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Birdie Birdie Birdie (that’s her name, and the way Cardinals call her) 💛💛💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CroJY2mu9ge/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Edward Hastings Heidemann, born January 20, 1973, passed in peace at the Heidemann family home in Montgomery, Alabama, over easter weekend. Edward cared for his mother until her transition in 2021, but leaves behind two sisters, Kathleen and Laura, and a host of friends and loved ones who will miss him dearly. Edward was a cherished member of his community, a gentle light to so many, and a kind soul to all who knew him. He adored an eclectic multitude of interests like: music (especially if he could sing to it), philosophy, and art; silly joking, erudite witticism, and ribald humour; being in Nature; making and creating (he could make almost anything); cooking out or just burning things; animals, especially pets; and time spent in connection with loved ones. He also adored an eclectic multitude of people. He sent out scores of song links and post comments, and exchanged messages and calls with his distant and online friends daily. He hung out with, invited so much laughter among, and lent a helping hand to his local community often. And he offered his incomparable skill and craftsmanship to any who were smart enough and able to work with his unorthodox relationship to time. For those who knew and loved him, we will gather to honour Edward as soon as we can arrange it. So please stay in touch if you would like more information about that. We may each honour him ourselves, as well, whenever we cackle so hard we clap with mirth as he would. Whenever we offer our help to someone who needs it. Or whenever we look up at the full moon and howl. Blessings to you Edward, beautiful brother. May you be as free as you always knew you could be. 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CrPJ12IP2Ze/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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If you love French patisserie and excellent coffee (“Hey! That’s me!”), and you happen to be in South Salt Lake (ok…?), you can meet your makers at Tous Le Jours. Bon appetite! 😋🙏💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqI8SxjuqUt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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How Montana indicates that it is Spring ❄️💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0FRK1LLIA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Regulating Poem (7) This is based on a nervous system regulation technique that @nataliechristensencoaching and I teach through the @centerforemotionaleducation . ✨ It’s called 5,4,3,2,1. You can check out the rules in my first Regulating Poem post in this series! ✨ Let me know if you try it out and what you notice…? ✨ Sending love. Keep going! 💛 #centerforemotionaleducation #nervoussystemregulation #54321 #emotionalsovereignty https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYhR26yVXJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is based on a nervous system regulation technique that @nataliechristensencoaching and I teach through the @centerforemotionaleducation . ✨ It’s called 5,4,3,2,1. You can check out the rules in my first Regulating Poem post in this series! ✨ Let me know if you try it out and what you notice…? ✨ Sending love. Keep going! 💛 #centerforemotionaleducation #nervoussystemregulation #54321 #emotionalsovereignty https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPFoWxO4nP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is the 5th in a series! If you want to see what rules I’m using to create them, feel free to check out the previous poems in my profile — including the first one where I also posted the instructions and the invitation to join me. 😉 Big love to you. Keep going! 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIaFEbJB42/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Regulating Poem (4) This is the 4th in a series of tiny postcards of love to our shared nervous system ✨ If you want to see the rules I’m using to create these, feel free to check out the caption for the first poem in this series (they all look like this post!) 🙏 Keep going! You got this 💛 #nervoussystemregulation https://www.instagram.com/p/CpEmFk_OBBT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Regulating Poem 3 in a regulating series. ✨ If you want to see the rules I’m using to create these, check out my first one (the blue one) from the other day! ✨ Love to you. Keep going! 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAZZ9bOw1-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Regulating Poem 2 From a Regulating series I am doing this week. You can find out what rules I am using to create these in my first Regulating Poem post. Enjoy! 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8VQ3Nv6Un/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Natalie and I teach a lot of regulation strategies at the Center for Emotional Education. ✨ One I really like is 5,4,3,2,1. I used to think it was nothing special until I really started using it more. Now I have come to see its profound power to support a return to a more regulated, grounded, safe-body state. ✨ It works best if you say it out loud. And I always think it sounds like a poem. ✨ This is mine from just now. ✨ If you want to join in, just name 5 things you see; 4 things you can touch or are touching you; 3 things you hear, 2 things you smell; and 1 thing you taste. ✨ And enjoy! ✨ Big love to you. Keep going!! 