Your nervous system is what is responsible for managing danger and threat. When you have gone through trauma, especially early and/or on-going trauma, this system can get set to always on. This means that your nervous system may respond to any kind of threat as…

There is much to be said for the two-handed approach of working on accepting ourselves as we simultaneously work to grow and change. Acceptance is incredibly important. We can’t skip this step and rush towards change. Part of accepting ourselves as is, is accepting the…

Our culture prefers the rational and logical, the ‘unbiased’ view that is ‘untainted’ by emotion. While emotions can taint our perspective, they are vitally important pieces of information that can inform and shape our decision making. And it is not a matter of a binary…

Two years ago, I brought Sadie home. I had always wanted to have a therapy dog. Having dogs, I have always been aware of what good they do for emotional health and wanted that for my clients. It has been quite the learning process for…

“A riot is the language of the unheard.” In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I wanted to share this quote. It was last year around this time that there was a growing (if belated) popular awareness of the systemic racism and power dynamics…

I know a lot of folks out there right now might be coming down hard on themselves for falling into old patterns when with family this holiday season. You might be thinking this is an invalidation of any work or efforts or changes you made…