A catch-all for miscellaneous posts that don’t ‘fit’ anywhere else
Late last week, I was inspired to record a short video based on a YouTube comment I read: ‘It’s hard to believe that the human biology requires such an intricate and deep level of complexity, for something that is a basic biological function. A regulated NS (nervous system) [...]
There is currently a controversy resurfacing in the trauma healing and neuroscience community regarding Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory (PVT). This debate has been going on for nearly two decades. A recently published paper has brought it back into focus. Neurophysiologist Paul Grossman, along with 38 researchers, recently published [...]
It’s been 11 years… and I stand by my word on this. When I sat down to write this, I had a specific direction in mind, but I shifted gears… I was going to write about my past in the fitness, nutrition, and mind-body worlds, But instead, I [...]
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. [...]
If you're landing on this blog post, you have found some keynotes that Irene wanted to capture from the registration period of SmartBody SmartMind™ (SBSM) in September 2024. She highlighted an important passage from Bessel van der Kolk's book, The Body Keeps The Score, via two different social [...]
This week, we have a short video on what TRUE nervous system regulation looks like (hint: it's not what you think). You'll also find out why using techniques to regulate, though maybe helpful in the short term, doesn't create true, sustainable regulation long-term – and how simple ''hacks'' [...]
Today's share is inspired by a comment on one of my recent Instagram posts: "Feels like war between all the somatic gurus." This video is my reply to this comment. In this video, you'll discover: If there is a war going on between all the somatic experts online [...]
I will be speaking more about integration this year, and here’s why: Integration is now another word being thrown around out there in the trauma, somatic, and plant medicine worlds. And yet it seems a lot of folks are downright confused about what it actually means. Here are [...]
I’ve got a fun and easy one for you today :) As some of you may know, I have a YouTube channel. To date, we have over 400 videos, over 7 million views(!), and now we have, drum roll…. 100,000 Subscribers!!!! This is a big deal in the [...]
It dawned on me the other day that while I’ve been telling my story about shifting from private practice to the creation of online learning - via dozens of podcasts over the years - I’ve not done a formal video for YOU talking about this. Today, I have a [...]
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