If I were to deepen into my work and become more aligned over the coming months, this is what I would do. Spoiler alert: I am about to do this. And further spoiler alert: I am fully prepared for this to mean less people want to engage with my work, although I know it holds the key to so much healing. A decade of trauma work and what I discovered key to so much healing). Over the past ten years, my work has centred around trauma and post-traumatic growth. Mostly with individ

The root of shame is in the body. We may catch it sometimes when we notice it rearing it's head in the conscious realms.

I get asked why shame is so hard to heal from very often. And there are a lot of different answers to this question but here is one of the biggest reasons why.

I often get asked: What is the difference between shame and trauma? Here is how I respond.

Can AI really replace somatic therapy? AI can write, chat, and even sound smart. But can it feel your body? Artificial intelligence has been making its way into mental health spaces from chatbot “therapists” to automated coaching systems. But research is beginning to show what many of us already know deep down: when it comes to real healing, AI misses the mark. In fact, some studies suggest that AI therapy can actually increase  stress and emotional disconnection because what

Overwhelm is the enemy. For some, the emotional body is a place of intense overwhelm. Feeling feelings isn’t about forcing exposure. It’s about creating space for it to emerge safely.

Some thoughts for the therapists, coaches and facilitators looking to work with shame at a somatic level.

I have started to follow some whispers, emergent whispers from deep below.

The situation has gotten worse and we cannot say we did not know.

The journey for everyone I have the utter privilege of working with is completely unique. My private practice is developing in ways that...