Marisa Commerford is a lawyer turned yoga instructor and workplace wellness advocate.  After over a decade spent in the trenches as an attorney fighting for her clients' rights, she found herself exhausted most of the time - emotionally depleted, suffering from a number of health issues and plagued by self-critical and fearful thoughts. Burnout was real, and it led to a year-long sabbatical from the practice of law. She did not have a plan but wanted answers. Did success have to come at a price? Was living in states of depletion, stress and overwhelm just normal? Did we have to watch our bodies deteriorate? Was joy something that we experienced only in moments here and there?

After a lot of research, experimentation, and many dark moments, she eventually found what she was looking for - yoga. Through the integration of physical practice, breathwork, and meditation, yoga transformed her life both inside and outside of the workplace. She now helps others do the same. Learn more at www.renegademermaid.com

Episode Highlights

- Sometimes the advice we give to others is what we should also be practicing

- So many of us take on so much at work (or at home, or at school, or in relationships, etc.)

- It takes courage to say, "I need help."

- We can become disembodied from ourselves through coping mechanisms that allow us to escape or tune out

- You are not your thoughts. And if we are not our thoughts, then what are we and how to find that?

- Yoga offers a toolkit for life and how to show up in the world

- Our ego will try to keep us connected to what feels safe and/or comfortable

- Once we have done our healing, we can be in the space of sharing it with others

- Kairos: Greek word explaining the depth and fullness of time

- When you feel stuck, it is valid and temporary and you are not alone

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