It's very easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of life. Relationships, work, personal problems — life can throw us off balance and knock us out of alignment with ourselves. However, with the right healing resources, you can return home to yourself.

In the third episode of Returning Home, Elise addresses the different ways you can heal yourself through body, mind, community, and spirit. She shares eight healing resources that she has used to better herself. Some of them are personal actions you can do on your own, while other methods need you to be with others. Specific tools work better for some people than others, so it's best to find the correct method for you.

If you want to learn more about healing resources that you can use to improve and transform yourself physically, emotionally, and spiritually, this episode is for you!

Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

1. Find out the many ways you can improve yourself through body, mind, community and spirit.
2. Discover eight healing resources that can assist you in your journey of self-discovery and improvement.
3. Learn more about Elise's drop-in group sessions.

Resources

• The previous episode of Elise's podcast:
• • Episode 1 | Returning Home To Yourself From Childhood Trauma
  • Episode 2 | How Sobriety Changed My Life
• The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
• Hardwiring Happiness by Dr. Rick Hanson
• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer
• Adverse Childhood Experiences PDF
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Questionnaire
• Learn about self-healing with Dr. Nicole LePera on Instagram: @the.holistic.psychologist
• How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across A Lifetime by Nadine Burke Harris
• Sign up for Elise's Newsletter and receive a FREE PDF to start your self-compassion journey!
• Connect with Elise on Instagram: @elisekindya

Episode Highlights Resource #1: Yourself

• You are the first and best of your healing resources. Getting to know yourself is the first step toward returning home to yourself.
• When you know yourself, you know what works best for you.
• Sometimes you'd feel that you might want to work with your weakness. However, you could feel at ease with your current progress.
• What works for you doesn't necessarily work for others.

Elise: "It's about really like getting honest with, 'Am I at my best right now or not? Could I feel better? What are the things I've been through? What is it that I need to address at this moment?'"

Resource #2: Mentorship, Coaching, and Therapy

• No one goes through life alone. New perspectives can help you detect weaknesses that you're unaware of.
• One benefit of therapy sessions is freedom. You can express your authentic feelings and worries without fear of judgment.
• Talking to a coach or therapist propels you towards a higher goal from what you've set for yourself.
• It helps to be open about talking about your problems. Having someone help you process your concerns and how you feel can make it easier to resolve them.
• If you need help, take advantage of any healing resources you can access. Get help where you can.

Resource #3: Intuitive Spirituality Practice

• Initially, Elise was averse to spiritual practices because she used to equate them with traditional religion. However, connecting with her spirituality opened up her life.
• Listen to the podcast to learn how Elise taps into her spirituality by observing the falling leaves during the fall season.
• Spirituality meditations maximize her different senses and emotions in understanding herself and the others.
• Meditation can be secular; it doesn't require any spiritual component. We are all spirits living the human experience.

Elise: "It's something that I recommend to all of my clients is to have this kind of moment with yourself throughout the day, whenever that is."

Resource #4: Body Work

• The basis of our security is by treating our bodies well. The key to this is by being kind to your body, whether by pampering yourself or taking care of your basic needs.
• Emotional healing begins after you address your basic needs.
• Sitting at a dry sauna is Elise's remedy in opening up her body to spirituality.
• Our bodies consist of beautiful, powerful, and complex organs.

Elise: "Your body is the vessel that carries you through life."

• Elise recommends that cold showers are beneficial for the body's nervous system.

Resource #5: Journaling

• Elise is constantly caught up in her head, especially when she reads a book.
• Journaling supports all other practices and aspects of her life. She does this by recording every detail of the instance she involves herself in.
• As a social worker, Elise values the record-keeping element of journaling.
• Recording your actions allows you to observe the patterns, thoughts, and inner workings of your being.
• In the future, you may revisit your writings to track your previous progress, celebrations, and challenges. Altogether, it compiles a set of evidence of why you need to support yourself.

Resource #6: The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook

• Elise recommends the Mindful Self Compassion Workbook to her clients because it introduces relatable and practical concepts of intuition and spirituality.
• She emphasizes how we are too quick to be kind to others while criticizing ourselves internally for minor inconveniences.
• Elise believes that the workbook could resolve worldly violence if everyone had a copy. Kinder interaction is a stepping stone towards peace.
• People's treatment of others is a reflection of what goes on in their heads.
• The workbook offers many opportunities for you to practice and contemplate your intuitive learnings.

Resource #7: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study

• The study sums up a person's exposure to neglect and abuse during childhood and how it shapes their future actions.
• A person's trauma response develops in relation to the environment and treatment they received while growing up.
• To get the gist of how the research is conducted, tune in to the episode.
• If you experienced ACEs, participating in the study will help you understand why you react the way you do in certain situations.

Resource #8: Drop-in Group Sessions

• The session attempts to combine all the mentioned seven healing resources.
• In 2022, Elise plans to organize a beginner-friendly group session.
• The activities are held live, ranging from experiential teachings, conversations, personal sharings and visualizations.
• From the program, participants could learn compassion and mindfulness in building their spiritual being.

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