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Insights & Tools for Healing
Welcome to the resource area! Here you’ll find a curated collection of tools to support mind-body connection, emotional resilience, and self-discovery. Explore practices that offer gentle, somatic approaches to deepen awareness, cultivate resilience, and foster growth.
Attachment
We come into the world knowing how to connect. That drive for connection is hardwired into us from the very beginning.
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Trauma
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...
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Depression
When I work with clients navigating depression, I let them know from the start: we’re going to take our time. We’re going to try different tools, follow their pace, and allow their system to show us what feels helpful.
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Do Somatic Exercises Work? A Shared Exploration of Their Potential
Somatic exercises offer a unique invitation to listen deeply to our bodies and attune ourselves to the subtle narratives they weave....
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Listening to Your Body: Gentle Somatic Therapy Exercises to Explore
I still remember the first time I realized my body was holding onto more than just physical tension.
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Exploring Somatic Mindfulness: A Personal Journey
Somatic mindfulness involves bringing conscious awareness to the sensations within our bodies, allowing us to connect more deeply
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Discover the Healing Power of Mindfulness-Based Somatic Therapy
Have you ever felt like you’re carrying the weight of your stress, past experiences, or unspoken emotions in your body?
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Shame vs. Guilt – A Somatic Approach to Healing
We’ve all felt it—that pang in our gut, the heaviness in our chest that somehow feels like it’s pulling us down from the inside.
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What is Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience (DAre)?
Experiencing early trauma can disrupt our ability to cultivate healthy, fulfilling relationships. We might struggle to trust others or...
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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?
Whether you realize it or not, you’re likely already familiar with the central tenet of IFS: parts. Ever felt like part of you wanted to...
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What is the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)?
Chances are, you probably enjoy listening to music in your day-to-day life. But what if it could actually repair your nervous system and...
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What is Somatic Experiencing?
We often think of trauma as a mental or emotional experience. While it certainly has lasting effects on our inner world, it’s important...
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What is Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy?
When you hear the word “therapy,” you might think of a stark, clinical space where your practitioner asks you about your emotions,...
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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?
Have you ever found yourself thinking or feeling something like... A part of me knows I should get up and exercise, but another part of...
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What is somatic therapy?
Did you know that 80% of your body’s signals are sent to the brain from the body, while only 20% travel from the brain to the body?...
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Ways to be more gentle with yourself this holiday season 🎄 (Especially if they feel hard.)
The holidays can bring up different feelings for everyone, every year. Excitement and uneasiness, gratitude and sorrow, certainty and...
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Your body holds the keys to healing
Sometimes things happen in life that we don't plan or expect. Even though I know this, when something unexpected happens, it can still...
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Changes of season (I’m back!)
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I haven’t posted since June. It's now the beginning of November, the leaves are changing colors, I've...
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Mama Ocean
"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson In 2019 I accepted an opportunity to move across the country...
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