Resting was not a word found in my vocabulary. From an early age I learned that working 24/7, accomplishing, driving myself to exhaution were the things that held value in my family of origin. I called my sister to ask her if that was her childhood experience too and without hesitation she said, "YES," with an implied "DUH!" When you hear the word rest - perhaps physical resting comes to mind. But there are several things that fall into the resting category. Physical - sle

Living in our heads means that we do the things other people have told us is the right thing to do. Sometimes we do things from guilt or feel that we should.  Living in our heads means we react to the things going on around us, rather than paying attention to what is happening inside of us. Many of us have been taught to push  through things that make us feel uncomfortable without paying attention to what our heart/body is feeling. Not being true to what we are feeling can m