[3 min read] For years, I have denied myself the possibility that what I was experiencing could be overwhelm because it didn’t look like the “classic symptoms” I had known. Here are the signs of nervous system overdrive and how to overcome it…
Read More[3 min read] When was the last time you held your rage as sacred? Or truly felt it was safe to feel anger? I hold the belief that anger can connect us - it is an entrypoint, a truth-teller, a portal to our deepest wounds and our shared humanity. Training the body that it is safe to feel anger is an epic battle in and of itself. Here’s how to make it feel safe to feel anger…
Read More[5 min read] Taking a chance on someone with your emotional health on the line is scary and vulnerable. Here’s how to get better prepared so you search smarter not harder, get clear on exactly what you want and need in a healer, and spend less time and energy on people who are not the right fit…
Read More[5 min read] Anger can be useful when harnessed intentionally.It can be a signal that boundaries were crossed, and give you the fuel to stand up and take power back. What anger needs is an outlet, at times when you have the opportunity to relinquish control in a safe place. My best method for “controlling” anger is to develop a practice of letting loose often and in your own time and space. Here are my favorite ways to deal with anger….
Read More[5 min read] We are slowly learning to accept the deep well of emotion that lives inside us all. The thing is, we have so much practice keeping it all in, no one has taught us how to emotionally release. There is incredible freedom on the other side of pain. Emotions only lessen their grip when we process and release them. Stuck on ways to do this? It happens to be one of my specialties…
Read More[5 min read] Here is a list of books that have influenced my own thinking of mental health far beyond the status quo - ENJOY!
Read More[5 min read] Practitioners risk total erasature of a person’s story when we focus exclusively on treatment planning, explaining behavior away under the guise of “mental illness,” and psycho-educating about depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia. I grappled each day with…
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