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Bibliotherapy: Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Kevin M. Gilmartin
The last few years have been challenging for law enforcement agencies and officers (LEOs) across our country. LEOs deal with the “maddest, baddest, and saddest” constituents in society. LEOs have a high stress, high stakes job. They are trained and prepared for survival on the streets, but are given little if any training on emotional survival in this high risk role. The current national rates of suicide for LEOs are 2x that of the general population. In his book, Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A Guide for Officers and Their Families, police psychologist, Kevin M. Gilmartin states we need to “stop breaking cops.” His book encourages LEOs and their families to make self-directed decisions on how life can function and strategy implementation to insure emotional survival.
9 Wellness Benefits of Open Floor Movement Practice!
Research supports the benefits of exercise, community connection, spirituality, and mindfulness practices. You could go for a run, go to church, grab a coffee with a friend, and then sit in meditation. OR you could try an Open Floor class which combines all these benefits into one experience!
As humans, we have been moving together for ions. Our bodies respond to connection, music, movement, and nature.
Join me for Open Floor Moving Meditation + Patio Wine Socials at Forestville Vines on Sunday, June 2, 2024 and July 7, 2024 from 11am-1pm. EVERYbody is welcome! Please reach out to Coriander Living Collective with questions. Dance-on!
Best Wishes to Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI!
Best wishes to Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI as she transitions out of being a provider with Coriander Living Collective into opening her own practice! We thank her for her service and collaboration since November 2022.
What to Expect: Treatment Planning with Coriander Living Collective
At Coriander Living Collective (CLC), you can expect a collaborative treatment planning process that starts with your intake session. The treatment plan is a tool that we use to guide the sessions. If you want to be involved in the creation of your treatment plan and learn about the DSM-V diagnoses, Coriander Living Collective may be the provider to join with for your treatment! Reach out for a free consultation!
Psychotherapy & Support for Law Enforcement, First Responders, & Military Personnel & Families
As I reflect back, it is not surprising to me that I have a history of studying and working within and around the criminal justice system in different capacities. I am called to pursue new avenues and ways of supporting local law enforcement and first responders! This is a population that I believe deeply deserves and needs additional support. If you or a loved one is connected to these populations just reach out! Coriander Living Collective is open to individual teenage and adult clients for individual talk and trauma therapy, training, consultation, supervision, and other creative offerings of support!
Release Stress and Claim Joy!
Stress is a common occurrence for many of us! The problem with stress is when it is chronic, overwhelming, or when we don’t have good stress management tools.
The mindfulness, resource-based movement practice of Open Floor International is one of the best ways, I know to release stress and allow the body to self-regulate.
Insights from Sleep Scientist Dr. Matt Walker and Andrew Huberman
Sleep is foundational to health. Sleep is problematic for many. Andrew Huberman on his podcast, Huberman Lab hosted a 6–part series all about sleep with the sleep diplomat, Dr. Matt Walker. This series includes over 12 hours of scientifically descriptive information on cutting edge sleep science and ways to improve sleep. So many gems in this series! I’ll share a few here!
14 Communication Strategies for Hard Conversations Workshop!
Pre-register for this Tuesday, May 21, 2024 workshop at the River Falls High School, 14 Communication Strategies for Hard Conversations! We will cover information on human needs, human behavior, conflict, and nervous system dys/regulation. We will then practice the 14 strategies for hard conversations through demonstration and coaching.
Counseling vs. Psychotherapy?
Most clients and people in the field, use the terms counseling and psychotherapy interchangeably, but there is a difference between the two practices. What is the difference? Which is the best option for you?
The Open Floor Meditation Cycle at Forestville Vines in May, June, and July 2024!
I will be teaching different modifications of the OF Mediation Cycle on the first Sundays from 11am-1pm starting May 5, 2024 and continuing on June 2, 2024 and July 7, 2024 at Forestville Vines outside of River Falls, WI. Forestville Vines is in and on the grounds of an old school house from 1897. There is a special magic to the land. We will be practicing outside, barefeet to the earth, and big sky above. Come join us!
Stories & Insights from Canvas Rebel: Interview with Cori Hildebrandt
Meet Cori Hildebrandt
We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Cori Hildebrandt a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Cori thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Looking back at internships and apprenticeships can be interesting, because there is so much variety in people’s experiences – and often those experiences inform our own leadership style. Do you have an interesting story from that stage of your career that you can share with us?
