Insights & Tools for Healing

Trauma isn’t just something that happened. It’s what happened inside you as a result. And often, it’s what keeps happening when your body and nervous system don’t feel safe — even long after the event is over.

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.

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.

In the world of experiential modalities, one concept continues to emerge as both foundational and transformative: memory reconsolidation...

Chronic pain is a topic near and dear to my heart. Having grown up in a household where chronic pain was present within my own family and...

It’s easy to feel like the mind and body are working against each other. That restless feeling when thoughts are swirling

Dissociation can feel like slipping away from yourself — losing track of time, feeling disconnected from your body, or watching life happen

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

When we dissociate, we feel like a passenger to our own life, like we’re floating away from the present moment.

The experience of dissociation anxiety is deeply disorienting—like floating just outside of yourself, disconnected from life.

Dissociation can be difficult to describe—and even harder to experience. It’s that sense of being disconnected, as if you’re watching life

Have you ever sensed an inexplicable heaviness or a persistent tension in your body? These sensations can be clues

Life often pulls us along in many different directions, leaving us yearning for a deeper connection with ourselves.

Somatic exercises offer a unique invitation to listen deeply to our bodies and attune ourselves to the subtle narratives they weave....

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

Life often presents us with challenges that test our resilience. These moments, while difficult, are also opportunities for growth.

Have you ever felt so disconnected from your body that it seemed like it was speaking a language you couldn’t understand? I know that...

If you’ve ever felt like your body has a mind of its own, you’re not alone. The Polyvagal Theory helps us understand why we feel that way

Have you ever felt like your body is trying to tell you something, but you’re not sure how to listen?