How To Come Out Of Freeze & Into Flow
In order to talk about how to come out of freeze, we need to first understand what it is, and why it comes on in the first place. Freeze [...]
How to keep up your healing in the workplace, and the world!
The practice of somatic, nervous system based trauma healing is just that… a practice! Education is crucial, and there are many helpful techniques and tools we can use, and it’s [...]
Free Will and Consciousness. An Open Letter To Robert Sapolsky
Robert Sapolsky is a professor of Biology at Stanford University and a neuroendocrinologist who has dived deep into the origins of human behaviour and has had tremendous influence on how [...]
Planes, Babes, & Incubators: Exploring Coupling Dynamics
I learned about Coupling Dynamics in my Somatic Experiencing training - the modality developed by Peter Levine - and I'm pretty sure he coined the term. It is one of [...]
Trauma 101: The Basics You Need To Know In Today’s World
Most people think that a trauma is an event. You get abused as a kid, or violated as an adult. Someone is in a violent car accident. A soldier sees [...]
Sometimes We Have To Break Up With Our Family
If you ask someone why family is important to them you will often get an answer that conveys no actual information. “Because family comes first” “Because you only have one [...]
Can Plant Medicines and Psychedelics Heal Trauma?
Ayahuasca and other psychedelics and plant medicines have been very helpful for some people as part of their healing process, AND - they are not going to heal anything on [...]
What to do in case of Emergency
I recently had someone ask me if I could walk them through a real-life scenario and explain, step by step, what to do when past trauma gets triggered and the [...]
A Message From Body: The Paradox Of Differentiation Within Oneness
Body here. I love you all, and, I'm a little grumpy. I am grumpy because I am the least recognized part of what is considered Divine and I often get [...]
The Powerful Roots Of Porn Addiction (and what you can do about it)
This is a really tough one. I’ll start by saying right out that when it comes to this subject I can speak not only from my lens as a somatic [...]