Today’s share is another in my series of short vlogs to address specific questions, like this one: "Can focusing on sensations also lead to even more dysregulation (i.e., focusing on the breath when in freeze, focussing on butterflies in tummy when hyperaroused) because it kind of emphasizes the [...]
Today I’m re-sharing one of my all-time favourite nervous system healing success stories, featuring my husband and colleague, Seth Lyon. “Why meditating & cold plunging in paradise won’t heal your trauma.” (We gave it this title because that is exactly what Seth attempted to do.) After a traumatizing [...]
One of the most common questions I get is: Irene, how do I come out of freeze? The first step is EDUCATION and knowing upfront that coming out of freeze is not a linear path. And that it can be a bumpy ride. Because the thawing process requires [...]
What is a chronic illness? Why do we experience chronic symptoms? What can we do to find relief? These are all important questions. And I provide answers (in under ten minutes!) in this vlog: How stored trauma creates somatic symptoms (aka chronic illness). Chronic illnesses abound (especially in [...]
A few years ago, I released an important special topic lecture that I’m re-sharing today—Healing Sexual Trauma (A Somatic & Nervous System Approach). Because this topic is so broad (ranging from sexual abuse to surgical trauma involving the sex organs) and complex, this lecture landed for many. After [...]
A couple months ago, I accidentally slammed my hand in a door while BBQing on our balcony. And it hurt. Bad. Rather than rushing along and continuing to cook, I stopped. I sat on the couch. And I FELT THE PAIN. I didn’t ignore it. Or pretend it [...]
Maintaining a healthy body weight is critical for our health and well-being. And yet SO many people struggle to lose excess weight and find a healthy balance of muscle, bone, and fat, even after years (or decades) of following the best diets, exercise regimens, and supplement protocols. This [...]
Thanks to our autonomic nervous system, when we mammals experience a threat and can’t fight or flee (“flight”), we freeze. And that’s a good thing. We need this survival strategy to protect us under intense stress. The trouble comes when we live our lives or extended periods of [...]
Today I have some NEW learning for you on a topic that keeps coming up—teeth grinding and pain in the jaw and upper neck. For some folks, this can be traced back to old dental trauma. For others, it’s a buildup of stress from the daily grind (pun [...]
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 [...]
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