Mammals have evolved to live and thrive in community.

I have been using the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) in my massage therapy practice for several months now and am seeing a significant decrease in my client’s pain.

Can our kids do better than us? If they have the same unhealthy patterns as we do, can they shift, heal, and expand beyond them?

From the outside, I was committed to helping him grow his academic success and resiliency, one spelling test at a time. On the inside, my stomach was in knots, and the friction of my inner wisdom was screaming at me, "THIS IS WRONG!" I woke up today feeling hopeful and confident. Yesterday was full of negative thought patterns and downward spirals. Yesterday was not a … [Read more...]

What does it mean to feel safe?

When viewed through the Polyvagal lens, I think of how our environment impacts our nervous system. After a conversation with a colleague who is a neurodiverse woman and POC, I realized how my own privilege as a middle-class white woman deeply influenced how I thought about and answered this question.

I have faith that our combined internal compasses will lead us to the next blue diamond as a family. I understand and accept that we will travel over mountain passes and through storms.

In the past I have betrayed myself to “keep the peace.” This choice isn’t benign. When I betray myself, a brick lodges inside my body, either as physical pain, anxiety, resentment, or general irritability. I grab the forecasted cloud of conflict and swallow it whole.

I have just returned from Sante Fe to my “normal” life and my head and heart are still spinning. I was trying to find language to express how the week in Sante Fe had been and my new friend Jen, said “Yeah, you have been in Virgil Reality”. Yes!!!!!

Three years ago, in the middle of a very difficult time, I decided to begin a dedicated yoga practice. I went 3–6 days a week using my ever-present capacity for hustle to try and support (expedite) my healing process.

I spent last week in a human cadaver dissection lab.