childhood trauma

How Nervous System Regulation Impacts Romantic Relationships

2025-09-29T11:43:15-07:00Attachment Disorders, Early and Developmental Trauma, Nervous System Regulation, Relationships & Social Connection|

We’re not relationship experts, and yet… This is what we teach!  Our nervous system governs so much in our body and it is part of what creates relationship. It’s part of what creates that co-regulatory need for an infant to be with their parent or carer. As infants, [...]

A Male Perspective on Healing Trauma (with the men of SBSM)

2025-09-04T03:31:05-07:00Healing Trauma, Nervous System Health, SmartBody SmartMind|

The number of men entering this world of nervous system education and healing is growing. I know this because, as the years progress, I have seen more and more guys attending our training and Q&A calls each time that SmartBody SmartMind (aka: SBSM)* runs live.  Over and over, [...]

Healing Fibromyalgia After 29 Years of Chronic Pain. Jean’s SBSM Success Story

2025-07-29T00:56:12-07:00Pain & Chronic Illness, SmartBody SmartMind|

Over my years of teaching and practice, one thing has become crystal clear: We humans are rarely taught that our body and its sensations, emotions, past traumas, and pains can be… medicinal. Yes, you read that right, medicinal! What I have also seen is that those who start to [...]

“The only thing that not only worked but changed my life” Hosannah’s SBSM Success

2025-07-18T07:01:54-07:00Early and Developmental Trauma, Healing Trauma, SmartBody SmartMind|

If you do one thing this week, please watch these two videos (just under 7 minutes in total).  They are both self-filmed updates from SmartBody SmartMind™ student, Hosannah.  Her first video made me cry. This latest one made me smile so big.  The reason I recommend watching them [...]

The undeniable link between early childhood stress and chronic illness

2024-04-21T15:02:34-07:00Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency, Pain & Chronic Illness|

Scroll down for the YouTube video (and we do recommend reading the mini-article here for context). I recently listened to a brilliant interview of Anthony Kiedis, lead vocalist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He said something that inspired me to write this week’s email:  “The most powerful [...]

A few unknown causes for anxiety. (Things your doctor would never ask you.)

2024-04-26T19:57:53-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency|

. A while back, I remember listening to this business guy tell his tale about the crippling anxiety he faced growing up. At the end of the talk, he invited the audience to ask questions. I asked him if he had ever heard about how early childhood stressors, especially [...]

Trouble losing weight? Got an addiction? (Origins of *The ACE Study*)

2024-04-26T20:19:03-07:00Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

. This is... "An unconscious solution to unrecognized problems dating back to childhood." -- Vincent Felitti, the discoverer of The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, aka: The ACE Study . This unconscious solution is carrying excess body fat. We're at that time in the year when health and wellness professionals and [...]

Childhood Traumas and Adverse Experiences: Why They Stop You in Your Tracks & Force You to Play Small

2024-04-26T20:55:35-07:00Parenting & Child Development, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Being a self-employed holistic practitioner, mind-body expert and "healer" means, at this point in time at least, there are no fast tracks to finding clients, students, and patients. You have to find them yourself. The irony is that who fall in this boat, so to speak, are downright [...]