Insights & Tools for Healing

Welcome to the resource area! Discover a curated collection of somatic practices designed to support mind-body connection, emotional resilience, and holistic well-being. Explore resources that guide you through gentle, body-centered techniques for healing, self-awareness, and personal growth.

Where Is Trauma Stored in the Brain? A Somatic Healing Perspective

Trauma can feel like a shadow, lingering long after the event has passed. It affects how we see ourselves and the world

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Exploring Somatic Therapy for Grief: A Journey Through Mind-Body Connection

Grief is a deeply personal journey, and if you're here, perhaps you're currently navigating its unpredictable waves.

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Unlocking the Power of Somatic Movement Exercises: A Journey to Self-Awareness

Life often pulls us along in many different directions, leaving us yearning for a deeper connection with ourselves.

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Polyvagal Theory and Trauma

If you’ve ever felt like your body has a mind of its own, you’re not alone. The Polyvagal Theory helps us understand why we feel that way

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Shame vs. Guilt – A Somatic Approach to Healing

We’ve all felt it—that pang in our gut, the heaviness in our chest that somehow feels like it’s pulling us down from the inside.

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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?

Whether you realize it or not, you’re likely already familiar with the central tenet of IFS: parts. Ever felt like part of you wanted to...

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What is Somatic Experiencing?

We often think of trauma as a mental or emotional experience. While it certainly has lasting effects on our inner world, it’s important...

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What is Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy?

When you hear the word “therapy,” you might think of a stark, clinical space where your practitioner asks you about your emotions ,...

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What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy?

If you experience chronic pain, you know how debilitating it can be. It’s especially frustrating when doctors, healthcare providers, and...

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What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?

Have you ever found yourself thinking or feeling something like... A part of me knows I should get up and exercise, but another part of...

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What is Pain?

In some posts I share things that are going on for me personally, because I feel it’s so important to let you see that we’re all on this...

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I yelled at a 90-year-old. But wait...it gets worse. (Then better.)

Twice in my adult life I can recall losing my temper, or perhaps more aptly “losing my shit.” Both times, my normal state of levelheaded...

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What is a Chronic Pain Coach?

Takeaway: Chronic pain can be completely debilitating. However, recent discoveries in neuroscience are giving us groundbreaking new...

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What is a Divorce Coach?

Takeaway: Most people hope they never have to experience divorce. However, it’s a reality for many of us-myself included. Through divorce...

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What is Grief Coaching?

Takeaway: There’s no timetable for grief. Loss isn’t something we simply “move on” from or “get over.” Grief coaching is meant to...

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