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

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Anxiety, Burnout, Chronic Pain, Compassion, Confidence, Depression, Digestive disorders, Dysregulation, Healing, Nervous System, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self Compassion, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

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...
Managing Big Life Changes at Christmas: Coping with Divorce, Family Estrangement, or Bereavement

Managing Big Life Changes at Christmas: Coping with Divorce, Family Estrangement, or Bereavement

by | Nov 12, 2024 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Compassion, Confidence, Depression, Dysregulation, Healing, Nervous System, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self Compassion, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

Managing Big Life Changes at Christmas: Coping with Divorce, Family Estrangement, or Bereavement The festive season is often portrayed as a time of joy and togetherness, but for many, it can be a time of deep emotional stress. Particularly when big changes like...
Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

by | Sep 12, 2024 | Healing, Body-centred, Burnout, Chronic Pain, Depression, Digestive disorders, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapist, Regulation, Trauma

Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery When your survival brain interprets your experience as too much; when you can’t communicate or take action, this is known as the freeze state. Your survival responses (fight/flight/freeze)...
Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

by | Aug 12, 2024 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breathwork, Depression, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Healing, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self Compassion, Self-Care, Somatic, Somatic Therapy, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus, Vagus Nerve

You are feeling stressed and anxious so you try to “do the right thing” and go to a Yoga class or do Mindfulness meditation, but it just seems to make you feel worse and more anxious. If you’ve had this experience, please know there is nothing wrong with you.  It...
What is Trauma?

What is Trauma?

by | Jul 12, 2024 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Burnout, Chronic Pain, Compassion, Depression, Digestive disorders, Healing, Nervous System, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self-Care, Somatic Therapy, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus, Vagus Nerve

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...