My #1 Nutrition Tip for 2024
Annette Kutilek is an Intuitive Eating dietitian in based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and sees clients remotely in any part of the world. It is her passion and mission in life to journey alongside the many folks working to reclaim their here-and-now bodies from chronic dieting and food fears. She is honored to witness individuals finding joy in food, kicking dieting to the curb, and returning home to their bodies on a daily basis.
/ˌTHaNGksˈɡiviNG/ & /ˈɡradəˌto͞od/
Coriander Living Collective encourages living with intention and cultivating connection is one of its core values. This Thanksgiving Season, for those you appreciate, may you show them with acts of kindness and may you be able to express your gratitude to whatever holds you and your beliefs beyond this plane. Wishing you all health and healing this Thanksgiving Season.
The Therapeutic Power of Music
Most of us have been there, either at a concert, or listening to the radio in the car, and a song comes on that, WOW, feels like it was written for you, cuts to the core, moves you in some remarkable way. Music is powerful. Around the globe and for ions music has been part of human culture. We use music to celebrate, regulate, express, dance, and to be moved.
Research supports that music has many benefits. At Coriander Living Collective, we use biolateral and bilateral music while doing BRAINSPOTTING and EMDR. These special types of music enhance right-left brain communication, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system. It’s a great tool, I often teach clients about to regulate and calm their nervous systems outside of sessions as well.
The Neuroscience of Being Human and How Open Floor Practice Can Help!
Open Floor International practice allows us to learn how to be in our bodies and in relationships well. Open Floor International teaches principles that are core to being human. Open Floor International practice increases attunement with self and others, awareness, neural pathways, thought/emotion circuits, mindfulness, and empathy. It provides a safe container to work with our nervous systems and those of others. It encourages shifting out of our stress response system and into our social engagement system. It creates opportunity for challenge and comfort, both of which are needed for human growth.
Intrigued? Ready to give Open Floor a try? Come join Open Floor International Teacher-in-Training, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN for a 3-Part Open Floor Series starting October 8th, 2023. Come join us and workout your system from the top of your brain to the bottoms of your feet!
The 4-Doorways to the Mind
Open Floor defines an Embodied Mind as “open to the vast landscape of knowledge, intuition and imagination, while remaining connected to body and heart.” Open Floor teaches 4 Doorways to Embodied Mind to support us in making sense of the different aspects of mind: 1. Thinking Mind, 2. Psycho-Emotional Mind, 3. Creative Mind, and 4. Big Mind.
Come explore your Embodied Mind, join Open Floor Teacher-in-Training, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN at an Open Floor workshop or class! Registration now open!
Anniversary NUMBER THREE for Coriander Living Collective!
It’s anniversary NUMBER THREE for Coriander Living Collective (CLC)! The curiousness of life continues to amaze me. I am blessed to have so many wonderful clients, supporters, and colleagues. I am grateful to have the capacity to own and manage my own business, and to be able to positively impact the lives of others.
*PIC: Open Floor Moving Meditation, Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm, owner Christine Melby & Cori. Love collaborating with local business owners!*
Do You Know When to Reach Out? And When to Pull Back?
Think about little babies, how they cuddle and contract into tight snuggly balls, and how they cry out and expand their bodies when they need something. Or as they learn to venture out and reach for objects and people around them. How a dysregulated child might hide or lash out with hitting. Or how an adult in conflict might avoid or be aggressive. These are all examples of the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of EXPAND AND CONTRACT. We are constantly opening and closing and extending and pulling back to center.
Do You Live Your Life with Potency and Direction?
In life, we must be able to move, think, and feel with focus and direction. Turn right, not left. Come here, not there. Run, don’t crawl. Being able to move with intention and energy serves us well in life. This is the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of VECTOR. Come hone your sense of VECTOR:
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
Are You Able to RELEASE Tension, Emotions, and Thoughts with Ease?
RELEASE is one of Open Floor’s Core Movement Resources. Release is about being able to release “tension, emotion, thought and the entire body to the will of life force…”
Come practice your ability to RELEASE through meditation and conscious movement with Open Floor! What you practice on the dance floor builds awareness and skills for navigating life off the dance floor.
• Moving Meditation & You-Pick Blooms! Saturday, August 12th, 2023 from 10am-12n at Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm in New Richmond, WI!
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!