Writing that Changes Lives
“Why do you do what you do? What is the engine that keeps you up late at night or gets you going in the morning? Where is your happy place? What stands between you and your ultimate dream? Heavy questions. One researcher believes that writing down the answers can be decisive for students. He co-authored […]
Healing From Sexual Abuse
The Courage To Be Me– healing from sexual abuse- a graphic novel.
Happy Holidays?
I would just like to say this can be a hard time for folks. There can be pressure for what we “should” feel have, receive or give. This can be a brutal time for some. As much joy as I wish all, I also really get that family stuff can become the most acute, as can […]
What does somatic mean here ?
It can be unnerving to see this picture of your organs but this is actually a picture of our whole brain /body where we experience things. Have you ever noticed your shoulders getting tense or your stomach having a knot? When I talk about somatic psychotherapy, I really am just talking about noticing and working […]
Brene Brown
The fact is, I can think of no reason I have not put Brene Brown here on my page yet, I have used her videos to show clients how normal shame is, how tender and beautiful and hard vulnerability is. I have mostly used them to sooth myself, when I fall the victim to what […]
Alder Grove Healing Arts Center, what’s in a name, and why this move…
Alder Grove Healing Arts Center What’s in a name, and why this move… I am so excited to announce my joining Alder Grove Healing Arts Center. I have loved being in private practice but I have always sought out community in this work. I am taking a great jump and moving into a formal group […]
Thoughts on practice so far
This work has been amazing. I have the most uniquely beautiful, most profound clients. We therapists are so lucky to accompany people on this journey towards themselves, to get changed ourselves by their growth. That is the truth for me, that I am nourished, as well as stretched. I feel so grateful to walk the […]
Jill Bolte Taylor
Jill Bolte Taylor brain scientist and stroke survivor describes her stroke of her left side, she gets a very inside look at what it is our right brain does. Jill Bolte Taylor (/ˈbɒlti/; born May 4, 1959) is an American neuroanatomist, author, and inspirational public speaker. Her personal experience with a massive stroke, experienced in […]
Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity
In this TED talk , by Aimee Mullins, she questions what the definition of disability does to us, as individuals, and society, looking through the lens of her own life. “Over coming adversity,” she says is something she is always asked to talk about, but she says it never felt right. She suggests that it’s […]
