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SELFWELL

A blog exploring holistic health, emotional well-being, mind-body interplay, self-care, and more.

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Reimagining Loss

Dear Reader,   Today’s entry is about grief and loss. Though this is a subject many find heavy, I hope this entry will leave you with a...

Ode to an Open Heart

Again and again I succumb to Love’s whispers To open my heart Like a daffodil in the spring, My heart opens Knowing well That this...

Beyond Us

Do you ever feel so caught up in the nonsense of life that you start to feel that you’re living on autopilot? Or that the endless hamster...

Brave Heart

They say softness is weakness But what is braver than serving your heart on a silver platter Uncertain of how it will be received What...

Narrative Medicine

Though humans cannot control what happens to them, perhaps people have agency over the story they tell. This is consequential because...

Priceless Pairings

Could it be that the animated film Sausage Party is onto something, and that foods are social creatures much like us humans? Granted the...

Beyond Labels

Diagnoses in the DSM-5, short for the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, are constructed by clinical...

Unadulterated Senses

Sight. Sound. Smell. Touch. Taste. These five words encapsulate the entirety of our external experience. Even more, these trusty inputs...

Mind-Body Musings

The mind-body connection has become such a worn out talking point that its integrity, and perhaps worse, it’s tangibility, have become...

Hyper-vigilant Hardwiring

“Chronic stress” has descended into the realm of old news as experts endlessly enumerate the risks associated with it. But what even is...

Zoom Out

As a society, we’ve mastered zooming in. Take our medical system: we have so many disciplines that there are doctors for nearly every...

Love and Trust

Falling in love can feel scary. Just now, I found myself wanting to soften my words – to insert “a little” or “a tad bit,” but I’m trying...

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I'm Shani, author of SelfWell. 

If you have questions, musings, collaboration ideas, or would simply like to chat, reach me at Shani.h.erdman@gmail.com.

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