What If Your Thoughts Don't Always Start in Your Head?
What your nervous system may know before your mind catches up
Body-Led Mental Health
I write for people who know their mental health isn’t “just in their head”—but feel overwhelmed by all the science. I turn complexity into clarity, and shame into understanding.
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Your Body Has Been Speaking All Along
What if we’ve been translating our body’s language into thoughts before ever stopping to listen?
I’m Not a Mind-Body Therapist. I’m a Body-Mind Therapist.
“So you mean you want me to work on ‘fixing’ my nervous system first instead of trying to fix my actual problems?” she asked again.
Have You Ever Made a Timeline of Your Health Journey?
A few years ago I was on the phone with my brother, who is a physician, trying to explain everything that had been happening with my husbands health, to see if he had any advice.
What If You’re Not Broken…What If You’re Just Cycling?
I was sitting with someone a while back listening to them talk about how much they sucked.
Hormones, Rage, Itchy Ears, and Why Women Think They’re Losing It
Ever since I started teaching more at conferences and out in the community, there are almost always two questions I get asked:
Another Layer of Freedom I Want for Women
Women Keep Calling for Freedom, But Their Nervous Systems Still Feel Trapped
Have You Ever Been Put in a Pocket Before?
As a therapist, I’ve been in some interesting places over the years.
Remember Jackie? The Missing Link Between Her MCAS, POTS, and Hormones
If you’ve been around here for a while, you may remember “Jackie” from some of my previous articles.
“Every Husband Should Read This”:
A Conversation Backstage at an Aerial Performance
Why Were the Groceries Easy One Week...
But the next week…she couldn’t even go inside.
You'll Never Guess What I Manifested
How I Manifested a Pair of Garden Sheers of All Things!
Rethinking Eating Disorders, ADHD, and the Patterns Beneath the Surface
The Question That Keeps Coming Up
When Feedback Hits the Body
How RSD Can Enter Into Professional Spaces
Safety is Not the Absence of Threat, It’s the Presence of Connection
A body-led approach to understanding food fears, chronic illness, and how connection shapes the nervous system’s sense of safety
Why You Can’t “Just Do It”: Mental Load, Stress, and the Nervous System
Monica looked at me…again…and said, “Why can’t I just do it?”
How Your Workout Can Do More Than Just Work Your Body
How Everything Can Come Together in One Space
Could an Antihistamine Help Anxiety or ADHD?
Why mast cells are becoming part of the mental health conversation
Who Let Me Up Here?
How I'm trying to manage my imposter syndrome
When Turbulence Changes Appetite: A Polyvagal Reframe of Eating Disorders
From the Conference Room to an Airplane