The Pause Can Change Everything in Connection
Pausing, rather than rushing, can quietly transform how we connect. In therapy and in everyday relationships, waiting with presence creates space for what is still forming. This reflection explores how the pause supports deeper attunement, nervous system regulation, and authentic connection, often allowing healing to unfold in ways we couldn’t have planned.
Listening to Your Inner Voices in a Busy Season
During busy seasons, our inner voices often grow louder—some longing for connection, others asking for rest or protection. This reflection offers a compassionate way to listen inward, honor different parts of yourself, and navigate the holidays with greater clarity, authenticity, and self-respect through a simple Three Voices practice.
When the Past Feels Stuck: Opening to Possibility
Feeling “stuck” doesn’t mean you’ve failed—it may be a sign that your nervous system is ready for something new. This reflection explores how old patterns linger, how the brain opens windows for change, and how moments of safety, presence, and attunement can transform the past without reliving it, creating space for new possibilities to emerge.
From Alone-in-a-Crowd to Held-in-a-Circle
In the midst of crowds, we can still feel alone. Healing begins when we find the circles where our nervous system can finally exhale, where we are seen, heard, and held in genuine community.
Navigating Change: Seasons, Transitions, and the Shifts of Life
Change moves in seasons—each inviting its own rhythm of growth, release, rest, or renewal. This reflection explores how listening inward, letting go with compassion, and choosing curiosity over fear can help us navigate life’s transitions with greater clarity, presence, and connection.
Self-Spotting in Nature for Greater Wellness: A Mindful Practice to Reconnect
Nature offers a powerful reset for the nervous system. This reflection explores Self-Spotting, a Brainspotting-inspired practice that combines mindful visual focus with somatic awareness to support emotional regulation, presence, and healing—especially when practiced outdoors as a co-regulating resource.
The Double-Edged Sword of Expectations: Reclaiming Your Inner Freedom
Expectations can guide us—or quietly pull us away from who we truly are. This reflection explores how “shoulds” live not only in the mind but in the body, shaping our nervous system and sense of self. Through curiosity, presence, and practices like Brainspotting, we’re invited to soften outdated rules and reclaim inner freedom.
Beyond Labels: Healing is a Journey, Not a Diagnosis
Trauma is not a fixed identity—it is a chapter in a larger story of resilience and becoming. This reflection invites a compassionate reframe of diagnostic labels, exploring how presence-based healing, neuroscience, and gentle curiosity can support the nervous system in releasing what’s no longer needed and reclaiming wholeness, connection, and authentic self-expression.
The Sacred Power of Silence: When Presence Becomes the Healer
Silence is not the absence of intervention—it is often the intervention itself. When therapists offer grounded presence and attentive stillness, the nervous system is given space to reorganize, allowing healing to unfold from within. This reflection explores the neuroscience and sacred practice of silent witnessing, and how presence, visual focus, and attunement create the conditions for deep transformation.
Authenticity in Relationships: Showing Up as Your True Self
Authenticity in Relationships: How Showing Up as Your True Self Strengthens Connection
Leading from Within: The Power of Intuitive Leadership
Leading from Within: The Power of Intuitive Leadership Recently, a number of clients I’ve worked with have made the incredible journey from struggling with PTSD to thriving in life. One […]
Trust Your Inner Voice: A Path for Growth and Healing
Embracing Mistakes with Self-Compassion: A Path for Growth and Healing Have you ever replayed a mistake in your mind, wishing you could turn back time? I know that feeling well. […]
Letting Go into Love: Moving Beyond Fear into Connection
We all know that familiar grip of fear—the way it keeps us locked in old patterns, playing out the same scenarios over and over. But what if there were another […]
Reshaping Our Experiences with Our Words
Shaping Our Experiences with Our Words The other day, I sat by the fire, journal in hand, staring at a blank page. The flames offered comfort, but my thoughts were […]
Attunement, Clearing Limbic Countertransference, and Cultivating Compassion for the Holidays and Beyond
The holiday season is a wonderful time to deepen our healing and explore attunement, clearing Limbic Countertransference, and cultivating compassion for our clients, friends, family, and ourselves. The holidays can […]
After the Storm: Grief and Loss
After the Storm: Grief and Loss I was sitting at home in Atlanta uncertain of what the weather would bring, but it turned out to be way beyond what we […]
Understanding Brainspotting Therapy for PTSD
Introduction In my years of working with individuals who have faced trauma, I’ve discovered that healing often lies in the subtleties of our experiences. Brainspotting therapy is a unique and […]
The Power of Positive Thinking
The Power of Positive Thinking Positive thinking is more than just a feel-good mantra. It’s a transformative process that can reshape your brain and, ultimately, your life. Over the past […]
Future Self
Happy New Year! Future Self As we embark on a journey into the possibilities of the coming year, let’s embrace the magic of new beginnings for our body, mind and […]
De-Stressing through the Holidays
The holidays are coming. Despite the songs claiming it’s the most wonderful time of the year, it’s easy to feel the opposite. With excessive activities, financial strain, extended time with […]
