4 Ways to Move Out of Panic (By Moving Your Body)

4 Ways to Move Out of Panic (By Moving Your Body)

Your heart is beating faster and faster and faster, pounding out of your chest with a mounting pressure that feels like it is going to burst any minute. You can’t catch a full breath, and the thought crosses your mind that maybe this is it; this is when you die....
Healing Trauma With Somatic Practices

Healing Trauma With Somatic Practices

What Do I Mean When I Say Trauma? Trauma is not the distressing or disturbing event that occurs, but rather the emotional and bodily response that overwhelms someone’s ability to cope and restricts their ability to safely feel a full range of emotions....
How to Get With It (When You Are Totally Out of It)

How to Get With It (When You Are Totally Out of It)

Dissociation may sound like a scary word, but mild forms of it are actually incredibly common So what is dissociation?. Well, have you ever… … pulled into your driveway after a long day only to realize you couldn’t remember the last few miles of the drive? … read the...
How to Use Journaling to Heal Your Heart?

How to Use Journaling to Heal Your Heart?

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” – William Wordsworth Journaling as Therapy Many of us have tried journaling at one point or another. Maybe you had a “Dear Diary” phase as a bright-eyed 8-year-old clutching your journal and fuzzy pink pen in hand...