This latest vlog is part of an informal series where I've been digging into why some people heal and others don't. Here’s the thing, which I’ve heard on more than a handful of occasions: Peter Levine, the founder of Somatic Experiencing, names this reality -- that if one stays in [...]
I want you to meet Kathy Kain. Some of you may know her as my mentor (and colleague) who has deeply influenced my work. Many of you have experienced her work via my online program SmartBody SmartMind™. But even if you haven’t heard of her, if you stick around and [...]
I remember learning about the deep roots of what causes chronic fatigue in my early years studying Somatic Experiencing. I talk about this in other videos, namely this one. When I learned about what is called, ‘The New Traumatology,’ which is the study of trauma and how it [...]
What gives a mother superhuman strength to lift a car off her child? It’s fear. Fear, as I explain in greater detail in this article, is a biological and survival necessity. The cascade of neurochemical reactions lets us know, at lightning speed, that something is not right. [...]
When you have old, stuck junk and toxic waste sitting in your cells, left over from not-so-fun events from your past, your energy, YOUR LIFE FORCE ENERGY, is put in a holding tank. This can leave you sick, unmotivated, full of resistance, anxious, depressed, unfulfilled, lacking [...]
I just got back from a few days soaking and chilling at one of my most favourite spots in the world: Breitenbush Hot Springs resort (think cute cabins without plumbing, lots of walking trails and lots of hot water and steam... ahh, the steam...). The hot springs are [...]
. I have two stories here for you. I filmed the video below on a little pilgrimage I went on a while ago. But before I tell you about that, I want to tell you about what happened to me back in the Summer of 2008. It was a [...]
Could Frustration Be The New Fear? Is fear something that you can sit with, and be with, and ponder? Do you say to yourself, "I have so much fear around 'xyz' and I have to figure out how to move forward"? I'd love to suggest that maybe semantics are [...]
I must start with a piece from environmentalist Paul Hawken. He writes in The Ecology of Commerce – A Declaration of Sustainability: “In our pursuit of growth at any cost, we have mimicked an immature ecosystem with unlimited resources. A mature economic system would appreciate an ancient forest [...]
Success stories come in many shapes and sizes. I could write an entire book about this specific story, but I’ll start with this... At this time in my career, it was 2008 and I was just beginning to learn Somatic Experiencing, a body-based method of helping resolve traumatic [...]
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