hypervigilance

Service to others via nervous system healing (Bernadet’s story)

2024-08-27T15:29:40-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Parenting & Child Development, SmartBody SmartMind|

Meet Bernadet. Today’s share is all about her story, but it’s also about much more than that…  It’s about how her own healing, via the nervous system education and practices that we teach in SBSM, has rippled out into the lives of the children she now works with [...]

How hidden trauma shows up as chronic illness (Mitch’s story)

2024-07-18T13:14:33-07:00Anger & Healthy Aggression, Healing Trauma, Nervous System Health, Pain & Chronic Illness, SmartBody SmartMind, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Meet Mitch. Today’s share is all about his story (which echoes the story of so many people). After a nearly 20-year journey of trying to heal from chronic disease and multiple shock traumas, Mitch finally feels like he’s found the metaphorical “needle in a haystack” that he’s been [...]

Understanding highly sensitive people: Nurture or Nature?

2024-04-26T17:07:09-07:00Free Stuff, Healing Trauma, Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Relationships & Social Connection|

For the record, I am sensitive. Like, super sensitive. I can tell what condiment my husband is using when making a sandwich even if I’m in a completely different floor of our home by the sound the lid makes coming off the jar or bottle. I know the moment our neighbors [...]