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 [...]
Today I have a short video for you on why simply slowing down our breath to calm our nervous system and reset it isn’t enough, and why it (often) doesn’t work. There’s so much myth and misinformation out there, so today, I’m setting it straight! This piece was [...]
Today, I have a video which is from a Special Topic Lecture I did back in November of 2020, themed: Shame. The Healthy Kind. The Toxic Kind. This year I'll be sharing more of these short sound (video) bytes from my many long-form lectures I've done over the [...]
I have a brand new video that makes the connection between stored traumatic stress (aka: trapped trauma), and the development of chronic illness that resides in our gut. But first, a quick note on how powerful the gut is for safety: There’s a reason little humans (aka: children) [...]
Every now and then, a comment comes through my YouTube channel that creates an array of emotions within me, and reminds me why: a) my work is super important b) your work is super important My work is being the educator and messenger that I am. Your work [...]
Today, I have another one of my interview chats for you. Meet Amy! Amy’s story is all about her big awakening and leaving the Mormon faith. While this talk revolves around her life story, religious ‘freeze’ as she calls it, and the departure from her religious upbringings, I [...]
If you’re new here (welcome!) I wanted you to know that I do monthly special topic lectures via my social media channels, with topics discussed late last year being ‘anger as medicine,’ ‘healing adrenal fatigue,’ and ‘healthy vs toxic shame.’ The final lecture of 2020 was a hit, [...]
I think the subject line of this blog post says it all, doesn’t it? The video for this week is a small clip from a Q&A session I did last year, as well as an essential postscript for folks who might be considering confronting the people in your [...]
Last year, around this time, I released a vlog that described how learning a second language as an adult is analogous to learning how to create nervous system regulation (for the first time) as an adult. I write “for the first time” in brackets, because for some here, [...]
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