Redefining sanity: the ability to fall apart & recover

When words escape us, it’s time to fall down on the ground and rest. Anyone that has any sense of empathy, morality, and ethics may be feeling broken right now. What can we do, as therapists and healers, when sanity feels crazy? Words escape us for a reason, and it’s OK to not have answers. … Read more

Should Somatic Training be Foundational for Therapists?

An interview with Alison Taylor, Gestalt Psychotherapist and Alexander Technique teacher While the world gets increasingly stressed out, those of us who are lucky enough to have found a good therapist, and are well resourced enough to continue working with them, count our blessings. This blessed relationship sometimes makes the difference between things falling apart … Read more

Alexander Technique as somatic support for therapists

Sensorimotor practice for emotional integration I often use the phrase “get out of your head and into your body” to reach people who long for a more embodied, felt experience of their lives, undisturbed by overthinking. Sometimes you long for a life with less physical pain and more pleasure. Sometimes you want a life with … Read more

Burnout prevention: the annoying topic you can’t afford to ignore

Click to see a short video about my upcoming Cranial Nerve Sequencing Workshop, April 1 & 2. Once you are in full blown “burnout” it is difficult to get out. Secondary symptoms like sleep deprivation, weight gain, and depression compound one another. Each one requires separate interventions and take time to unpack. That’s why prevention … Read more

Symptoms of compassion fatigue and how Cranial Nerve Sequencing can help

The symptoms of compassion fatigue seem normal to me. We run from the pain, numb out, or strike out in anger when people we care for are suffering – if we don’t have a solution that is accessible to us in our distress. Cranial Nerve Sequencing can help.