This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, Jennifer Nurick joins me. In this episode, we dive into insecure attachment styles, what they are, and some examples. We talk about how to help support your children to form secure attachments …
Category: Healing
Dr. Peter A Levine
This is a question that I am often asked by friends and sometimes clients who are worried about burdening me with their pain. I’m not sure if it is because of my many years of spiritual practice or because of …
Pema Chodron Quote
How would it be to be the sky today? To know that everything else is just the weather?
Caregiving and Complicated Family Dynamics
There are 53 million Americans who are caregivers; 89% care for a relative or partner, with women representing 75% of all caregivers. A common dilemma sounds something like this, ‘my mum was abusive to me. Yes, we had a roof …
10,000 Hours
I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation to work out how many hours of trauma therapy I had done in my career. The answer is about 15,600 hours. The interesting thing is that I am not burnt out. I LOVE what I …
Anger and Grief
As a trauma therapist, I have sat with clients for about 15,600 hours and held anger (back of a napkin calculation).I have sat with myself and held my anger.Anger is often protective – when we talk to anger, it will …
The Embody Lab
I saw this pop up on the embody lab offering list and wanted to share it with you. In today’s busy, goal-oriented, demanding environment, many of our bodies carry unreasonable stress. Somatic Stress Release™ is a holistic system to enhance …
How Do You Know When To Let Go of a Relationship?
Have you ever experienced the confusion and struggle of not knowing whether you should stay or leave a relationship? The part that wants to stay might see the good in your partner or be afraid of being alone or scared …
Apology Accepted. Access Denied.
It’s okay to accept an apology. We all make mistakes. It’s also okay to have a new boundary that keeps you safe.
Woman’s Day, Kindred Spirit
“Have you ever met someone who mirrors all the good things you like about yourself: the same values, interests, thoughts, or feelings? You instantly hit it off, becoming best of friends. If so, you may have met your kindred spirit. …