

Tired of the effort?
A Somatic Practice for Releasing Stuck Energy Most of us have learned to deal with tension, stress, or emotional reactions in two ways: either push through them or try to relax them away. But the body doesn’t always work that way. Often, what the body is actually looking for is a chance to complete its movement . In my work with clients, I often see the body holding effort—tight shoulders, clenched jaws, collapsed bellies, held breath. These patterns are often connected to em
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Emotional Courage: Feeling Your Feelings in Difficult Times
Things are hard right now. It feels like every client who comes through my door is extra strained, extra disheartened, extra fearful, and just generally feeling beat down by life right now. You? There's a lot going on, and so I wanted to offer some encouragement and support. How do we have the emotional courage to feel our feelings in difficult times? Because I think there's never been a more important time for humans to feel their feelings. Not think about them. Not an
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What It Actually Means to Grow Up
If growing up were easy, everyone would do it. For many years, I was dedicated to growing up. That meant unraveling reactions and patterns that plagued me—especially in relationships. Pulling back. Lashing out. Being passive-aggressive. Feeling weakened and stuck in emotional sludge. It meant facing parts of myself. Mourning the loss of ideas and dreams my younger self held so closely. It meant a lot of mother-wound work. What I learned is that there’s a big difference betwee
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