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Functional Freeze: Why High Achievers Put Off Healing Until They Break

I'm going to keep this update shorter than usual, so you can do a quick scan and check out what I’ve been talking about on social media the past week (scroll down for me looking ‘surprised’)... Also, I’ve got a NEW mini-class happening July 8 (see details below [...]

Anxiety, Perfectionism, and How One High-Achieving “Good Girl” Actually Healed | Jerika’s Story

As promised last week, today I have a new ‘round two’ talk with one of our younger SmartBody SmartMindTM (SBSM) alums, Jerika.  Jerika and I had our first talk back in February 2024, where we covered in detail what led her to (desperately) seek out nervous system healing [...]

The Truth About Becoming a Somatic Practitioner (Feldenkrais, SE + Healing Arts Careers)

Before I introduce this week’s new guest interview that’s dedicated to those who are practitioners, or practitioners to be… I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all those who have sent in emails or dropped a social media comment, expressing your excitement for the [...]

How I Fully Healed From Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia (A Nervous System Recovery Story)

Without a doubt, one of the main ailments that led to the development of the new traumatology work that we know of today, which forms the basis of my previous private practice work, and then developing my online offerings for personal somatic and interoceptive skill building, would be [...]

Why Nervous System Healing Isn’t Working for So Many People (and What I’m Changing in 2026)

Important Notice: SmartBody SmartMind™ (SBSM) Foundations is happening June 3 - 25! Registration for this brand new 4-week offering that I’ll be teaching will come later this week, but for now… Be sure to watch this ‘info session vlog’ (25 mins), where I: Give you a recap of [...]

What a Regulated Nervous System Actually Feels Like (Students Share Their Results)

True story: In one of my professional training sessions focused on working with early and developmental trauma work, I remember our primary teacher, Kathy Kain, say:  “I talk to my clients a lot about their poop!” Some might laugh at that. Others might feel a twinge of “is [...]