervous system, optimal health, seasonal cleanse, seasonal reset, simplify, spring cleanse, spring reset

Why I’m doing a cleanse/reset this spring (and every spring thereafter, until further notice): Our physiology is primed to clean house at this time of year. Our species consistently...

nourishment and the mirror of relationships

Emily Cooney March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Blog, cleanse, Emily's Kitchen, healing, health, inside job, making space, nature, nourishment, Stoke the fire/Cleanse Tagged balance, cleanse, deprivation, healing, listening to yourself, making space, nourishment, nutrition, vegetarian

I was raised vegetarian. I was a painfully picky eater all the way through high school. And I was unfamiliar with the basics of nutrition until I was nearly...

Communication is Power

Emily Cooney November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Blog, healing, health Tagged communication, connection, evolution, healing, health, power of words

In some cultures, it is common for someone to receive a whole new name after certain rites of passage. Names carry distinct vibrations, and like all words, they have...

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...

room for improvement

Emily Cooney September 17, 2021September 21, 2021 Blog, education, habits, healing, health, nature, nourishment Tagged appreciation, education, healing, health, nature, nourishment, rest

In my years of work in the wellness field, I’ve noticed a few trends with ample room for improvement. Collectively, we don’t receive much education about how our bodies...

lessons from the road

Emily Cooney September 16, 2021November 3, 2021 Blog, forgiveness, habit change, healing, medicine of nature, nature, progress, travel Tagged camping, destination, forgiveness, healing, nature, never too late, progress, road trip, travel

Having a clear vision as well as a way to measure your progress is a total game-changer. When you begin to fear that you’re hopelessly off track, you are...