I’ve finished my first of three years in the Somatic Experiencing® training program.  The last four full months have been spent working with between five and seven clients a week.  Here’s something I’ve noticed. So many of us are looking for a way to feel happiness, pleasure, excitement, and joy.  It's a common theme, one that’s been mentioned often, so far. What I’m talking … [Read more...]

The term titration comes from chemistry.  When you have 2 substances that you want to create a new compound with, most often a salt, they may create an explosion when put together all at once.  So what chemists do is to mix only a drop together at a time.  So instead of an explosion, there is just a small fizz, then a settling- allowing for another drop.  Eventually, with … [Read more...]

I've been contemplating healing from a lifetime of trauma (big and small, discrete incidences and repeated patterns over time.) Specifically, my own.  I've been feeling what I considered a lull in the last couple of months.  This was an overall decrease in my physical and mental/emotional symptoms.  It was so different from the last year-plus, that I was actually getting that … [Read more...]

I'm listening to yet another interesting book which mentions, discusses, and champions Somatic Experiencing®️ (Sacred Medicine by Lissa Rankin, MD.) For those who don't know, SE™️ is a trauma healing modality.  Working with a practitioner, you get to know your body and inner sensations, perhaps for the first time.  And the practioner shows you that you can trust that you body … [Read more...]

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