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The Three Levels of Response to Fear
There are three ways most people respond to fear of the unknown. Which way do you respond? Hint: it’s not fight, flight, or freeze.

Fear is the Mind-Killer: What I’ve Learned from 10 Years and 10,000 Sessions as a Somatic Therapist
On December 18, I surpassed the 10,000 session mark. It inspired me to ask, “What have I learned from 10,000 sessions as a somatic therapist?”

A Counterintuitive Way to Experience More Pleasure
Our society’s been trained that positive attributes are good and negative attributes are bad.
What I want to share today is the idea that they’re neither good nor bad. They simply are. And if you get in touch with your “negative” self-expression, you can actually experience more “positive” expression and pleasure than ever before.

Trauma: What Causes It and How to Heal It
Trauma can happen from almost anything.
But it starts when the body experiences a sense of hopelessness. Something as little as missing your connecting flight can cause enough stress to create trauma. It can happen in only 15 seconds.

4 Steps to Transformation and the Ultimate Freedom Any of Us Can Experience
Shame is something we’re taught.
It can be something directly taught to us when we’re kids or inadvertently taught by the actions of our caretakers, primarily father and mother.
Perhaps you were told that you’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, or you should be doing something different. This can create a sense of shame.

Is Shame the Reason We Can’t Achieve Our Goals?
Shame is something we’re taught.
It can be something directly taught to us when we’re kids or inadvertently taught by the actions of our caretakers, primarily father and mother.
Perhaps you were told that you’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, or you should be doing something different. This can create a sense of shame.

6 Ways to Relieve Stress Naturally
These are the simplest ways I’ve found to relieve stress naturally… without harmful medications. Read on to discover more.

How to Stay in Your Heart
Throughout our lives, I believe we’re on this invisible quest to figure out what our heart connection is about and what it means to us.
But what does it mean to “be in your heart”?
What it means for me is that at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter what I do, who I do it with, what it is that I have, own, collect, or how much I have or little I have…

3 Body-Based Techniques to Create Trust, Call Out a Liar, and Change a False Belief
This week I thought I’d do something slightly different.
I thought I’d share three body-based techniques I use in my sessions all the time… and share how you can use them in your own life.
All of them are powerful techniques you can use to create trust, shift beliefs in yourself and others, and call out an unconscious (or conscious) lie.
Before I share them with you, I need you to agree to something.
The techniques you learn in this post could easily be applied for harm. By reading this post, you agree to use them only to create more connection, more love, and more trust in the world.
If you agree, please continue reading.