What is a chronic illness? Why do we experience chronic symptoms? What can we do to find relief? These are all important questions. And I provide answers (in under ten minutes!) in this vlog: How stored trauma creates somatic symptoms (aka chronic illness). Chronic illnesses abound (especially in [...]
Today, I have a NEW long-form conversation for you about earth, humanity, and the deep interconnection between the two with my good friend, Kate Kavanaugh. She’s a farmer, butcher, holistic nutritionist, and host of the Mind Body Soil podcast, exploring what it means to be a human woven [...]
Many of the students going through my online courses report benefits—better health, stronger relationships, deeper sleep, greater focus, more energy, and greater connection to their life purpose. And one that may come as a surprise…HEALTHIER HOUSEPLANTS. As they do the work to heal trauma and restore regulation back [...]
This article is an update of a blog post originally published in December 2015. * * * Feeling stuck? Like you’re hitting a brick wall? Pulled back into the same self-defeating patterns again and again by some kind of magnetic force? You might be experiencing resistance. Two things [...]
I’ve got a fun and easy one for you today :) As some of you may know, I have a YouTube channel. To date, we have over 400 videos, over 7 million views(!), and now we have, drum roll…. 100,000 Subscribers!!!! This is a big deal in the [...]
A few years ago, I released an important special topic lecture that I’m re-sharing today—Healing Sexual Trauma (A Somatic & Nervous System Approach). Because this topic is so broad (ranging from sexual abuse to surgical trauma involving the sex organs) and complex, this lecture landed for many. After [...]
A couple months ago, I accidentally slammed my hand in a door while BBQing on our balcony. And it hurt. Bad. Rather than rushing along and continuing to cook, I stopped. I sat on the couch. And I FELT THE PAIN. I didn’t ignore it. Or pretend it [...]
I recently went live on Instagram to cover a topic that my team and I have been getting A LOT of questions on—the best way to become trauma-informed/trauma-certified. I have a lot of thoughts on this. And I’ve summed them up here: Do you want to get certified [...]
I’ve got a very special treat for you today—an expert guest interview with Jessica Ash. She’s a Functional Nutritionist and self-proclaimed “hormone nerd” who’s here to teach you how to use food to become FULLY NOURISHED. I found her on Instagram less than a year ago, while working [...]
Deep, restorative sleep is a gift. Unless it’s not coming easy—then it can feel like a nightmare. I see this show up for folks in a number of different ways. Any of these sound familiar? You’re exhausted, but the second you lay down to go to sleep you [...]
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