A Balanced Life - Making the Mind Body Connection, Statesville, NC (2026)

12/22/2025

As we enter the final week of Advent, we reflect on Love — not as obligation, emotion, or self-sacrifice, but as the steady presence of the Divine that holds us together as we heal.

After trauma, healing isn’t just about releasing pain. It’s about integration — learning how to live safely in a body that has survived, how to trust again, how to let wholeness return gently and on your own terms.

From a mind–body perspective, love is what allows that integration to happen. It shows up as compassion toward yourself. As patience with your nervous system. As the ability to sit with your story without being overwhelmed by it.

This week, I’m practicing love in trauma-sensitive ways:
💗 offering myself kindness instead of pressure
💗 honoring my limits without guilt
💗 allowing rest to be sacred
💗 remembering that I am held by something greater than what hurt me

Spiritually, love is the element of the Divine that restores unity. It doesn’t rush healing. It doesn’t demand transformation. It simply stays present — steady, faithful, and grounding.

Advent reminds us that healing light doesn’t overwhelm the darkness. It enters slowly, filling space over time. Love integrates what was fractured and reminds the body and soul that they belong.

May this week bring you a deeper sense of being held, supported, and gently gathered back into wholeness.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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12/15/2025

As we move into the third week of Advent, we reflect on Joy — not as forced happiness, but as a natural response to healing.

For many of us, joy hasn’t felt safe. Trauma teaches the body to stay alert, guarded, and prepared for the next impact. In that space, joy isn’t missing because we’ve failed — it’s missing because the body has been protecting us.

From a mind–body perspective, joy often appears after safety is restored. It shows up quietly. In small moments. In a deeper breath. In laughter that surprises you. In the sense that the weight you’ve been carrying isn’t quite as heavy as it once was.

This week, I’m practicing joy as a signal, not a demand:
🔥 noticing when my body feels a little lighter
🔥 allowing pleasure without rushing or guilt
🔥 honoring moments of ease as progress
🔥 trusting that joy can exist alongside healing

Spiritually, joy is a sign that something sacred is at work — that healing is taking root in places that once held pain. It’s the soul’s way of saying, “You’re safe enough now to feel more.”

Advent reminds us that light enters gently. Joy doesn’t arrive all at once. It grows as the nervous system settles and the heart begins to trust again.

May this week offer you small, honest moments of joy — not as pressure, but as proof that healing is unfolding.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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12/08/2025

Good morning friends,

As we enter the second week of Advent, I’m exploring Peace as a bodily experience, not just a concept.

Peace is what happens when the mind and heart stop working against each other. It’s the spaciousness inside your chest when you’re no longer bracing for impact. It’s coherence — a calm, steady rhythm that your whole system recognizes as “safe.”

This week, I’m practicing Peace through the body:
🕊 slowing my breath until my heart settles
🕊 softening the places where tension hides
🕊 choosing presence over urgency
🕊 allowing inner stillness to be enough

Metaphysically, Peace aligns us with divine order — the deeper rhythm that exists beneath chaos and circumstances. When the body rests, the spirit rises. When the mind quiets, intuition speaks.

May this week bring you moments where your body remembers it was made for calm.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

* Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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12/03/2025

Good morning friends,

As Advent began Sunday, this week I’m leaning into Hope not as wishful thinking, but as a mind–body shift — a gentle return to inner safety.

Hope, on a metaphysical level, is the moment your system remembers that light still lives inside you, even when life feels heavy. It’s the way your body exhales after holding tension. It’s the soft spark that says, “Something new is possible for me.”

From a holistic view, Hope is actually a nervous system experience.
It’s what happens when you move out of survival mode and into possibility. When your body stops bracing. When your mind stops predicting worst-case scenarios. When your inner self finally gets to rest.

So this week, I’m practicing Hope through the body:
✨ slow, grounding breaths
✨ releasing tight places I didn’t know I was holding
✨ letting my mind witness possibility instead of threat
✨ choosing to believe that something good is already forming in the unseen

Advent invites us to prepare room for new Light — not by striving, but by softening. By regulating. By letting the body feel safe enough to dream again.

