You're young, you're striving for perfection at school or work, or trying to look the way others think you should. It's taking a toll on you physically, even if you don't know it. This post talks about the anxiety that breeds in mind and body.

Grief overload is from multiple deaths in a short amount of time. You don't get a chance to process each loss because it just keeps coming. It affects your body and you have built up stress; learn how to release it.

Were you raised with affirmative spiritual leaders? Photo: Marek Studzinski If you grew up LGBTQ+ in a religious community, you know that the harm wasn't just theological. It was relational; it was physical. It was the way your body learned to brace itself before you even knew why you were tensing up. Besides the ignorant, insulting message to "pray the gay away," there's a lingering tension that lives inside a person who has to pretend and mask. Religious trauma shows up d

Ambiguous grief is very palpable in the touching documentary, Daughters. This blog post explores how ambiguous grief can impact family members.

When others are disrespectful, how do you respond? Do you freeze or fight back? Do you pretend it never happened? This post gives some tips on how to cope with anxiety when others at work or at home are disrespectful.

You might not realize how grief impacts you physically, but rest assured, it does. This blog explains some of the physiological changes when you lose someone important to you and how somatic therapy can help.

Ever wonder what it would be like to release stress in a safe environment with others? This post describes benefits of group somatic therapy for adults wanting to be more physically in touch and stress-free.

You've heard of red flags, but what are green flags in a relationship? This post covers some of the basic ingredients of a healthy romantic relationship.

We live in a fast-paced world, but we don't have to be stressed out all the time. This post talks about how to find peace in a fast-paced world through somatic exercises and thoughts.

Somatic trauma healing can be useful when you understand what happened to you, but your nervous system still thinks you're in danger.

Talk therapy alone may not be enough to handle the difficulty of ambiguous loss. Somatic therapies for grief can help you resolve grief at a physical and nervous system level, as well as intellectually and emotionally.

Do you want to support the LGBTQ+ community as an ally but aren't sure how? This post gives some tips and ideas on how to be a good LGBTQ+ ally.

This post explores the somatic symptoms of grief and how it impacts your body, your sleep, appetite, immune system, and how it feels subjectively in your body. It also proposes ways to remedy the discomfort.

Present in your body and having somatic awareness has many benefits, as explained in this post. Somatic Stress Release is one way to get in touch with your body and learn from its intelligence.

Self-care is key if you're returning to work after a trauma leave of absence. This post explains what to expect and how to care for yourself at this difficult time.

May 17th is the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination. This post describes the holiday and how you can use it meaningfully in your life.

A disturbing trend towards women being drugged and raped by their husbands allows us to consider how to protect ourselves.

When you're feeling crabby, it's hard to know how to act graciously towards your partner. Even the most harmonious and fulfilling relationships have times when one or both parties are cranky or stressed pay ahead it is inevitable that for what whatever reason, your partner will get upset with you irrationally, and even if they can intellectually understand that it’s not your fault, they might express unkind thing to you. Not everyone lashes out angrily, however. Some people

Somatic techniques can help you cope with a panic attack. They include cold temperatures, grounding in your feet and body, PMR, and chanting "voo." Read more here.

Black History month is coming to a close but we must continue to inform and educate ourselves, ridding our minds and bodies of the impact of racial injustice and trauma.