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Stay Gentle

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

Mmmm... these sweet and special Fall days... Bright golden leaves, cool clear air, and light that comes down at angle that bedazzles... It feels as though the earth is singing us a mantra "cherish each moment, cherish each moment, cherish each moment."

Something I've been hearing myself repeat lately as new folks come to work with me is, "I always start with the most gentle approach I can." Try that on for a moment. When confronted with dischord or disharmony, what's the smallest, simplest, and most gentle intervention we can introduce? What opens, shifts, and changes with gentleness.

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tags newsletter, gentle, fall

What's Underneath That?

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

I spent my early twenties vagabonding around New York City and co-creating communal living collectives in Brooklyn. I was young, idealistic, and excited about all the possibilities life holds (I’m still excited about the possibilities life holds and I might still be considered idealistic - what can I say I’m an Aquarian).

Of course communal living is complex, and idealism is hardly a match for interpersonal human dynamics - conflicts arose, friendships were tested, and our some experiments with community living did not succeed.

Somewhere along the way while looking for tools to support healthy community living I came across Non-Violent Communication (NVC) developed my Marshall Rosenberg.

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tags community, newsletter, communication, NVC, Non-Violent Communication, parenting

Celebrating the Small Things

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

I’m in the mudroom staring at my long to-do list, adding things, and trying to figure out what to tackle first. The list is making me anxious. I don’t feel like I have enough time to get it all done and I’m having trouble prioritizing. Oh, and that two hour nap Netta was supposed to take? Yeah, she fell asleep for 20 minutes while I was dropping the kids off at school, so it’s not happening even though she’s a bit grumpy and clearly tired.

It feels like I’m in a never ending slog through my to-do lists. I’m sure nobody can relate. I’m adding things to my lists faster than I am checking things off. It feels like there’s no end…

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tags mood movement, anxiety, newsletter

Big Changes are Made up of Smaller Ones

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

It was a lightbulb moment. I’m making coffee in the morning in a pour over rather than a french-press.

I received the pour over equipment as a Hannukah gift over a month ago and it just sat on a shelf. I wasn’t ready to change.

I had my method, my system, my way of doing things. I clung to it as part of my routine and ritual. Maybe there was a better way, but it didn’t matter to me, because I had MY way.

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tags mood movement, change, dance, growth, short, ins, inspiration, newsletter

Is it okay to hurt the people you love?

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

Yes. It’s okay to hurt the people you love.

“Wait, what?! Did they actually say that?”

Yes.

Given that part of being human is making mistakes and reacting poorly to emotionally charged situations when we’re under-resourced, hurting people is inevitable. Just as conflict is inevitable.

Often we hurt the people we care about most, our partners, parents, children, siblings, coworkers.

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Believe it or not, hurting people is not a problem. The problem is failing to repair.

Relationships with people we love and care about are usually resilient and strong. They can weather a lot. Amongst the things that keep relationships healthy, perhaps the most important is repair.

So, what does it mean to repair and how do we do it?

Repair is the term used to describe the process of reconnecting and fixing a bond that has been hurt.

First we have to acknowledge the other person’s pain and our role in their pain.

Then we have to make amends. Carefully discuss and explore what happened and why and how things need to happen differently in the future. We say carefully because, well, sometimes in the process of discussing and exploring things we can get reactivated.

Then we make a promise to do our best to change our ways.

Simple, yet not so simple work we all need to be doing.

So, while you can certainly try to avoid hurting people, what’s most important is what you do after it happens.

After you fight, and after you make up, it’s always nice to dance…

tags relationships, repair, safety, newsletter

Living in Joyful Relationship with the World

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

We’re supporting the emergence of a bigger community of people who live with reverence and love and in beautiful and joyful relationships.

Relationships are fundamentally about connection and exchange. 

About give and take - offering and receiving. 

What’s most profound and fascinating to me is that attitude makes all the difference.

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tags relationships, boulder co, newsletter, inspiration, motivation

The Eye of the Hurricane: An exploration of Self-Regulation (Part 1)

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

We all know what it’s like to get overwhelmed. We’re familiar with stress and anxiety. And, if we’re at all human, we’ve “lost it” at some point and either said (or screamed) something we wish we hadn’t. Many of us know what our own warning signs are, and might even have a sense of what we can do to reset or get grounded. And yet… it still happens.

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tags self-regulation, coregulation, nervous system, emotions, newsletter

The Dance of Intimacy and Vulnerability (Part 3)

Dr. Noah K. Goldstein, DACM L.Ac.

Ultimately, a leap of faith is required at some point to test the waters. We have to take a risk and trust that we can handle what unfolds and navigate the outcomes of being vulnerability. Under most circumstances, we’re pleasantly surprised. Vulnerability and openness is disarming. Some people may be befuddled and uncomfortable and not know how to relate. Awkwardness might show its face. But most of the time, people open up in response to openness, they soften in response to softness, and they connect to invitation for connection…

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tags vulnerability, dance, courage, newsletter, MoodBoostMovement, intimacy, motivation