by Andrea Trank | Nov 27, 2022
To Heal Anxiety, Stop Thinking of it as a Disease! “It’s a simple fact: Nobody likes to feel anxious. Anxiety is among the most pervasive and reviled of human emotions. And since it’s unhealthy, we all agree, we should prevent and eradicate it like any other illness....
by Andrea Trank | Nov 21, 2022
Do you have 15 minutes each day to easily improve your health? More than 225 studies have shown that joy and happiness are good for us. What creates joy is a bouquet of components including gratitude, according to Elissa Epel, Phd. Professor and Vice Chair of the...
by Andrea Trank | Nov 13, 2022
How was your week? Really, how was it? This week was tough for me. I came down with a virulent stomach virus without any warning. I had my first thermography mammogram that came out not as well as I wanted. And, seven weeks post-Hurricane Ian, the strain of haggling...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 31, 2022
5 Things to Say and 5 Things Not to Say to A Trauma Survivor! I am home again after a month of recuperating from Hurricane Ian. My recuperation was not necessarily physical, more emotional and mental. I wrote about that last week. During this time, I observed both...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 23, 2022
It Can Help With Healing! As I was walking on the beach Saturday morning unable to hear anything but the crashing sound of the waves and a few gulls, the following a-ha moment came to me. I AM STRONG. This was three weeks after Hurricane Ian had hit Fort Myers. I was...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 16, 2022
What does Resilience Mean to You? Resilience is often defined as our ability to bounce back from hardships in life. For most of us from the Fort Myers area, this is the type of resilience that is being tested in the petri dish of post-Hurricane Ian. It is human...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 10, 2022
Trauma is Not the Event But Your Reaction to the Event Whether you were caught in your house as 10 feet of rushing water was surrounding you, fearfully waiting in a closet as you listened to the howls of 150 mph winds believing you were not going to make it out...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 2, 2022
How Telling My Story of Hurricane Ian Helps Us All Heal! By now, most have seen the total devastation that swept through our beautiful community. In many ways, I am glad I did not see the footage of the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Ian before I had a chance to...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 24, 2022
What happens to our nervous system when waiting for a hurricane? As I walked into Pelican Sound to teach yoga Saturday morning, I immediately noticed the frazzled energy of the room…. Several conversations going on at once as the ladies were expressing their concerns...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 11, 2022
The Heart Knows First! Keys to Developing Intuition Have you ever had an intuition about something before the event happens? Perhaps, you are thinking about someone you haven’t seen for years and out of the blue s/he calls you. Or you sense you need to call a friend...
