Today my loves, I come to you with a heavy heart to talk about the Buddhist concept of the second arrow.

Things happen in this beautiful precious lifetime that we may not like, that may fill us with sorrow, anger, grief, despair,

and in the face of the fact that the only thing we can control is our own reaction to life happening,

we have two choices.

To accept life on life's terms and to feel our feelings in our bodies so that we can

process and release them. Or we can blame ourselves, shame ourselves, and make our suffering all the stronger.

Sound familiar? Keep listening to learn about why we do this and how to halt this harmful habit in its tracks.

You're listening to Feminist Wellness, the only podcast that combines functional medicine, life coaching, and feminism to teach smart women

how to reclaim their power and restore their health.

Here's your host, nurse practitioner, functional medicine expert and Life Coach, Victoria Albina.

Hello, hello, my beautiful love.

I hope this day finds you enjoying this precious moment of life.

Resting when you need rest, moving when your body asks for it,

eating in a way that honors your body's needs.

This week, the Buddhist concept of the Second Arrow is very

I just found out that we lost a beautiful member of my family, my Tia, Celia, Celia, Nora Echebecht,

who we called Koca in that very South American way of calling everyone a tender

pet name and never their given name. While she wasn't blood related to me, She filled the role of Tia and was ever present in my life and my childhood, my growing up.

She lived with us and was an important and beloved part of our family. The news was a shock, though she was

older, she wasn't that old, and she wasn't sick, she was doing well until she wasn't. And I'm sitting with all the

feelings of my own sadness, loss, grief, and joy that she went peacefully in her sleep and didn't suffer.

And I'm feeling an even deeper sorrow for my Tia Bichie, whose actual name is Marta Lautra, for whom Koca was mother, sister, teacher, student, best friend, and confidant.

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