This week, may we let Hope settle into our cells and remind us that the dawn always comes.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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12/01/2025

✨ Important Update for December & the New Year ✨

I will be taking some time in December to complete additional training so I can serve you even better in 2026. 💫

Because of this, my available hours in December will be limited to 1–2 days per week. I will still be available as needed for my regular clients, and I’ll do my best to accommodate your sessions during this time.

Beginning January 1, some of my session rates will be going up slightly. This change allows me to continue offering high-quality, deeply supportive care. My services will still be affordable, and I’m also creating new packages to make the therapies I offer even more accessible and budget-friendly. 💚

I’m also looking for another healer to share my space in Downtown Statesville. If you or someone you know feels aligned with holistic or energy healing work and wants a peaceful, beautiful space to support clients, feel free to reach out.

If you’re a new client and would like to connect, you can reach me at:
📱 Text: 704-880-6228
📧 Email: abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

Thank you for your understanding, patience, and continued trust as I grow and make space to better support your healing journey. 🌿

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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11/28/2025

Good morning friends,

Gratefulness at the Cellular Level

As we close out this week of mindful gratefulness, I want to bring it all together in a way that speaks to how deeply gratitude shapes us — not just emotionally, but physically and spiritually.

Mindful gratefulness reaches all the way into the deepest cellular level of the body. When we practice gratitude, our nervous system shifts into safety, peace, and balance. Our hormones stabilize. Our immune system strengthens. Our cells begin to operate in a more harmonious state because the body responds to the environment we create within it.

And because we were created as a whole being — a soul with a mind and body — what affects one part of us naturally influences the rest. Gratitude calms the mind, supports the heart, and nourishes the body. It brings us back to the truth of who we are: unconditionally loved, designed with purpose, and made in the image of a Creator who delights in us.

Simple Daily Practices for Mindful Gratefulness
These small practices are easy to stick to and powerful when done consistently:

✨ 1. Meditate on being unconditionally loved.
Even a few quiet minutes focusing on the truth that you are fully loved and fully known brings peace into your body.

✨ 2. Keep a gratitude journal.
Write down 3 blessings each day — big or small. Your brain rewires itself through repetition.

✨ 3. See others through the eyes of love.
A beautiful practice is looking at others without judgment and asking, “How would God see this person?” Let unconditional love flow through you.

✨ 4. Pause throughout the day.
Simply stop and name one thing you're grateful for — right in the moment. This trains the heart to stay open.

Gratitude is not just a feeling; it is a daily rhythm that reshapes the whole self. And when we choose it regularly, our bodies respond with healing, our minds respond with clarity, and our spirits respond with peace.

If you’re ready for support on your holistic healing journey, I offer affordable fees and a free consult — I’d love to walk with you.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist
abalancedlife2023@gmail.com OR 704-880-6228

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

Today my heart is full.

I’m especially thankful for every friend, client, and beautiful soul who has trusted me with their holistic care and their healing journey. Walking alongside you is one of the greatest honors of my life.

Holidays remind us that family isn’t always defined by blood. Sometimes we choose our family — the people who support us, uplift us, and bring peace into our world. Today, I’m deeply grateful for my chosen family… for the ones who walk with me, believe in me, and share life with me in meaningful ways.

May your day be filled with warmth, gratitude, and the quiet knowing that you are surrounded by people who care — chosen or given, near or far.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Zulfugar Karimov on Unsplash

11/26/2025

Good morning friends,

Gratefulness and Healthy Boundaries

Today, let’s talk about the blessing of family and friends — even when relationships are complicated. Gratitude doesn’t require us to ignore our boundaries or tolerate what harms us. We never have to do what we’re uncomfortable with, and we don’t have to stay close to people who are toxic to our well-being.

But here’s the beautiful truth:
We can still be grateful for them from a healthy distance.

Gratitude shifts our internal state. It elevates how we think, how we feel, and even how our body functions. Research continues to show that gratefulness improves both mental and physical well-being, not because the people in our lives are perfect, but because of the energy we release when our hearts choose thankfulness.

Gratitude is contagious.
It ripples outward.
It strengthens us.
And it softens the emotional weight we carry.

