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Relationships shape us long before we can name what’s happening. Our bodies feel connection and threat faster than our minds can explain them. Long pauses in someone’s voice, a certain gesture, a moment of silence - these small cues can wake up old relational imprints that live not in our thinking brain, but in our nervous system. Somatic healing offers another doorway into these patterns. Instead of analysing why we react the way we do, it helps us sense how reactions arise

Burnout doesn’t arrive loudly. It slips in slowly, a sense of heaviness in the mornings, a constant tightness behind the sternum, a fatigue that no weekend ever seems to fix. Many people try to push through it by thinking their way out of stress: new planners, new schedules, inspirational quotes taped to the wall. But burnout is not an intellectual problem. It’s a nervous system state, shaped by chronic pressure, emotional overload, and the body’s growing belief that rest is

Some of us were born with the ability to feel the world through our skin. We walk into a room and know instantly who is tense, who is hurting, who is performing, who is about to break. We hear the micro-shifts in someone’s breath. We feel the unsaid before the words come. We sense the emotional weather the way others sense temperature. People call it intuition. Sensitivity. Empathy. A gift. But for many of us, it began as survival. When you grow up in an unpredictable environ

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from hiding. Not the simple, everyday guard we all carry. But the deep, cellular kind - the hiding you learned before you could speak. The hiding that became your way of existing in the world. For many people with complex trauma, hiding isn’t a behaviour. It's a survival strategy written into the tissues. It's an exquisite vulnerability that was never allowed to be visible. The parts of you that needed warmth, attunement, or

When I first began exploring the connection between the body and trauma, I was struck by how much wisdom our physical selves carry. So...

When I first sit down with someone in therapy, one questions they might ask me is: “How do I even begin to talk about trauma?” It’s such...

One of the most fascinating and healing discoveries I’ve made in my work is just how deeply emotions live in our bodies. When I ask...

There’s something quietly heartbreaking about feeling alone while being in a relationship. Maybe you’re arguing over the same things...

Let’s be honest—life these days isn’t exactly low-stress. Between the constant notifications, juggling work or study, trying to be...

Have you ever had physical symptoms—like pain, fatigue, or dizziness—that just wouldn’t go away, even after medical tests showed nothing...

Have you ever felt like your body is holding onto something — even when your mind tells you everything’s fine? I’ve had those moments,...

Sometimes it only takes a single thought, barely noticeable to shift your entire emotional landscape. One moment you’re feeling steady,...

If life’s been feeling heavy, scattered, or just plain exhausting, I want to gently remind you—you don’t have to figure it all out at...

Have you ever walked away from a conversation with a partner, friend or family member and thought, “Why do we keep having the same...

Have you ever noticed how your body responds when you’re feeling overwhelmed? Maybe your shoulders rise, your chest tightens, or your...

Our internal struggles or internal conflict are deeply personal journeys. We long to be in harmony with ourselves, to accept ourselves as...

Have you ever been hit with something so big, so overwhelming, that you just didn’t know how to deal with it? Maybe you're experiencing a...

As a psychologist working somatically, I work with clients to connect the dots between their minds and bodies. I’ve seen firsthand the...

Are you considering somatic therapy but feeling unsure about where to start? Maybe you've heard it’s a powerful way to heal trauma,...

Somatic exercises like grounding, breathwork, tapping, and body movements are powerful tools to help individuals release trauma from body.