As we are learning more and more, a lot of approved drugs get overused and abused (the biopic series Dopesick comes to mind). Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s a time and a place for pharmaceuticals! Personally, I know that if I needed pain medication for an acute [...]
Hi folks!Did you know that, every month, over 150,000 people scour the internet for:“How to reduce stress”“How to calm down”“How to relax”And that’s just according to what Google trends can measure. 🤷🏻♀️As a nervous system expert who’s practiced and taught this stuff for over 25 years… I’m not surprised.Modern day [...]
Any writers here? Math nerds? Foodies who cook from scratch? What’s one thing that all these have in common? No matter how masterful you might be, at one point you were a newbie and started with the basics. As most of us know, when we begin to write [...]
What a day! 6.5 hours, talking with amazing humans! And then, 2+ more hours of online work! But this image is less about my day and such. It is a massive milestone in my nervous system regulation… This is just me stuck in traffic heading back to my hotel. [...]
Nine years ago I wrote what I believe to be one of the best articles of my life. Back then, only my Somatic Experiencing colleagues understood I was predicting. (If memory serves, it did offend a fair few…) Patiently, I’ve been waiting to see if my predications were accurate. [...]
The New Year is here! Late 2024, I started to reflect a LOT on the past 10 years. All of which I have dedicated to bringing this nervous system healing trauma "stuff" into the online space (for those new here, this short page talks more about this). It [...]
I’ve seen it time and time again. Two people can start this nervous system work at the exact same time. They might be facing similar struggles — chronic pain, anxiety, or feeling stuck in survival mode. But after a few months (or years), their journeys may look completely [...]
What is the "Real" Polyvagal Theory? Good question! There is a virtual circus of misinformation in ‘somatic’ spaces these days. It’s become such a problem that I now try to avoid using the word ‘somatic.’ Sad, but true! However… There are certain things around trauma, somatic healing, and [...]
I see comments like these pop up on my YouTube and Instagram all the time: "It didn’t do anything." "Nothing happened." "It’s not working." These responses come from folks who try one of my neurosensory exercises and expect instant transformation. Hey, I get it. When you're looking for [...]
What if I told you that nervous system regulation is a language – a language that you might have forgotten, but your body already speaks? When rediscovered, this language allows you to release the tension locked in your shoulders from years of stress, quiet the racing thoughts keeping [...]
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