nervous system education

Why post-traumatic stress and chronic pain lands in some people, and not others.

2024-04-26T20:00:06-07:00Nervous System Health, Pain & Chronic Illness|

. Imagine you have two people who both get into an identical, and minor, fender bender (car accident). >> Person A walks away with zero post-traumatic stress - no chronic pain, no lasting whiplash, no fear to drive and get back behind the wheel. They go back to their [...]

2 Little Known Facts to Help You Calm Down When You’re Overwhelmed

2024-04-26T20:16:41-07:00Free Stuff, Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

After working with clients, both in my practice and in my online courses, I’ve come to see that overwhelm and emotional angst are a MASSIVE problem in our culture. Have you heard this saying: “What we resist persists”? This is so important when it comes to helping [...]

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 [...]

Do You Know Where Your Sixth Sense Lives? (It’s Not Where You Think!)

2024-04-26T20:24:56-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

. Do you know where your sixth sense lives in your body? In this video, I give you a mini crash course in what many think is "airy-fairy-woo-woo" stuff. :) I think you'll be surprised to realize that this sense is actually something that lives in every single one [...]

Later Is Now. What *Are* You Waiting For?

2024-04-26T20:27:54-07:00Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency, Pain & Chronic Illness, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Being someone who works in the fields of health and wellness (or the flip-side: disease and sickness), it's fascinating to witness the habits of people when they are desperate and REALLY sick as compared to those who are somewhat stressed and *just* scratching by. The former would [...]

Magic For Your Gut-Brain Connection: With Elinor Silverstein

2024-04-26T20:35:36-07:00Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Practitioners & Professionals|

. What I love the most about my work of paving new pathways for healing and transformation is being able to collaborate and learn from other people who are doing exactly the same thing. Meet Elinor Silverstein. She is a pure gem and,  just like me, she is fully committed [...]