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When Safety Feels Unsafe: Understanding Why Calm Can Feel Hard

When you finally have time to relax but your body won’t settle, perhaps it’s not a failure — perhaps it’s your nervous system protecting you. Learn why calm can feel unsafe and how to gently rebuild trust in your body, through a trauma-informed, Polyvagal-informed and parts-informed lens.

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Finding Refuge in Uncertain Times: On Navigating Fear & Hopelessness

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Understanding Hyperarousal and Hypoarousal: What’s Happening in Your Nervous System?

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How can I heal Childhood Trauma as an Adult?

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Staying Grounded During Holiday Gatherings: Managing Anxiety, People-Pleasing & Trauma

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Navigating Your Nervous System: The Polyvagal Ladder vs. The Window of Tolerance

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A Simple Tool for Complex Feelings: The Window of Tolerance Explained

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Wondering What Therapy Looks Like? Here’s What to Expect in a Session

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From Reactivity to Connection: Why Curiosity Is Key in Life and Relationships

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Mindfulness & Interbeing: Insight into how I Understand Mindfulness in the Therapy Room & Beyond

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Two Things I Do When Feeling Stuck, as a Social Worker & Therapist – Part 2

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Two Things I Do When Feeling Stuck, as a Social Worker & Therapist – Part 1

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Why “Yellow Leaf” Therapy?

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Three Coping Strategies when Moments are Really Hard: From a Social Worker (MSW, RSW) & Therapist

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People-Pleasing and Your Inner World: Understanding and Transforming Patterns through Trauma-Informed Therapy

People-pleasing is often misunderstood as being overly nice or agreeable. In reality, it reflects a complex process rooted in beliefs and feelings that shape how you relate to yourself and others.