Client Support & Mind-Body Wellness

What are you letting be messy this November? And what does that mess feed?

October is Menopause Awareness Month—a time to shine light on a transition that affects millions, yet remains shrouded in silence and misconception. While many conversations center on the "natural" menopause journey, there's a population whose experience often goes unrecognized: those who enter menopause through surgery, medical treatment, or unexpectedly early.

Understanding and applying the principles of the Polyvagal Theory can empower you to navigate life's challenges with greater ease

EMDR therapy is a treatment approach based in the neurobiological understanding health and healing. It is an integrative, mind-body...

Rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), these styles are essentially mental habits—ways our minds try to make sense of the world, especially under stress. But left unchecked, they can cloud our perspective, increase anxiety, and limit our ability to respond with clarity and compassion.

The EMDR Therapy Journey EMDR therapy consists of eight phases, each integral to the healing process. Safety is the cornerstone of this journey, ensuring clients feel secure as they explore their experiences.

A woman in her middle years, wearing a green shirt, gets ready for a peaceful sleep by putting on a green sleep mask that matches her...

Nature Mandala inspired through Morning Altars tm practice About this Morning Altar ™ Mandala   Each altar that finds its way through my...

This blog explores a holistic approach of honoring the upcoming Autumn Equinox and working with healing the nervous system .

Understanding Grief Grief is about love. Mourning is about our unexpressed love and the ongoing expressions of the love. It becomes it's...

Morning Altars Therapuetic Nature Based Art Feeling part of something much larger than the self is music to our ears. This transformation...

We are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. This is multifaceted issue. We are experiencing so many losses of our daily routines, our rituals which create disconnection within ourselves. These are in addition to our losses in human to human connection. From a polyvagal lens, this has real impacts on our physical and emotional health.

Trauma-Informed (TI) Yoga, invites choice, connection and context. These are the 3 principles of creating nervous system safety. This provides a way of restoring the relationship of the body and mind. In TI Yoga, there is emphasis on being curious in the awareness of the sensations of our body in the present moment with invitational language.

Safety is not the absence of danger, it is the presence of connection. Dr. Gabor Mate Self-Regulation is an ongoing daily practice Some...

As there is may often a relationship of Trauma and OCD, EMDR can be utilized as a possible treatment option in a two-prong approach with OCD and Trauma. In my practice I offer ICBT for treatment of the OCD and then additionally work within the eight phases of EMDR working with a neurobiological approach in treatment of the trauma factors that may underlay or co-incide within the nervous system. Typically EMDR helps resolve traumatic material, can aid in desensitizing vulner