When Rest Doesn’t Come Easy: Somatic Tools for Trauma, Anxiety, and Stress

You’ve likely felt this before: the longing to rest, to exhale, to finally let go—yet your body refuses. No matter how safe the space, no matter how much support surrounds

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Voo Breathing: A Somatic Path Back to Ourselves

There are moments when the body feels like both a stranger and a home we can never quite return to. Trauma can leave us there—adrift, disconnected, caught in currents we

by Samana B.

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Practicing Secure Attachment in Relationships

Julie Menanno, LMFT, author of Secure Love, describes secure attachment as a relationship where emotional safety is not a bonus, but the bedrock. It’s the quiet, unwavering assurance that you will

by Samana B.

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Meeting the Bluebird in You: An IFS Writing Guide

This is a writing ritual for you, your bluebird, and the parts that have been guarding it all your life. Come, sit down for a while, and meet the bluebird

by Samana B.

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Immigration Trauma in 2025: The Deep Imprints It Leaves on Our Mind and Body

We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and

by Samana B.

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Holding Both: Using Dialectical Thinking in Trauma Therapy to Move Beyond All-or-Nothing Beliefs

In trauma therapy, we learn that healing rarely unfolds in neat, linear lines. More often, it reveals itself in paradoxes. We feel two truths pulling in different directions—yet both are

by Samana B.

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Feelings Aren’t Facts: A Trauma Therapy Perspective on Emotions, Needs, and Healing

We often hear the phrase “feelings aren’t facts.” But what do we really mean by that? It’s not that feelings are false. They are real, raw, and deeply alive in our

by Samana B.

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On Life, Death, and Relationship: A Hundred Reminders of the Human Condition

As a trauma and couples therapist, I’m sharing a hundred reminders—of what matters, of what lasts, and of those who’ve moved me along the way with their words. Bonus: let the

by Samana B.

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Exploring Internal Family Systems as a Path to Healing

The Multiplicity of Mind Internal Family Systems (IFS) begins with a quiet, radical assumption—the mind is multiple. Dr. Richard Schwartz, a systems family therapist working with clients struggling with Bulimia, began to

by Samana B.

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Safety Is a State, Not a Trait: Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Therapy for Trauma and Anxiety

Polyvagal theory is often described as the science of feeling safe enough to fall in love with life while embracing the risks that come with living it fully. Our autonomic nervous

by Samana B.

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