daily habits – Goldfinch Wellness

happy hair days

Emily Cooney December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Blog, habit change, habits, healing, health, nourishment Tagged abhyanga, Ayurveda, daily habits, habit change, hair care, headaches, medicine, migraines, oil massage, scalp, scalp oiling, Self care, self-massage

(caption: when you’ve thoroughly oiled your head and still want to get out for an afternoon walk…) self-massage, also known as Abhyanga, is an ancient Ayurvedic practice with impressive...

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...

adventures in fairyland

Emily Cooney July 29, 2022August 1, 2022 Blog, habit change, habits, healing, health, inside job, making space, medicine of nature, nature, nourishment, progress, travel Tagged adventure, aliveness, camping, daily habits, deep desires, heart wisdom, making space, morning practice, movement practice, nourishment, regenerative habits, support 3 Comments

I have a confession to make. It’s about a bumper sticker ~ some of you have surely seen the one. It says “Tree hugging dirt worshiper.” I’ve been seeing...

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....