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The connections between jaw tension, teeth grinding and stored survival stress

2024-04-21T15:12:10-07:00Pain & Chronic Illness, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

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 [...]

How suppressing our emotions and physiology can lead to depression

2024-04-30T14:18:06-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

I LOVED recording this latest vlog for you, because it tied in many different topics (plus I got to read a passage from one of my favourite books!).  Today I dive into topics like the importance of expressing physical pain at the visceral and primal animal levels. I [...]