Join me for the final Live Q&A on Saturday Dec 14 at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern. If you have registered for a previous Live Q&A you already...

This blog discusses the research benefits of self compassion, the three elements that make up self compassion, and ways to apply it in...

Our orientation toward ourselves plays a huge role in nervous system regulation and in the perception threat versus safety in our limbic...

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the variation in time intervals between heart beats. Higher heart rate variability is associated with...

I recently listened to a short video series by Dr. Leslie Korn, a Harvard Medical School trained traumatologist who specializes in mental...

There is still time to register for the Transcending Inner Barriers group starting Sept. 20. For more information or to apply, click here...

I will be a guest on the RYW speaker sessions this coming Monday Aug. 26 at 11am PST, discussing how to uncover inner hidden barriers. If...

Recovery, healing & transformation are rarely simple linear processes of getting better and better. They involve ups and downs, ebbs &...

Some of you may be familiar with the Indigenous/Native American story of the two wolves. It goes like this: An old Cherokee chief was...

To many brain retrainers it seems obvious that we are capable of change. There are so many recovery and transformation stories of people...

We cultivate resilience by addressing the underlying patterns & predispositions in addition to changing brain & nervous system patterns.

Ways to help move your nervous system out of overwhelm & back into regulation

Live Q&A Reminder, Links to My 5 Most Popular Blogs, & a Vagus Nerve Follow Up

Connecting to our resources, positive qualities and strengths first before addressing a problem can help us to more easily navigate it.

If you ask someone to demonstrate what a healthy breath looks like, they would likely take a deep slow full breath in and out. This is a...

I recently attended a training with Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD, who specializes in treating chronic pain. His teachings echoed what was...

Any stress, regardless of whether or not it is related to the conditions we experience, affects limbic system and nervous system...

Rumination, or getting stuck on certain thoughts, can be an aspect of limbic system impairment for many. Being able to recognize this...

How we relate to ourselves plays a big role (behind the scenes) in our recovery and transformation journey. It is very typical among...

Join me Saturday March 9 for the next Live Q&A. To register, click here. If you are already registered, a reminder will be sent out the...