Insights & Tools for Healing

Your nervous system is designed to move through waves — activation and deactivation, expansion and contraction. But when stress builds up, or when we’ve been taught to ignore what we feel, we can lose our rhythm.

Nervous System 101 is a guide to getting to know the incredible inner system that helps you stay safe, connect with others, and navigate life’s stressors. It’s a science that helps us better understand how we are wired so that we can better serve ourselves and help us heal.

In experiential therapies we seek approaches that don’t just treat symptoms, but actually speak to the heart of our experience—especially when that experience involves trauma. For me, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) has been one of those approaches. It helped me make sense of the reactions and behaviors I once didn’t understand, and provided tools that supported deep, meaningful healing.

Experiential therapy is a powerful approach that goes beyond talking about problems and instead helps you experience what’s happening inside — in your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and beliefs — in real time.

Becoming Her Podcast with Jeanetta Bodie Rupture, Repair, and Parts Work: A Conversation with Jen - Episode 17 I was so grateful to be a...

Dissociation can feel like slipping away from the world — like you’re in the room without really being there. It’s disorienting and lonely,

Recovering from PTSD can be disorienting and exhausting. If you’ve felt stuck or frustrated with the pace of your healing, you’re not alone.

Healing from trauma can feel like an impossible task when you’re doing it alone. I know that feeling — when your mind tells you to calm down

Do you sometimes feel like no matter what you do, it’s never quite enough? Like you’re constantly trying to keep up, prove yourself

I know shame intimately. It used to settle deep in my chest like a weight I couldn’t shake.

Grief is a deeply personal journey, and if you're here, perhaps you're currently navigating its unpredictable waves.

Death is one of the most human experiences we face—and one of the hardest to talk about. When we hear the word “death,” we often think of losing someone we love: a parent, a child, a spouse, a friend. And yes, that grief can feel all-consuming.

Trauma isn’t just about what happened—it’s about how it felt inside of you. It’s those moments that left you confused, overwhelmed, or...

We come into the world knowing how to connect. That drive for connection is hardwired into us from the very beginning.

Trauma isn’t just about what happened—it’s about how it felt inside of you. It’s those moments when something hits you too hard or too...

Shame has a special place in my heart. Strange thing to say, I know. But I spent two years training at the Center for Healing Shame—studying it, sitting with it, even learning to befriend it. I’ve come to see how shame touches nearly every area of life, especially our relationships—with ourselves, with others, and with the world.

It’s no surprise that many of us struggle to feel truly safe, at ease, or at home in our own bodies. We might feel shame or confusion around our desires—or wonder if we’re even allowed to have any. We might shut down emotionally or physically. We might feel both hungry for intimacy and terrified of it. These are all deeply human responses.

I still remember the first time I realized my body was holding onto more than just physical tension.

Somatic mindfulness involves bringing conscious awareness to the sensations within our bodies, allowing us to connect more deeply

Have you ever felt like you’re carrying the weight of your stress, past experiences, or unspoken emotions in your body?