ANDRIA CORSO
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5 Signs of Compassion Fatigue in Animal Caregivers: Is this You?
A day in the life of an animal care worker includes many emotions, including joy and satisfaction that results from helping save or rescue an animal in need, or sadness and burden the of witnessing animal suffering, neglect, and (often) euthanasia. If the distressing emotions … More …
Animal Lovers: Are We Contributing Our Disenfranchised Grief?
The first time I lost an animal, I was 39 years old. It was my first pet, Lynx, who I adopted as a kitten when I graduated college at age 22. He was 17 when he passed and meant the world to me. I spent … More …
Yoga (Life) Lessons from a Non-Yogi
I started doing yoga three months ago. I never thought I’d last a month, let alone three… I reluctantly began my yoga practice as a necessity. After consistently experiencing overuse injuries the past few years due to not enough stretching and too much overtraining, I … More …
Life Detox – Part 1: Your Brain and Body
Spring is in the air! And thus, it may be time for some spring cleaning, or what I like to think of as a life-detox. A detox, also known as a cleanse, is something I’m sure most of you have heard of and are familiar … More …
It’s Time to Stop the Fear Campaign
News Flash: I am afraid of Donald Trump. There. I said it. Truth be told, Hillary Clinton scares me too. I’m also tired of the endless stream of political posts in my social media news feeds. Somehow everyone has an opinion or a reaction to … More …
How I Lost My Ability to Force-Function
Dictionary.com defines “force” as: to compel, constrain, or oblige (oneself or someone) to do something: to drive or propel against resistance. And, defines “function” as: to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: That was me – a “force-functioner”, constantly forcing myself to function in most professional situations that had lost their meaning … More …
It’s Time to Stop Struggling
Ashlyn Pond, the pond on our property is my sanctuary. I discovered it to be this place during a most difficult year in my life. It started as an escape, a place to disconnect (no connectivity to anything but nature down there) and be comforted … More …
Monday, Monday…
What’s the deal with Mondays? It starts Sunday night… my Facebook newsfeed starts to fill up with the posts and memes about the dreaded next day. It gets worse the next morning. More posts about the most dreaded day of the week: Monday. I get … More …
Awakened From My Peace
The following is an excerpt from my book Fear to Flow. It represents the start of my journey, as I began to recognize (ever so slightly) that I might be living my life based on false fears. A crack in my foundation, which eventually spread … More …
Why We Can’t Let Go, Say Goodbye, Close the Chapter
In my last blog I wrote about how to let go of the hurts, wounds, fears, limiting beliefs, and even the yearnings that keep us stuck and hold us back. That blog got me thinking about why we have such a hard time implementing the … More …