The greatest loss we will ever experience is the loss of the authentic self in childhood. It is a loss that severs us from our life force and essence. This loss of the authentic self is a disenfranchised grief arising from a loss that has...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can occur after going through or witnessed an extremely stressful or terrifying event. Being in a significant accident, natural disaster, or war/combat, being raped or otherwise assaulted, receiving a serious diagnosis, or undergoing a difficult...
Renowned trauma experts including Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine know that “ our issues are in our tissues. ” Accessing the felt sense of the body through Somatic Experiencing®, mindfulness, trauma sensitive yoga, or other body centered modalities is an important piece of...