When I was in university, one of my fourth year profs came up to me after a presentation I gave, and said: “You know, you really have a knack for this!” I, never having had anyone give me any praise for doing well in an academic environment, assumed [...]
I’m stoked to share a shiny new interview chat with one of my Somatic Experiencing colleagues, Dr. Aimie Apigian. Dr. Aimie entered into the world of developmental trauma and all things nervous system health when she adopted a little human while in medical school (crazy, I know!). In [...]
Did you know each month I do a special topic lecture on my YouTube channel? I want to make sure you caught LAST month’s lecture on How trauma is REALLY released. It was a popular one and a favourite for many, dubbed by a few to be one [...]
In this week’s video, I share a short clip from one of my special topic lectures on the polyvagal theory that took place earlier this year (this is the full lecture). This short segment speaks to how we navigate stress and traumatic experiences based on something called a [...]
From time to time, maybe once or twice a year, I have someone tell me that I need to put trigger warnings on my educational content. Well, you will never see me do this, and this week’s video explains why I have a strong boundary around this. Here’s [...]
Got a short one for you today that is all about what true nervous system regulation REALLY is. Dive in. Please know that reaching this holy grail of health (aka: full autonomic nervous system regulation) does not mean that we won’t get stressed out. [...]
I wanted to do a special topic lecture on “Healing” Gone Bad because of the many emails, social media messages, and stories from my past clients and current online students, telling the tales of “healing” modalities and others sorts of trauma releasing techniques rendering them not only NOT [...]
In this week’s vlog, I take you on a bit of a journey through some of my own personal discoveries around old traumas surfacing, body tension, and also severe physical pain. Long story short, I did a lot of intense and shock-producing sports in my childhood, teens, twenties, [...]
A common thing that happens when we begin excavating old traumas at the somatic level is a sense of overwhelm. From my experience this can be due to a few things, and while this week’s vlog doesn’t cover each and every aspect of why someone might feel overwhelmed [...]
Did today’s vlog title catch your interest? While I know this is in fact a metaphor and not a literal meaning, I thought I’d have some fun with it. Have a listen. Resources I Share In The Vlog: VIDEO: What do you do when [...]
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