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• posted: Jul. 20, 2024

Dear Ones,  We are all aware of the impact of developmental trauma on our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being, and how it can affect the quality of life. I strongly Read More

• posted: Jun. 25, 2024

Dear Ones, I have reflecting on this as I have just become a Grammy for the first time, and sharing my daughter’s pregnancy, delivery and early days at home with her Read More

• posted: Jun. 01, 2024
• Love the Part of you that Survived,  Resilency,  Unthaw Your Freeze

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• posted: May 20, 2024

Dear Ones, Allowing is the internal practice of accepting things as they are/were as a gift to ourselves.  To choose to end the struggle of self rejection, self shaming or numbing Read More

• posted: May 02, 2024

Dear Ones, In my past life, I would have either poo-pooed resting or told myself I was resting, but relentlessly planning and/or trying to figure out what things about my life Read More

• posted: May 02, 2024

Dear ones, I have just completed my certification in Transforming the Experienced-Based Brain® (TEB) modality to become a Transforming Touch® Practitioner, and I am excited to share this gentle healing experience Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2024

Dear Ones, Happy April everyone!   My workshop “The Art of Healing” (combining Trauma-Informed yoga and Transforming Touch) was a success and I will be offering another series in the fall.  I Read More

• posted: Mar. 06, 2024
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Dear Ones, Of the many faces and roles that you were and play in your life - who is the real you? Different versions in life like the work you, you Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2024

Dear Friends, I saw Gabor Mate a few days ago and he was giving a talk on his book "the Myth of Normal", discussing how the society that we live in, is Read More

• posted: Oct. 22, 2023

Dear Friends, Choice seems so easy for some, but as a small child if choice was not given or taken away what then? If you grew up in the environment of Read More

• posted: Oct. 10, 2023
• developmentaltrauma,  somatichealing,  somaticexperiencingkelowna,  somaticexperiencingtherapy,  somaticexperiencing,  childhoodtrauma,  thebodykeepsthescore,  nervoussystemregulation,  transformingtouchtherapy,  griefsupport

Dear Friends, I have recently seen people in my practice that are struggling with grief, and they have shared that getting the support/ understanding from close friends and loved ones, can Read More

• posted: May 09, 2023

We are wired for survival and living through trauma can show up in different ways in the body, such as fight, flight or freeze. We do not consciously decide which of Read More

• posted: Apr. 02, 2023

Dear Friends, I am seeing this lately in a few social media posts that resilience is being seen as being "touch" or a proof of "strength."  This a falsehood as resilience Read More

• posted: Jan. 08, 2023
• Love the Part of you that Survived

Happy New Year Dear Friends! A new year always feels like a time of contemplation, taking stock of what lessons the last year brought and what I would like to see Read More

• posted: Dec. 06, 2022

The measuring of your painful experiences to another’s and deeming it not as “bad” is a form of self-rejection.   This comparison and negating of your history are a reinforcing Read More

• posted: Dec. 06, 2022

Dear Friends, The measuring of your painful experiences to another’s and deeming it not as “bad” is a form of self-rejection.   This comparison and negating of your history are a Read More