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What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting.

2023-10-22T09:26:19-07:00

In this blog I’m sharing a vlog that covers one of the fundamentals for healing unresolved trauma and restoring regulation and better self-awareness back to the human system: Orienting The capacity to orient to one’s environment in two different modes - exploratory and defensive - as well as [...]

What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting.2023-10-22T09:26:19-07:00

Time to travel and teach + the last month in review.

2020-05-12T15:33:06-07:00

I’m in Europe! Stockholm, to be exact, and getting all rested up and on European time so I can teach my first overseas Up & Down workshop with my teaching partner and dear friend, Elia Mrak. I’ll be posting clips from the workshop and the Swedish sights as my team and [...]

Time to travel and teach + the last month in review.2020-05-12T15:33:06-07:00

What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting.

2020-05-12T15:39:01-07:00

In this blog I’m sharing a vlog that covers one of the fundamentals for healing unresolved trauma and restoring regulation and better self-awareness back to the human system: Orienting The capacity to orient to one’s environment in two different modes - exploratory and defensive - as well as [...]

What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting.2020-05-12T15:39:01-07:00

Are you falling off the healing path? Please Remember This!

2019-11-21T12:30:34-08:00

Do you ever feel like ALL the healing work you’re doing is going nowhere … or do you ever find your mind spiraling into something that goes like this: “I must be doing something wrong because I’m feeling more activation and intense sensation!?” I fully understand this. For example, I had my [...]

Are you falling off the healing path? Please Remember This!2019-11-21T12:30:34-08:00

What is Healthy Aggression?

2020-05-12T15:41:47-07:00

Many years ago, one of my colleagues said this to me (and I’m paraphrasing): “It seems my biggest job is to help people get comfortable with anger.” I nodded fully because I couldn't agree more. Getting comfortable with anger is top of the list for me. Here’s a [...]

What is Healthy Aggression?2020-05-12T15:41:47-07:00

Understanding highly sensitive people: Nurture or Nature?

2020-05-12T15:45:03-07:00

For the record, I am sensitive. Like, super sensitive. I can tell what condiment my husband is using when making a sandwich even if I’m in a completely different floor of our home by the sound the lid makes coming off the jar or bottle. I know the moment our neighbors [...]

Understanding highly sensitive people: Nurture or Nature?2020-05-12T15:45:03-07:00

How to Deal with Sadness

2019-11-21T12:45:07-08:00

In this newest vlog I dive into the topic of sadness and the two different kinds of sadness that are rarely spoke of: nutritive and habitual. My approach and understanding around this topic of sadness is greatly influenced by my studies within the work of Somatic Experiencing, founded by Peter Levine. These specific distinctions [...]

How to Deal with Sadness2019-11-21T12:45:07-08:00

On Healing Toxic Shame

2022-05-29T18:42:54-07:00

[The 1st image of me to the left is the subtle facial expressions of distaste; the image to the right is disgust which is the gateway emotion to healing toxic shame.] A lot of people want to know how we process and heal shame.  This is a MASSIVE topic [...]

On Healing Toxic Shame2022-05-29T18:42:54-07:00

2 Little Known Facts to Help You Calm Down When You’re Overwhelmed

2022-07-20T10:45:03-07:00

After working with clients, both in my practice and in my online courses, I’ve come to see that overwhelm and emotional angst are a MASSIVE problem in our culture. Have you heard this saying: “What we resist persists”? This is so important when it comes to helping [...]

2 Little Known Facts to Help You Calm Down When You’re Overwhelmed2022-07-20T10:45:03-07:00

What kind of living would you rather have: Pain-free and easy or heavy and sluggish?

2024-03-11T11:47:29-07:00

When you experience physical pain, ignore it and say something like, "I'll take care of that later", you are doing a HUGE disservice to your precious body. When body movement is inefficient and painful, energy levels get zapped, joints suffer, entire body systems break down, healing is hindered and the aging [...]

What kind of living would you rather have: Pain-free and easy or heavy and sluggish?2024-03-11T11:47:29-07:00