Alone for Christmas: Tribal Belonging, Trauma Responses, and Practical Coping Strategies

Alone for Christmas: Tribal Belonging, Trauma Responses, and Practical Coping Strategies

The holiday season is often portrayed as a time of joyful celebration and togetherness. But for many, it can be a painful reminder of loneliness and the holidays can be an isolating time, especially if you’re spending Christmas day alone. This isn’t just a matter of...
Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Have you ever had a distressing experience and afterwards felt so frustrated or angry with yourself for not speaking up or taking action? Or maybe in conflict situations you tend to go quiet and shutdown. I want to reassure you that it’s not your fault. When...
What is Trauma?

What is Trauma?

If you regularly struggle with stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, there may be an underlying issue from your past that’s causing it. Trauma may be impacting you more than you realise. What is Trauma? Trauma has been described as a highly activated, incomplete...
Body-Centered Therapy for Trauma: What Is It?

Body-Centered Therapy for Trauma: What Is It?

After long periods of high stress, your nervous system goes into overdrive, and this can prevent you from being in the present moment, relaxing, enjoying life, and connecting with others. Body-centered Psychotherapy can help you to reconnect with your body and...
How Trauma Affects Your Psoas Muscles: Chronic Pain and Healing

How Trauma Affects Your Psoas Muscles: Chronic Pain and Healing

The psoas is a very important yet often unknown muscle that plays a vital role in your physical health and mental wellbeing. The cumulative effect of neglecting this muscle is physical and mental stress and tension, which manifests itself mentally as anxiety and...
Trauma: Why Taking Care of Yourself Benefits Everyone Around You

Trauma: Why Taking Care of Yourself Benefits Everyone Around You

Self-care is not selfish – it is an absolute necessity.  Self-care means taking care of your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs. Are you regularly setting aside enough “me time”? If your answer is no you may be feeling stressed, run-down or...