💛 #nervoussystemregulation #traumasupport #54321 #eq #theemotionalrevolution #centerforemotionaleducation https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5v365vGfk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I love those mornings when the snow has fallen so gently and slowly through the night that everything (every branch, every power line, every even minuscule horizontal surface) is highlighted with piles of perfect flakes and crystals. ❄️ It’s such a particular snow, it makes me wish I knew all the names for all the different kinds. ❄️💛❄️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnrwYq9rKO9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hashtag: Winter hikes of downtown Missoula 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4-fclO-9k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hey Missoula! You’ve got two more chances (8 and 12) tonight to see us Rocky the roof off the Wilma, until we pack this circus up for the year. ⚡️ Come one, come all!! We’re shivering with the Anticiiiiiii-pation of seeing you there! 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTwHtCvw9r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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One time, we were approached by a reality TV show. Someone had given them our names and told them we parent radically different than the average person. The casting director gave us a lengthy interview. She asked all kinds of questions and “what ifs” and I explained our neuro-emotional approach to common parenting struggles. By the end the director was so disappointed. She wanted: Weird Extreme Insane Foolish Reactive What we described was: Connective Reasonable Scientific Successful Loving Reality TV makes its money from disregulation. A good episode involves highlights like: - Explosive conflict (Survival System Fight reactivity) - Dramatic storm-outs (Survival System Flight reactivity) - Catching someone lying (Survival System Appease reactivity) Between these spikes of reactivity, there is a lot of crying and repeating what happened. (Emotional System attempts at connection) There are a bajillion episodes because there is no actual emotional progress or processing, just aggravating patterns that repeat like emotional Groundhog Day. If instead, you packed the Love Island villa full of folks doing neuro-emotional work… You’d still see reactivity - because humans are human and TV producers like to throw their characters into really triggering situations, but those poor producers would get a whole bunch of survival support strategies instead of face slaps and ultimatums. You’d still see crying too, and probably even more of it as the islanders got daily opportunities for healthy release, but instead of bad advice and bright-siding, we’d offer each other curiosity, empathy, and understanding. We’d be Speaking Brain not Talking Smack. We’d still want to know if someone was a good kisser, but more importantly we’d want to know: “Do they name feelings too?” And let’s be honest, there’d probably be endless cuddle puddles. And dancing, but we’d dance like no one was watching because the sense of having permission to be our full selves would be too strong to dance otherwise. Each episode would be mostly folks having an earnest, silly, easeful time. Bad TV, but a good life. I’ll take it. You? #eq #neuroemotionalwork #emotionalintelligence https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIAgujrhMw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Partners get to attend for free when you sign up for Emotional Sovereignty School. ✨ That’s because even though this course is all about how to be with, process, and release your own feelings (among other nifty skills for owning yourself and your experience), we know learning and implementing what you learn in class is going to be much easier if your most important person is in it with you. ✨ Becoming Emotionally Sovereign doesn’t mean becoming an island unto yourself. In fact, you’ll be way better at all relationships when you have these tools in hand. ✨ Becoming Emotionally Sovereign just means you can go anywhere, do anything, and trust yourself to get through it. And who doesn’t want that for their partner too?! ✨ We want this for you both! And we know you’re more likely to get it if you team up! So come on in — we got you. ✨ Class starts August 2nd! Life starts to look different August 3rd… ✨ Let me know or check my bio if you need more info. ✨ Big love to you. Keep going! 💛 . . . #emotionalsovereigntyschool #emotionalsovereignty #partnership #healthyrelationships #healingtogether https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZhZUCObTF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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If I had made this, I would have used a sphere instead of a square, but you get the point, right? 💛 Thanks @neelshaz for the image! 💛 @thejeffreymarsh this reminds me of how you might illustrate this point with your wit and words. 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgE6Uk7rs-W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=