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Why Letting Go Is More Than a Mindset and How the Body Learns to Release: A Somatic Perspective on Control, Safety, and the Nervous System

We’ve all heard of the idea of letting go. It’s something we’re often told to do, by others or by ourselves. I need to let go.You need to let go. The phrase

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The Cost of Feeling Too Much: On Empathy, Mirror Neurons, and Learning Not to Carry What Isn’t Ours

There are days when empaths, deep feelers, highly sensitive people, and therapists like me sit with someone, and before we even realize what’s happening, our body begins to ache in

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Glimmers: What Are They and How Can They Help Us Feel Safe Again?

In somatic therapy for anxiety and trauma, glimmers can be powerful tools for nervous system regulation. A term coined by Deb Dana, LCSW and author, glimmers are brief yet powerful moments

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Understanding Boundaries and Why They Feel So Hard After Trauma

A therapist’s guide to beginning boundary work, with insights from trauma therapy. Boundaries can be defined as the ability to set limits with others, and to recognize and respect the limits

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