Episode 4: Building healthy nervous systems starts young. How can we create more resilience and regulation through our models and practices of early education? In this episode, I chat with Jessica Briggs about a wholistic approach to education that honors the path of the child and their own ways of knowing. Find out…
Episode 3: In this episode, I chat with Dr. Josephine Hardman about her path from a career in academia to building a business focused around her spiritual gifts. Find out more about Josephine’s work at https://josephinehardman.com/ or follow her on IG at @healer.josephine More about me here: rachelhardy.comFind me on IG: @embodied_frequency “Grace” written…
Episode 2: This episode is part two of my own journey: coming off fourteen years of antidepressant medication, turning around a chronic health condition (ME/ CFIDS), and coming into total wellness and excellent health. Learning to trust my own experience, finding power in creative work, and being at peace in the unknown. More about…
Episode 1: In this episode, I share part one of my own journey, beginning with a strange and sudden mysterious illness that began when I was fourteen. It would would launch an intense physical and spiritual journey and set me on a lifelong path of searching for answers. More about me here: rachelhardy.comFind me on…
I was happy to receive this from a lovely client today: Hi Rachel, Just wanted to share that I had an important realization related to our work together. Right now, I have more business than ever — I’m booked for 3 solid weeks and requests for sessions are still coming in. I just sat down…
Have you ever found yourself running into “upper limits”? One of the interesting things about how our nervous systems are wired is that they are set up first and foremost to keep us safe. To our nervous systems and primitive parts of our brain, the “known” feels safe, while the unknown feels like a threat. …
In the process of somatic healing, one of the things we start off with is looking for “islands of safety.” When things have been tough for a while, it can become challenging to feel or find any kind of safety. If the nervous system has never actually learned how to settle and feel safe, then…
One of the things I’m passionate about is honoring uniqueness and differences in the ways our brains and bodies are wired. Many folk struggle with mindfulness practices, and assume that the struggle means they need to just try harder. While honoring the truth that mindfulness is a practice and a discipline, it’s also important to…
