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Loving You

Soft hearts, I can’t wait to share with you more about loving you. I recently co-hosted a workshop to support therapists surviving trauma. We discussed ways they can love on themselves, even through the difficult and even traumatizing times. First, we discussed Polyvagal Theory. I taught folks how we can slow the breath down inContinue reading “Loving You”

Farewells

Soft hearts, our very last episode on Breaking The Couch is as it stands complete. We produced two seasons, more than 40 episodes. While my farewell with the podcast is a “forever goodbye” as Dr. Dowtin mentions in the episode, Dr. Dowtin may or may not go back to Breaking The Couch in the future.Continue reading “Farewells”

#1 Recommendation

Soft hearts, this is my only post this month about something other than EMDR. I have to share with you about my journey with coping. There are gazillions of ways I’ve coped and ways I’ve shared with others about coping, but the vagus nerve, specifically cold on the vagus nerve has been amazing. When IContinue reading “#1 Recommendation”

Free Meditation For You!

Good morning or hello from whenever and wherever you are in this moment. Sending you love today and just realized I haven’t shared my free meditations with you in a while. I’ll be posting a few trauma recovery focused meditations this week and wanted you to be able to access them for FREE! Here’s how:Continue reading “Free Meditation For You!”

Pause in Your Relationships

I just wanted to note a couple of times the importance of pause came up for me recently. Someone asked more of me than I can extend and I wanted to be honest and not fall back into people pleasing inauthenticity. I actually paused and asked for guidance quietly within. I asked for guidance becauseContinue reading “Pause in Your Relationships”

How to Soothe Loved Ones Concerning Violence

I’m sorry to say I was invited to support a town hall recently that was dealing with scared adolescents and families concerning a recent planned shooting and bombing. It was sad and scary, and I said that. I couldn’t help but be transparent about the grim nature of it all. I also wanted to shareContinue reading “How to Soothe Loved Ones Concerning Violence”

Queer Relationship-ing

This week I want to share a tip that may be helpful if you don’t have many folks to go to in your community about your relationships. This approach may be helpful whether you’d like to show up differently with friends, partners, or family. I was posting about this suggestion as I find it toContinue reading “Queer Relationship-ing”

Dating Exploration: Being More Present

Dear Soft Hearts, Welcome back for more on love and relating. I love this topic! I hope you’ve gotten something helpful from this series so far and if not keep reading because we have a couple more weeks of fun with dating and love. One of my all time favorite routes of exploring and supportingContinue reading “Dating Exploration: Being More Present”

Where Does Forgiveness Start?

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, Sometimes we want to forgive or release someone or something for a wrongdoing or resentment we’re holding. Perhaps someone hurt you. Maybe a system or place or thing didn’t give you a chance. Perhaps intergenerational stuff has been passed down to you and you want to release from this stuff. MaybeContinue reading “Where Does Forgiveness Start?”

Serotonin Kit

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, Human suffering is nothing new and 2020/2021 are no exception. I hope all supports are on deck to help people with traumas from this pandemic. One of the supportive things we can get on deck is our bodies and that includes things like incorporating the parasympathetic nervous system and hormones likeContinue reading “Serotonin Kit”