Olivia Testa

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There are parts of us that want healing to happen faster and dare I say, perfectly?

I'm very familiar with perfectionistic parts, my own and my clients. They're the ones that believe if we just push a little harder, try a little more, get it juuuuust right, we’ll finally arrive somewhere better. And we so badly want to be somewhere better.

But healing doesn’t happen on demand and definitely doesn’t happen when we push ourselves past our threshold.

When we override our limits, even with good intentions, there are other parts that feel it and this can actually slow the healing process down.

What I’m learning again and again is that real change happens in the moments where we don’t push past.
When we notice the edge, the no, the too fast, and choose to slow down instead of override it.

It can feel counterintuitive, like we’re not doing enough or getting anywhere, but that's just not true.

Safety and security are built through consistency, attunement, and respecting our limits.

From that place things can begin to shift in ways that actually last.

I know this to be true because my horse holds me accountable to it daily, whether I like it not 🦄

Snowy walks with my girl are my favorite.
Animals are such a huge healing presence for us. We are so lucky. I've been thinking about often animals come up in sessions. I'm sort of keeping track because now that I'm noticing, of course it's happening more often. They are such a connecting force for us as humans. "do you want to see a picture?" is usually met with an excited "of course!".
Sometimes just the shared feeling of what it means to love an animal is all it takes to feel seen and connected. Sometimes they show up during a quiet moment of meeting yourself within. They just always seem to be there.
Very grateful today for all the animal friends and the way they walk us home 💗

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I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine today as much as Tesana did 🫶🏼

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Join me for an intimate & cozy slow flow to honor the winter solstice.

We will move through breath, meditation and postures intentionally to create warmth within and end with receiving the energy of reiki.

This class will be held at my office in Falmouth and is limited to 6 participants.

Please email me [email protected] to pay and register

I am really looking forward to having you in class and hope this can become a more regular offering!

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Hi friends,
I've been busy helping my baby doll horse recover from surgery these last few weeks and have been MIA on socials.
Just writing to remind you that it's totally normal to have a wide array of feelings, to have multiple feelings at once, sometimes even conflicting feelings, about a person, place or thing in your life, all at once.
We hold multitudes.
We are complex.
That's what makes us human.
Lately my work with clients has been normalizing the human experience.
Practicing being a container for all of our parts. They all make sense.
We are not machines, we are not superhuman, and that is a GOOD thing.
Don't let social media tell you otherwise.
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