by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Dec 5, 2024 | Posts in English, IFS
I’ve long wondered why the words «selfless» and «selfish» exist in the English language, but not «selfull.» I’d like to coin the word selfulness—a state of being or an intention towards wholeness and being present to yourself, of tending to...
by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Oct 12, 2023 | Posts in English, Neurodivergence
The first time I heard the term “pathological demand avoidance” (PDA), a description of a set of behaviors usually characterized as an extreme avoidance of everyday demands and requests, I felt simultaneously called out and annoyed. “Oh my god that’s me!” I thought...
by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Sep 17, 2023 | Meditations, IFS, Posts in English
Being present with WHAT IS is definitely the first place to start, the main place to start. The place where we forget to be most of the time. But it’s also good to go to what WANTS TO BE, what’s wanting to be born, what’s wanting to emerge. And called by this, being...
by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Aug 11, 2023 | Meditations, Posts in English
More and more I think my job as a “coach,” as someone who accompanies others in their processes, is that of a birth and death doula. It’s often about witnessing and being with someone in their grief so that those feelings don’t get...
by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Jun 24, 2023 | Meditations, Posts in English
We may get caught in complaint, but when we do, it’s because something in us is unresolved, and the best tonic for this is validation and compassion, not pressing ourselves to look on the bright side or to set aside complaint. We live in a culture that often insists...
by Nayeli Garci-Crespo | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, Posts in English
j “I believe that knowing oneself is the most important thing a human being can do for [themself]. How can one know oneself? By learning to act not as one should, but as one does.” —Moshe Feldenkrais About two years ago, after one of those harsh and difficult turns...
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