Nervous system education, polyvagal theory, ACE study
What is it? It’s a tribute to Dr. Vincent Felitti. He uncovered one of the most important findings in medical history: the link between early childhood adversity/abuse and chronic illness later in life. The study is called The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, or The ACE Study [...]
What gives a mother superhuman strength to lift a car off her child? It’s fear. Fear, as I explain in greater detail in this article, is a biological and survival necessity. The cascade of neurochemical reactions lets us know, at lightning speed, that something is not right. [...]
In the 20 years that I’ve been teaching people about their bodies and what it takes to make them healthy again, I’ve discovered two elements of this healing equation that must be in place for optimal success: Theory and Practice. For instance, if you think about building a solid [...]
This is, hands down, one of the more common questions I get. If you are someone who knows that the amount of early life stress, abuse, toxic shame and then some that you’ve survived is enough to sink a ship, then it can be daunting to even think about [...]
It can be tricky to have nervous system students share their successes with the world, but sometimes a message comes through in one of our Facebook forums, and I get SUPER excited and have to ask if I can share with others. I’ll let the image and words [...]
. One of my students, Marva, who is in my 12-week nervous system rewire program, wrote a comment in our Facebook forum the other day, post-USA election results, and she gave me permission to share it! (Thank you, Marva!) What I love about this comment is two-fold: 1 - [...]
. I seem to butt heads with people when it comes to this topic: Nature versus Nurture. But thankfully, this debate is no more. We now know that both nature and nurture play a part in our ultimate health, with nurture these days being the MOST important factor for [...]
Friendly Warning: this blog post is a long one. It’s been curated to give you everything you need to know so you can turn around your adrenal fatigue and a whole lot more. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST. If you drop off too early, you won’t receive all [...]
(I wrote this in the Fall of 2015 shortly after the attacks in Paris, France. But this of course applies to all acts of violence no matter how big or small.) In light of all worldly events that occur out of humans ‘doing’, I wanted to write [...]
OK, so... I reeeeally want you to meet Heather! She was (no joke) the first person to sign up and say "YES" to the last session of SmartBody SmartMind, my 12-week nervous system rewire program, back in May. And I have NO DOUBT (cross my heart and hope to [...]
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