Posts by Christina Laberge
Space Clearing: Two Moving Checklist Essentials
Moving is a stressful and exciting time for the whole family. It is a time of endings and new beginnings. We dream of what will be possible with a new start and a clean slate. But in the pressure of deadlines and packing and traveling, it is easy to overlook the energetic work that forms…
Read MoreWelcome to my blog! Christina’s Story
Welcome to Wellspring Energyworks and to my blog! Photography by Jenny Revitz Soper Wellspring is a resource to help you to live your best life by finding serenity and joy in your living space and in your body. If you are looking for: Tips for clearing clutter around your home Ways to streamline your cleaning…
Read More4 Easy Ways to Declutter when Overwhelmed
It’s been a long day at work after a long week. You’ve fought through traffic and a long checkout line at the grocery store. You pull into your driveway and turn off the engine. A part of you is relieved to finally be home. Another part of you feels a sense of uneasiness. As you…
Read MoreHow to Grow Hope with the Law of Attraction
I would classify myself as an on-again, off-again gardener. I had my first experiences in gardening while watching my grandparents grow vegetables in their backyard with prolific success. It was obviously hard work, but since I wanted to reap the benefits, I pitched in and helped to pick beans, strawberries, Swiss chard – whatever was…
Read More3 Tips to Put Perfectionism and Procrastination in Perspective
Perfectionism and Procrastination steal your time and energy Are you someone who has the best of intentions when it comes to decluttering, but you get so caught up in the details that you make little progress? Is perfectionism a struggle for you? Do you find yourself spending more time thinking about decluttering than actually doing…
Read MoreCareer Success-10 Ways to Make Your Front Door a Magnet
With a meandering path, this front door welcomes guests and new possibilities. Your front door is more than a way in and out of your home – it is the energetic pathway for all new things to enter your home, career, and your life. It is the first thing that your guests experience when arriving…
Read More5 Decluttering Tips for “Thrifty” People
Are you a thrifty person who is struggling with the concept of decluttering because it feels wasteful to let go of perfectly good things that you might need someday? Does it seem like everyone else is able to blissfully toss stacks of things that you secretly want to bring back into your house under the…
Read MoreDieting and the Dragon of Perfectionism-Confession of a Couch Slug
In my last installment of Confessions of a Couch Slug, I related my story of getting obsessed with dieting and calorie counting and how it eventually led me to give up my pursuit of a strong, healthy body. Hitting Bottom I realized that I had hit the bottom when I was looking up the calorie…
Read MoreCouch Slug’s Confession: Exercise, Weight Loss and FOOD
I’m going to take this Couch Slug’s confession to a new and terrifying place for myself: exercise, nutrition, and weight. I just typed those three words and I felt the heavy load of the subject rest upon my weary self, but nevertheless, I’m still going there. This is the second time in my personal history…
Read MoreCycling Saga of a Couch Slug – Part 2 of 2
After reading the first part of my epic cycling saga, I fear that I might have omitted some of my few skills in the area of all things physical. Yes, it is absolutely true that the only sport I can claim as a part of my high school experience is Speech and Debate, but I…
Read MoreTraining a Couch Slug – part 1 of 2
If you are one of those people for whom exercise comes naturally and easily, then I admire you. My relationship to exercise and training is a wary one. I am a naturally sedentary person. My leisurely pursuits are sedentary activities: quilting, reading, writing, composing. Keeping in shape is not something that comes naturally to me.…
Read MoreMeditation-Lent, Lust and Letters
For Christians, the season of Lent is one of introspection and repentance. Faithful Christians adopt a Lenten discipline that will bring them closer to God. I’m going to tell you about one of my Lenten journeys and how I used meditation to change my life. When I was a kid (and growing up in a…
Read MorePositive Thinking-8 Steps for the Bumps in the Road
Several months ago, I started an experiment that has changed my life – I made the decision to live my life with as much positive thinking as possible. Consequently, the results have been nothing short of extraordinary, and my life’s work of helping people to achieve their goals through wellness and positive thinking is taking…
Read MoreTruth Telling: How to Speak Past Fear
Have you ever felt torn between the need to speak your truth and the fear of what will happen if you do? I think of all of the metaphors that exist to describe what it feels like to hold back words that want to come out: holding or biting my tongue biting back the words…
Read MoreHappy and Healthy – 6 Simple Steps
I spend a great deal of time thinking about two things: wellness and our thought processes. I also spend a lot of mental energy on what it takes to be Happy and Healthy. Actually, these subjects are really two sides of the same coin and are inseparable. We literally become what we think, and it…
Read MoreNegative Thoughts-4 Easy Steps to Regain Control
Don’t judge me – I really love my vacuum cleaner! The morning was absolutely lovely. I enjoyed my breakfast and tea with my partner, our two cats, and bird, and was looking forward to seeing my clients and doing the bodywork I love. Before my first client of the day arrived, I was doing some…
Read MoreTransforming power of exercise-Couch Slug Confessions
I know – the last thing any of us needs is someone else blathering on and on about exercise and how important it is. We all know the health benefits of exercise. We all know that it is key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Blah blah blah… I am a complete slug at…
Read MoreWearing our labels on the outside
There’s that moment when a well-meaning friend or family member comes up behind you and says, “Your tag is showing.” They tuck it back into your shirt, and you go on with your day, confident that our label is where it is supposed to be – on the inside. We all walk around with a…
Read MorePositive Thinking-Fake it until you make it
As a young music student, the positive thinking was a constant challenge. I remember a moment in a lesson when I was struggling with a musical phrase in the upper range. Missing the top note repeatedly, I was extremely frustrated. I had an upcoming performance of the piece that was important to me. After making…
Read MoreGratitude – not just for holidays
Once the election was over, and the political rhetoric ceased, I rejoined conversations on Facebook without fearing what I would see on my news feed. I was delighted to notice that many people had undertaken a thirty-day gratitude challenge in the month of November. I have enjoyed the positive boost of energy I have received…
Read MoreCynicism: Smashing the “Jade(d)” mask
Many years ago, when I was a graduate music student at USC, I remember how excited (and more than a little scared) I was to be a part of such an amazing institution and to be among such talented teachers and students. I recall conversations with my new colleagues about our aspirations and what we…
Read MoreReiki-What’s it all about?
A Reiki session is conducted with hands on the body or in the energy field. Before I even get started, I need to say that I grew up in Maine. Folks where I’m from tend to be of the downright practical sort. As a result, they are highly suspicious of things that they can’t see…
Read MoreStretching-Why We Don’t Make Time
Stretching is something that I regularly forget. Yesterday, I was driving to Orange County to give a massage. In the best of conditions, it’s a 1.25-hour drive from Santa Clarita. But this was not the case. There were two major accidents on the other side of the freeway. Even though there were no lanes closed…
Read MoreForgiveness-Selfish Wellness Hack
I just finished reading “Forgive for Good” by Dr. Fred Luskin, and I’m still chewing on the concept that choosing forgiveness is making a choice for personal wellness that is so powerful that it can only be described as selfish. He talks about our process of creating “grievance stories” that narrate the tales of hurt,…
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