S3E8 - Kristin Collier: Finding Joy

Our first guest of Season 3!    Kristin Collier has 20 years of experience working in the behavior science field and teaching nonviolent communication. Her book Housewife got international attention and won four awards including a Nautilus (silver), awarded in the past to Barbara Kingsolver, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Dalai Lama. She teaches a new course called Core Alignment with Joy that AJ has already taken and gives a million star rating!   Kristin experienced an awakening and healing three years ago that presented in the form of a crisis where her body completely gave out on her. She saw various healing practitioners and health professionals who diagnosed her with a variety of ailments, but ultimately she was able to find help through the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza and Dr. John Sarno. The things she learned helped her to heal herself and she now pairs those wholeness and health practices with nonviolent communication techniques in order to help others learn to reframe thought patterns and make empowered choices in order to feel better and find joy in their day to day lives.    Other things we discuss in this episode:   Learning how to allow your body to experience uncomfortable emotions without adding our own narratives to it.   When it comes to intersectionality, how do we hold space for lived experiences and acknowledge the differences? Additionally, what are we actually doing with that individually and as a community or collective?    Activities of daily living as a way to practice observing your thought patterns and feelings. We use Alex as a case study!    Find Kristin's Core Alignment with Joy course here.    Learn more about Kristin here: CollierConnections.com    Find For Thought's Sake on Instagram: @forthoughtssake