Who does not love to be protected? Can you remember a time when someone stuck up for you in public?

Romantic relationships can be hard. Like, really f’ing hard. And it can be so nice to have help given to us in the form of a succinct list.

In your innermost chamber, do you harbor the secret belief that you are broken or damaged in a way that cannot be overcome?

What is your relationship with your mother? Your wife? Your child? What about Mother Earth herself?

This isn’t a cliché post about overcoming a toxic relationship and moving on.

After a recent session focusing on inner child healing, a client of mine wrote this beautiful poem. I received permission from her to share

Curious about attachment styles? In this brief article, I summarize the four types (ambivalent, avoidant, disorganized, and secure).

When I was born, I was given up for adoption. It would take me nearly thirty years to understand how much this has affected me. Speaking as a fellow sufferer and an enthusiastic researcher, I know that developmental trauma comes with challenges not necessarily faced by those enduring adulthood shock trauma. It has taken me nearly five years of working with Somatic Experiencing (SE) to become regulated enough to write such a blog post. In SE and several other forms of somatic