Today, notice the people in your life who support you — and even those who have challenged you. Let gratefulness be the filter that brings peace back into your body and clarity back into your spirit.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

11/25/2025

Good morning friends,

Gratitude Supports the Body!

A grateful mindset doesn’t just feel good emotionally — it affects the body on a deeper level. Gratitude can give the immune system a natural boost, helping the body operate from a place of balance instead of stress.

When we live in constant complaint, resentment, or negativity, the body shifts into a lower energetic state. Our organs, tissues, and cells are designed to function within an optimal frequency — a healthy rhythm that supports immunity, healing, and vitality. But when we stay in an ungrateful or emotionally heavy space, that frequency can drop, leaving the body more vulnerable to imbalance and illness.

Gratitude helps raise the internal environment.
It reminds the nervous system that we are safe.
It invites the body to return to harmony.

So even on difficult days, finding one thing — just one — to be grateful for can support physical wellness. Gratitude isn’t just a mindset… it’s medicine for the whole self.

Have an awesome day!

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Riccardo Ginevri on Unsplash

11/24/2025

Good morning friends,

Let's talk about gratitude this Thanksgiving week.

Gratitude in the Hardest Seasons

Many years ago, during a painful family crisis, I began a practice that honestly felt impossible at first. Every night before bed, I would recount the blessings of that day — and I wrote them down.

But let me tell you… it wasn’t easy. I had to search for them. Some days, the only blessings I could think of were things like, “I had food to eat today,” or “I have clothes to wear.” Simple things. Ordinary things. Sometimes the only thing I could point to was a tiny moment of relief, or a hint of kindness in the middle of heartbreak.

And strangely enough, even the person at the center of the crisis — the one no longer in my life — became someone I occasionally found blessings around. Not because the situation was good, but because life still made room for little glimmers of grace.

Through those nights, Philippians 4:8 became an anchor for me:
“Think on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and praiseworthy…”

So I practiced. I looked for good things, even when they didn’t come easily. And over time, it reshaped me. Gratitude didn’t remove the pain — but it helped me survive it. I still do this practice today.

Sometimes the blessing isn’t loud.
Sometimes it’s just a whisper.
But it’s still there.
Have an awesome day!

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

11/21/2025

Good morning friends,

You Deserve Support That Fits Your Life

As we wrap up this week on affordable holistic care, I want to leave you with this truth:

Healing is not something you have to do alone. It’s a partnership.

Your body was beautifully designed with a natural ability to heal — but sometimes we all need someone to walk with us.
Not to take over the process, but to partner with you… to support, reflect, guide, and hold space while you reconnect with your own healing wisdom.

And that partnership shouldn’t depend on your finances.

If you’ve been wanting support but hesitating because of cost, here’s what I want you to know:

✨ I offer affordable, accessible fees
✨ I provide a free consult so you can explore options without pressure
✨ I believe healing is a shared journey — we work together, gently and intentionally

If you’re ready to explore what support might look like for you, you can reach me here:

📩 Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP
Trauma Informed Specialist
Licensed with the Professional Wellness Alliance (PWA)
📞 Call/Text: 704-880-6228
📧 Email: abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

You don’t have to navigate your healing alone, and you don’t have to stretch beyond your means to receive real, compassionate support.

Comment “ACCESS” or message me anytime. I’d love to walk this journey with you. ❤️

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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11/20/2025

Good morning friends,

You’re Allowed to Advocate for Your Healing

One thing so many people don’t realize is this:
You’re allowed to advocate for both your health and your budget.

Holistic care doesn’t have to feel intimidating or out of reach. You’re allowed to ask questions. You’re allowed to explore options. And you’re allowed to choose what supports your mind and body without feeling guilty.

Here are a few things you can confidently ask any practitioner:

“Do you offer sliding-scale or reduced-rate sessions?”

“Do you have shorter, more affordable session options?”

“Can we create a plan that honors my budget and my needs?”

A supportive practitioner won’t shame you for asking — ever.

Remember: holistic care can be your first option, and you can take powerful steps at home, too. You get to choose what feels right for you and walk your healing path at a pace your life can support.

Comment “ADVOCATE” if you’re ready to step into this more confidently. ❤️

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist

*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

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