Trauma and How to Handle Panic Attacks

Trauma and How to Handle Panic Attacks

If you’ve ever had a panic attack you’ll know how scary it is to feel so out of control. It can feel like your body is attacking you. But what if I told you that it’s all about your nervous system protecting you because it is designed to help you...
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...
Breathwork to Support Your Nervous System

Breathwork to Support Your Nervous System

Trauma is physiological. It is a highly activated incomplete biological response (fight, flight, freeze). Feeling anxious signals that your nervous system is lacking safety and your body tenses up and constricts. This impacts your nervous system, fascia, muscles and...
Why Trauma Makes Certain Sounds Unbearable

Why Trauma Makes Certain Sounds Unbearable

Are you jumpy and do you startle easily when you hear a noise?  Or maybe certain sounds just really get on your nerves.  Did you know that when you are distressed you don’t hear properly and can even misinterpret someone’s tone of voice?  When you are...
Part 3 ~ How to Set Boundaries in Close Relationships

Part 3 ~ How to Set Boundaries in Close Relationships

Part 3 ~ Setting Boundaries in Close Relationships: How to Establish Healthy Limits When you need to set boundaries with someone close to you, use calm, assertive language to discuss the boundary clearly and in advance, to give the person a head’s up that things will...
Part 1 ~ Trauma and Boundaries: Why Do I Need Them?

Part 1 ~ Trauma and Boundaries: Why Do I Need Them?

Boundaries are an essential part of the trauma recovery process, because they increase our feelings of safety and self-worth.  Difficulty with setting boundaries can occur if in childhood we weren’t given the chance to express ourselves, or we followed the...