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Candy Widdifield, M.Ed.
Certified Master Coach
(Former Clinical Counsellor & Psychotherapist)

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Insight vs Action
Have you ever had that experience where you get a new insight or level of awareness and you think, "Oh I get it now.", and you feel...

Candy Widdifield
Jun 133 min read
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Our Nervous System & Our Self Concept
Are you familiar with Maslow's hierarchy of needs? It's pyramid shaped diagram that indicates as human beings we have five levels of...

Candy Widdifield
May 93 min read
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Coping vs Healing
This blog explores the difference between coping and healing and how that affects our recovery journey and overall wellbeing

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Apr 193 min read
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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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Nov 29, 20244 min read
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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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Nov 15, 20244 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Oct 25, 20244 min read
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Optimizing Heart Rate Variability
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the variation in time intervals between heart beats. Higher heart rate variability is associated with...

Candy Widdifield
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Sep 27, 20245 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Aug 23, 20246 min read
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The Ups & Downs of Recovery
Recovery, healing & transformation are rarely simple linear processes of getting better and better. They involve ups and downs, ebbs &...

Candy Widdifield
Aug 9, 20245 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Jul 12, 20245 min read
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What is Required for Sustainable Healing?
We cultivate resilience by addressing the underlying patterns & predispositions in addition to changing brain & nervous system patterns.

Candy Widdifield
Jun 28, 20245 min read
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Addressing Overwhelm
Ways to help move your nervous system out of overwhelm & back into regulation

Candy Widdifield
Jun 14, 20244 min read
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Live Q&A, Most Popular Blogs & More
Live Q&A Reminder, Links to My 5 Most Popular Blogs, & a Vagus Nerve Follow Up

Candy Widdifield
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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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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May 24, 20243 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
May 10, 20246 min read
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Understanding Chronic Pain
I recently attended a training with Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD, who specializes in treating chronic pain. His teachings echoed what was...

Candy Widdifield
Apr 26, 20246 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Mar 15, 20245 min read
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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...

Candy Widdifield
Mar 1, 20246 min read
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