by Laura Nicholls | Aug 12, 2017 | Health and Wellness
I’ve always been a fan of cardio exercise – or just plain old ‘cardio’ if you’re one of the cool kids (which you totally are if you’re reading this). It’s a time when (before I became a mother) I could plug in, check out, get the...
by Laura Nicholls | Aug 4, 2017 | Equine Assisted Therapy, Psychology
I had never spent much time around horses until about eight years ago. At the time, I’d been working with younger children and teens, mostly as a therapist, for about 11 years. I worked with these kids in different treatment settings, all of them pretty...
by Laura Nicholls | Jul 17, 2017 | Health and Wellness
Our bodies are perfectly designed creations, made to run beautifully and efficiently. As we spend time in the world and expose ourselves to various things, our systems often become more and more out of balance. As a result, our bodies don’t work as efficiently...
by Laura Nicholls | Jul 16, 2017 | Psychology
I was honored with the experience of working with kids in some pretty intense treatment settings for 14 years. During that time I heard and saw the aftermath of a lot of trauma and pain and remember commenting to my mentor, “It’s like trying to catch...
by Laura Nicholls | Jul 10, 2017 | Motivation, Psychology
Unless you’re fortunate enough to be one of those rare Perpetual Go-Getters, it is part of the human condition that we meet roadblocks in life. These roadblocks come in all different forms, but the outcome is often the same – feeling stuck, overwhelmed, drained,...