Learning to set healthy boundaries is essential for healing, self-respect, and emotional freedom. In this My Mindful Medicine blog, former elite athlete and functional medicine practitioner Theresa Kulikowski shares her journey from people-pleasing and burnout to honoring the body’s wisdom. Discover how trusting your boundaries supports resilience, balance, and authentic well-being.

At West Point, my two-day signing for Beyond the Battlefield renewed my hope. Cadets and professors embraced mindfulness, meditation, and moral injury as vital tools for military mental health and resilience. This book shares true stories of service, PTSD, healing, and connection—bridging civilians and soldiers. Join the conversation, nurture courage, and explore mindful pathways to recovery.

Perfectionism holds us back. Inspired by Greg McKeown’s Effortless, this post reframes “rubbish” (mistakes) as fuel for learning. As a former elite athlete and Army veteran, I share how embracing imperfection, mindfulness, and self-compassion builds psychological safety, a growth mindset, and momentum. Ditch fear, redo the test, and let mistakes spark effortless breakthroughs.

Learn how to cultivate authentic joy with mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Break the negativity cycle by training your brain to “take in the good”—notice, savor, and wire new neural pathways for ease, gratitude, and resilience. Simple daily practices build lasting habits of joy and well-being. Explore a mind-body, functional medicine approach and watch the H.E.A.L steps to begin.

Just like a garden, our minds grow what we plant. This post explores how mindfulness helps us "weed out" harmful patterns and plant seeds of compassion, resilience, and joy. Inspired by Thoreau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and personal experience, I share tools to shift mental habits and nurture healing from within.