The Healing Power of Stillness: Why Rest Is an Active Part of Wellness

For years, I used to believe that rest was something you earned only after pushing yourself to the limit. I was the quintessential over achiever, type A, stay up til 2am and wake at 8am to go to my first of three jobs for the day kinda gal. I wore busyness like a badge of honor—always going, always producing, always giving. But my body eventually told me the truth: running on empty is not sustainable. Illness, exhaustion, and stress became my teachers, guiding me to discover what I had been missing all along—rest is not passive. Rest is active healing and it’s one of the most difficult lessons I’ve ever had to learn.

The WORST Massage I Ever Received & The Red Flags You Need to Know

This is the story of the worst massage I ever received and the warnings signs that it was not going to meet my needs. I hate for anyone to receive bad bodywork so I wanted to share my story and teach you how NOT to end up on the receiving end of a terrible massage. Many moons ago when I was in college I decided to treat myself to a massage. I had just finished exams and I was exhausted in both body and mind so I saw a good deal at a local massage office and decided to try it out. I didn’t really know what to expect from a professional massage but now that I am a massage therapist and run a wellness business, I look back at the experience and cringe. There were so many red flags and here was the first:

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