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Visibility for Entrepreneurs & Creatives

December 28, 2022 0Comments

Why is visibility a challenge for so many entrepreneurs & creatives? There’s usually many levels (including the fact that a lot of entrepreneurs are actually extreme introverts )…. but beyond that, there’s often a trauma piece around showing up “bigger”. At the heart of visibility trauma is a belief that it’s unsafe to be…

I no longer have to stay small in order to survive.

July 19, 2022 0Comments

It’s no secret that our early formative years were instrumental in laying in our nervous system’s foundations. At a very young age, we learned deep in our bodies what felt “safe” - and what did not. And it may have not felt safe to fully be who we truly were. Even if there was no…

Do I Have to Remember the Trauma in Order to Heal?

December 14, 2020 0Comments

A common question I hear from clients goes something like this: “I think I’ve been affected by trauma, and that it’s affected my body/ health/ emotional well being.... but I don’t know which trauma caused this so I don’t know where to start to try to release and heal it. Do…

Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Perceptions are NOT the Truth

September 23, 2020 0Comments

Yesterday, I was reminded of something important by a very wise mentor of mine: "Your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are NOT the truth." And that statement completely re-calibrated some things that were feeling stuck for me. (Now, this statement might sound surprising coming from me, since I'm always talking about things like trusting…

Is there a deeper reason behind the workaholism?

July 2, 2020 0Comments

My client, an entrepreneur with a business she adores, is a hard worker. Like many ambitious women, she thrives on serving her clients and doing excellent work. When she came for sessions in Somatic Experiencing (SE), she had several goals in mind. But as often happens, sometimes something unexpected will emerge. One of the basic…

Sensation: The Language of the Reptile Brain

February 27, 2020 0Comments

“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves” - - Mary Oliver In the personal growth and self help worlds, we often work with our mindset, our thoughts, and our beliefs. Often, we work with our our emotions, and typically we come from an intellectual and “understanding”…

How the Nervous System Works Part 2: How Trauma Affects the Body

January 2, 2020 0Comments

Let's talk about how trauma affects the body. We know that in a healthy nervous system, we move easily between the three states of sympathetic, slow parasympathetic (ventral vagal), and quick shutdown (dorsal vagal). In a nervous system that has undergone trauma (or overloads of stress), the nervous system can become…

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