Creative Self Care with Crystal McLain

I decided to embark on the godless mission of giving up coffee.  Now, let me just tell you, this is not the first thing I've quit in my life, and hopefully won't be the last. And, if I'm honest, as I'm writing this, I'm wondering if I'll even give it up completely. But, despite the fate this tasty bean juice may have in my life, there's been a bit of enlightenment that's come from a week of its absence.  But first, my reasons why I decided to quit... In short, gut health. While I'm certainly not old yet, I can't say that I'm that young either. I've...

Today I want to talk about creating space.  I think a lot of us have heard that “when we ‘create space’, we make room for something better”. But where exactly is this space we’re creating? How do we create it? And what is the ‘better’ we’re making room for?  Solid questions… In today’s post we’re gonna dive into what it means to create space and discover practical ways to do it. Hello my friend, I hope you’re doing well, and if you’re not then I hope you find this post helpful. AND, if you prefer listening to this post, you always have...

This may honestly be one of the most important episodes that I will ever launch because it’s about one of the most essential ingredients in life; intention.

Well, at least in my opinion anyway.

In today’s post we’re diving deep into our intention, and for fun we’ll explore where science and the woo collide.

One of the roadblocks we run into while working towards creating a healthier life is the inability to decipher what the body is actually trying to tell us. The body loves to nag at us, to try to get our attention, but far too often we end up tuning it out.  Today we’re going to learn how to listen to the body, decode her language, and give her what she wants through mind-body integration. Hello my friend, I hope you’re doing well, and if you’re not then I hope you find this post helpful.  So, raise your hand if you’ve ever...

I know I'm not alone when I say that in my time I've felt compelled to stifle or oppress parts of myself.  I didn't feel like my family, community, clients, or partner would necessarily approve if I showed up in the world in ways that I wanted. And if I'm honest, most of those times I wasn't even certain how I wanted to show up, but rather, was curious to experiment with alternative ways of showing up.  I longed to live this illusive "authentic life" that seems to be all the rage these days. But what the hell did that even mean? We get sucked into this whole...