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Heathir Brown

As an intuitive empath, I connect with your inner wisdom to guide each session. If you are ready to break free of feeling overwhelmed and in pain as you tap into your magic and begin to live the life you were meant for than I can’t wait to connect. I offer intuitive healing sessions and transformational programs to clients around the world and locally in Los Angeles.
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About Heathir Brown

As an intuitive empath, I connect with your inner wisdom to guide each session. If you are ready to break free of feeling overwhelmed and in pain as you tap into your magic and begin to live the life you were meant for than I can’t wait to connect.

I offer intuitive healing sessions and transformational programs to clients around the world and locally in Los Angeles.

17 years of practice
On Core Spirit since March 2021
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Ignite Joy With A Simple Practice

As humans, our brains are wired for survival, so many functions that happen automatically are for problem solving, assessing danger, and planning escape or battle. The brain likes to scan to find things that are wrong or bad about our situations. Again, this is for survival and of course, in an emergency situation this can be wonderful and even life saving, but for most of our days it isn’t going to save our life.

The good news is that the latest research shows our brains to be very open to change. Neuroplasticity means that we can change the paths our brains typically go in to match the setting of our lives in today’s world and get more enjoyment and less worry and more resilience when facing difficult situations.

There are many tools to help create new pathways in the brain, I want to share a very simple, yet profound tool. A notebook. This notebook can become a place dedicated to journaling. If you have tried journaling before and found it to be cumbersome or not for you, stay with me a little longer, there are many different types of journaling and they fit all sorts of personalities and needs. You don’t have to write a “Dear Diary” sort of account of your day to be “journaling.”

The one I want to share with you is called a Gratitude Journal. This style of journal is especially helpful when you are going through a rough time in your life, or when you have trouble shaking off the unpleasant things that are happening in your life. It could be little things like a traffic light that made you late for work or larger problems like a sick loved one, or perhaps even illness for yourself.

Because our brains are set up to scan for danger and problems, and then problem solve, we have to remember that the default setting of the brain is to focus on the problem. Your amygdala’s main job is to problem solve and boy is it an enthusiastic worker, always ready to show up, even when the problem just needs time to settle.

When you give your brain a new task, in this case, writing daily in a gratitude journal we can change the thoughts we have been dwelling on and instead embrace positive thoughts. For most people this doesn’t come naturally and this is why the method of writing it in a journal is helpful. What we focus on grows stronger.

To begin a gratitude journal you can use any type of notebook you have. The key is that the notebook is a dedicated space for your gratitude writings. Next, choose a time each day that you will jot down a few things that you are grateful for. This could be just when you wake up, or before you go to sleep for the night. Tying this new habit to something you already do each day will make it easier to incorporate into your life.

Each day you can reflect back on the last 24 hours and think of things you are grateful for. It can be anything at all, there is no wrong answer. It could be, “I am grateful that I remembered to take out the trash tonight so I can sleep in tomorrow,” “I am grateful I got to talk to my friend today. She really knows how to make me laugh.” Anything goes! The key is that you find positive things.

Let’s say that you have a terrible day, one where really everything goes wrong. You may be tempted to skip journaling and sulk in your bad mood or have a glass of wine and call it a night. This is a day where it’s even more important to do the gratitude journal, because remember, we are teaching our brain new tricks. “Even though I was late for work today, I am grateful that I arrived safely.” “Even though the baby cried most of the night, I am grateful that I have an online mom group to feel less alone.” You aren’t ignoring your problems, but you are teaching your brain to also look for the good in the situation, or the good exists in other areas of your life. When you do this, research shows that you are setting the stage to become a happier person and studies have even shown better sleep, less fatigue and more satisfaction with life.

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Compassion Fatigue - Parenting Children with Special Needs

I want to share a story about a hammock. When I would dream of vacations by the sea (I lived far from a warm beach at the time) my vision always included a hammock and maybe a beverage with a little umbrella too. As a busy mom of children on the autism spectrum, I would briefly consider buying a hammock for my backyard. I thought, perhaps I could find a couple of moments to relax and pretend that I was on vacation. I would go online and look at hammocks with a stand (because my yard lacked good trees) and then eventually I would decide this wasn’t in our budget or I didn’t really need it. The thought would pass and I would continue moving through mom life as usual.

One day, I was looking at articles on sensory integration tools for kids with autism, trying to find more ways to help my children. I found one that suggested using a hammock. The article said that gentle rocking and the way it holds the body could be very soothing and therapeutic for sensory processing disorders. That was all I needed to hear, this time I didn’t think about if it was in our budget or if we really needed a hammock. I was clicking over to Amazon ready to purchase one as soon as possible. (Perhaps you are thinking the same thing right now at this moment.) Isn’t that funny! How quickly we parents of children on the autism spectrum do not hesitate to get our children something that might improve their life but when it comes to ourselves we do not hold that same value.

There is a condition called caregivers fatigue syndrome and in my experience, almost all moms of autistic children suffer from this at one point or another. We focus so much emotional and physical energy as well as our time on improving the lives of our children. We tend to put ourselves on the back burner. That constant attention to everyone but ourselves leads to burnout aka caregivers fatigue syndrome.

Symptoms of caregivers fatigue include:

- Lack of energy

- Overwhelming fatigue

- Sleep problems (too much or too little)

- Changes in eating habits; weight loss or gain

- A feeling of hopelessness

- Withdrawing from, or losing interest in, activities you once enjoyed

- Neglecting your own physical and emotional needs

- Feeling like care-giving is controlling your life

- Becoming unusually impatient, irritable or argumentative with the person you’re caring for and/or with others

- Anxiety about the future

- Depression or mood swings

- Difficulty coping with everyday things

- Headaches, stomachaches, and other physical problems

- Lowered resistance to illness

As parents of special needs kids, it is vital that we value ourselves and take the time to fill our cups back up, fill them so much that we can serve from our saucer. Our children need us to be calm, positive, strong, and supportive. It is absolutely impossible to hold that position without also getting support for yourself.

Some things you can do include:

- Ask for help! Needing help doesn’t make you a bad caregiver. It simply means you can’t do it alone (no one can do it alone).

- Give yourself permission to take breaks. Get out of the house. Visit with friends. Take a long bath.

- Take care of yourself. Don’t skip your own doctor’s appointments because you’re too busy. Exercise, eat well and get enough sleep.

- Get up 15 minutes earlier or stay up 15 minutes later and use the time just for you. Sit with your coffee or tea and enjoy it.

- Journal about your struggles and feelings. Meditate, pray, stretch… . Do whatever you want to do.

- Make a list of your daily activities and tasks and delegate as many as you can to someone else. Perhaps your spouse can make dinner twice or a week. Maybe a friend or relative can run errands or help with laundry. People often want to help—take them up on it!

- Find local support groups. Communicating your frustrations and joys with others who are in your situation helps immensely.

- If an opportunity comes along for a brief getaway for you, consider trusting a family member or close friend to care for your child. I know transitions are difficult but a refreshed parent makes all the difference and it will be worth it.

My passion is supporting mothers! I offer supportive sessions for mothers like me who are parenting amazing children who happen to have autism. When you come to a session you can relax and unwind the tension you are holding in a space of safety and understanding.

Your healing session can be an oasis from the stressors in your life. It can be a time to release your concerns and give your central nervous system a much-needed break.If you aren’t ready for a session just yet, please explore the list above and give some of it a try. You will be so glad that you did! Your peace will ripple through your family.

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