Candy Widdifield
Relationships & the Holidays
Join me for the final Live Q&A on Saturday Dec 14 at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern. If you have registered for a previous Live Q&A you already...
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Candy Widdifield, M.Ed.
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Candy Widdifield
Nov 154 min read
Why Have Self Compassion?
This blog discusses the research benefits of self compassion, the three elements that make up self compassion, and ways to apply it in...
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Candy Widdifield
Oct 254 min read
Why our Self-Relationship is Foundational for Healing
Our orientation toward ourselves plays a huge role in nervous system regulation and in the perception threat versus safety in our limbic...
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Candy Widdifield
Oct 112 min read
Optimizing Heart Rate Variability
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the variation in time intervals between heart beats. Higher heart rate variability is associated with...
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Candy Widdifield
Sep 275 min read
Nutrition & Mental Health
I recently listened to a short video series by Dr. Leslie Korn, a Harvard Medical School trained traumatologist who specializes in mental...
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Candy Widdifield
Sep 133 min read
The Dropping Anchor Tool for Anxiety
There is still time to register for the Transcending Inner Barriers group starting Sept. 20. For more information or to apply, click here...
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Candy Widdifield
Aug 236 min read
How To Transcend Rumination
I will be a guest on the RYW speaker sessions this coming Monday Aug. 26 at 11am PST, discussing how to uncover inner hidden barriers. If...
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Candy Widdifield
Aug 95 min read
The Ups & Downs of Recovery
Recovery, healing & transformation are rarely simple linear processes of getting better and better. They involve ups and downs, ebbs &...
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Candy Widdifield
Jul 125 min read
How Does Change Happen?
To many brain retrainers it seems obvious that we are capable of change. There are so many recovery and transformation stories of people...
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Candy Widdifield
Jun 285 min read
What is Required for Sustainable Healing?
We cultivate resilience by addressing the underlying patterns & predispositions in addition to changing brain & nervous system patterns.
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Candy Widdifield
Jun 144 min read
Addressing Overwhelm
Ways to help move your nervous system out of overwhelm & back into regulation
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Candy Widdifield
Jun 62 min read
Live Q&A, Most Popular Blogs & More
Live Q&A Reminder, Links to My 5 Most Popular Blogs, & a Vagus Nerve Follow Up
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Candy Widdifield
May 243 min read
Using Your Strengths to Help With Your Challenges
Connecting to our resources, positive qualities and strengths first before addressing a problem can help us to more easily navigate it.
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Candy Widdifield
May 106 min read
Breathing for Optimal Health
If you ask someone to demonstrate what a healthy breath looks like, they would likely take a deep slow full breath in and out. This is a...
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Candy Widdifield
Apr 266 min read
Understanding Chronic Pain
I recently attended a training with Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD, who specializes in treating chronic pain. His teachings echoed what was...
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Candy Widdifield
Apr 114 min read
Addressing Stressors
Any stress, regardless of whether or not it is related to the conditions we experience, affects limbic system and nervous system...
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Candy Widdifield
Mar 294 min read
Overcoming Rumination
Rumination, or getting stuck on certain thoughts, can be an aspect of limbic system impairment for many. Being able to recognize this...
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Candy Widdifield
Mar 155 min read
Our Relationship with Ourselves
How we relate to ourselves plays a big role (behind the scenes) in our recovery and transformation journey. It is very typical among...
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Candy Widdifield
Mar 16 min read
Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
Join me Saturday March 9 for the next Live Q&A. To register, click here. If you are already registered, a reminder will be sent out the...
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Candy Widdifield
Feb 167 min read
Grounding, Centering & Resourcing
These words are quite often used in the context of nervous system regulation, brain retraining, and trauma therapy, but do we really...
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