All too often I hear folks say to my colleagues and me, “but I had such a good childhood” ?! ;) This is the conundrum/question they pose when they find out that the probable cause for their (mysterious) ailments; their anxiety, stress, seemingly random panic attacks, challenges [...]
Building and growing more nervous system capacity is a must to move from living in a state of survival stress, anxiety, and overwhelm to living in a place of greater ease with our body’s reaction to stress and old traumas. But the tricky thing with nervous system capacity [...]
I’m excited for this concept to be shared so here goes… My latest Trauma Tip vlog, How to stay hopeful when all you feel is doubt, breaks down four key principles we must be aware of, and practice, when we’re in the tough parts of our healing journey. In [...]
I want you to meet Kathy Kain. Some of you may know her as my mentor (and colleague) who has deeply influenced my work. Many of you have experienced her work via my online program SmartBody SmartMind™. But even if you haven’t heard of her, if you stick around and [...]
I believe unconditional empathy is essential right now, and if we can understand what that means at a deep biological level, and then learn to practice it, we get not only good points with the universe, but we build compassion for ALL (human) creatures. Great, small, obtuse, ignorant, abused [...]
I’m passionate about stellar learning environments. I’ve written about the importance of creating safe spaces in mind-body classes at length and these concepts are not just theoretical - they’re based on real life experience teaching group classes since 1996! My recent workshop obsession is called Up [...]
Earlier this week I spent a few days learning with Peter Levine* and I want to share a few nuggets we were studying that tie in with a new video I’ve got for you today that’s part of my ‘Trauma Tips’ video series. There’s a question I [...]
What I really want you to know, and what’s often misunderstood, is that nervous system rewiring and improving regulation (of the nervous system) is ALL about improving mental health. (And all the by-products that come with this, such as more restful and restorative sleep, improving our immune [...]
Our collective DNA, for the most part, only knows what it is like to live in survival physiology. By becoming more regulated in our autonomic nervous system we start to unleash our true human potential. I wish the entire body of work of healing [...]
Yes. It does. But here’s the thing: Threat. Helplessness. Abuse. Adversity. Toxic Shame…Living in a perpetual state of overriding our feelings, sensations, emotions (um hello Western society)...All of this creates a critical situation in the body’s physiology which is one of survival. We can also call this stress physiology, [...]
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