Mental Health & Neuroplasticity

Includes ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, brain-NS connection, etc.

Why survival-based eating might be keeping you dysregulated, up at night, and irritable.

2024-04-20T18:28:10-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Practitioners & Professionals|

I’ve got a very special treat for you today—an expert guest interview with Jessica Ash. She’s a Functional Nutritionist and self-proclaimed “hormone nerd” who’s here to teach you how to use food to become FULLY NOURISHED.  I found her on Instagram less than a year ago, while working [...]

Disgust: The gateway emotion for healing toxic shame

2024-04-20T18:46:32-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity|

If you suffer from chronic illness or symptoms of the physical or mental variety, addictions, relationship troubles, negative thoughts or low self-worth… …it is very likely that you experienced TOXIC SHAME growing up.  Whether it was dosed out by parents, caregivers, siblings, teachers, or society in general, you [...]

How to come out of a chronic freeze response after repeated stress & trauma

2024-04-21T16:23:42-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

This is one of the BIGGEST questions I get. How does a person come out of a chronic shutdown and functional freeze stress physiology after they've been shutdown and not able to feel or process past emotions, memories and sensations effectively, or for many, not at all. This [...]

Healing chronic illness and growing nervous system regulation

2024-04-21T16:26:16-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Pain & Chronic Illness|

The past couple of months, I’ve been connecting with participants from my online courses to hear their stories of learning, healing, and transformation.  And I know that the word ‘transformation’ is used a lot in the health and wellness worlds, but trust me when I say, these folks [...]