Glimmers are the small moments that help the nervous system feel safe. Learn how glimmers differ from triggers and why they matter in trauma and somatic therapy.
Have you ever been in a fight where you realize in hindsight or maybe even during that this shouldn’t have gotten to this point? You might have even wondered, “How
The way the word “trigger” has been intentionally used incorrectly for political gain has caused so much confusion. Being triggered is not someone upsetting you or making you angry or
So what do we call it when the stress of the situation is so much that it even overwhelms your fight/flight, freeze, AND fawn survival responses? That’s trauma. Trauma is
One way to tell fear and anxiety apart is asking yourself, “Is the thing/situation I’m scared of happening to me right now or is this something that will/might/possibly happen in
Learning and naming your physical sensations (and where they are in your body) starts to change how you see your body and how you respond to your body’s reactions. It
When doing a body scan, it’s important to pay attention to physical sensations in your body – how they feel and where you feel them. Like I’ve said before, those
When you are in fight/flight, in shutdown, or any of the survival mode responses, your whole brain and body is focused on surviving the danger, whatever it is. That’s useful
Unit 2 will focus on mapping out your autonomic nervous system and using specific somatic exercises to learn how your ANS works. My plan for this Unit is to show
Welcome back to the somatic series! This next chapter focuses on how our bodies move from 1 state/part of the autonomic nervous system to another. How we move from ventral