More and more, I've been reminding folks via my Q&A calls and live streams that we've been programmed to, and I generalize here: "Only take care of ourselves when something goes terribly wrong." Meaning, we wait until it is almost too late to clean up our behaviours [...]
One of the more common questions my team and I get is around helping the kids. It might be their kids, the kids they teach at school, their grandkids, their nieces, nephews, and so on. Specifically, the question is around how to help the kids who are struggling [...]
This week’s vlog doesn’t require a lot of introduction (but I do explore an offshoot topic in greater depth below). If someone has negative self-talk, they know it. They might not always catch it when it is happening because when we are neck deep in negative self-talk, we [...]
In this week’s video I cover the basics of what I believe folks should be aware of when healing early traumatic wounds. This might be one of the tougher topics to write and video about because each person is unique and how one heals the wounds of early [...]
I’m writing this blog post from a quaint café within the seaside town of Brighton, UK. It has been a full three weeks since landing in Stockholm earlier this month and I just finished teaching the third of our four Up & Down workshops with my teaching partner, [...]
Do you ever feel like ALL the healing work you’re doing is going nowhere … or do you ever find your mind spiraling into something that goes like this: “I must be doing something wrong because I’m feeling more activation and intense sensation!?” I fully understand this. For example, I had my [...]
In this newest vlog I dive into the topic of sadness and the two different kinds of sadness that are rarely spoke of: nutritive and habitual. My approach and understanding around this topic of sadness is greatly influenced by my studies within the work of Somatic Experiencing, founded by Peter Levine. These specific distinctions [...]
Lately, it’s been feeling like the energy around the power of the nervous system, healing trauma, emotional well-being and mental health has really been ramping up in the best possible way! But there are definitely some misconceptions out there about the connection between mental (and physical) health and stress [...]
I’m excited for this concept to be shared so here goes… My latest Trauma Tip vlog, How to stay hopeful when all you feel is doubt, breaks down four key principles we must be aware of, and practice, when we’re in the tough parts of our healing journey. In [...]
What I really want you to know, and what’s often misunderstood, is that nervous system rewiring and improving regulation (of the nervous system) is ALL about improving mental health. (And all the by-products that come with this, such as more restful and restorative sleep, improving our immune [...]
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