Sleep symptoms show up many different ways. Articles and podcasts give you a lot of different insomnia causes and reasons for why you have difficulty sleeping. Your sleep symptoms might manifest as: Trouble falling asleep Waking up in the night and then it seems to take forever to fall back …
Do you wonder about the meanings of dreams, nightmares, and how they connect us to ourselves? During these unusual and intense times, many people have been reporting an increase of vivid dreams. It makes sense that, as we navigate incredible shifts in our global and daily lives, our unconscious symbolism …
Listening and being heard have taken center stage in the world arena. People subscribe to differing beliefs. The news urges us all to listen carefully. At the same time, we long to feel heard, seen, and understood. In my private practice as a psychologist, hypnotherapist, and somatic experiencing practitioner, I …
Many of us can feel the relationship between sleep and the immune system within our own bodies. When we don’t get enough sleep, our health suffers. We just don’t feel good. Sleeping well has been shown to have a clear impact on strengthening immune function. When we sleep poorly, our …
Waiting. So much of the discomfort of this time period, of these circumstances comes down to the waiting. And it reminds me of waiting for sleep to come. What are we waiting for now? To be allowed to go back out? Go back to work? To have the other shoe …
A simple breathing exercise calms the mind and body in just a few minutes? Could it really happen that fast or easily? When I started getting trained as a somatic experiencing practitioner®, I learned about polyvagal nerve theory. I began to understand that the “brain” in our gut connects to …
While self-hypnosis may not yet be mainstream, mindfulness and other forms of meditation have become increasingly common as self-care practices. As we get busier and as life (and technology!) move faster, the need to slow down seems even more important. With everything going on around us, staying “present” with ourselves …
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