Secure attachment means attunement, it reflects a positive enough environment that creates and engenders trust within a relationship. It's so easy to be hard on ourselves if we know we've experienced interruptions in building that initial secure attachment in childhood.

Most people let victimhood stop them from healing and creating a life they love. In this video I teach 3 ways you can stop living with a victim mindset and up-level your life.

The problem happens when we get stuck in this survival response. We then perceive threat constantly because we are stuck in this elevated, amped up way of living and being and over time it creates illnesses like anxiety disorders, autoimmune illnesses, digestive problems, insomnia and a myriad of other physical and mental problems.

To set the stage for the variations of how CPTSD can be developed I share specific examples of my own history that lead me to experience symptoms of CPTSD. Most importantly I share how I healed through those symptoms as I no longer suffer from any CPTSD symptoms.

Thinking about booking a private session? Watch this to get a feel for the structure and approach I offer with private support. My approach to transforming trauma is backed by the latest neuroscience, deep compassion and my various professional trainings.

Panic attacks happen when something in the individuals immediate environment, internal or external triggers the autonomic nervous system to go into a survival/threat response. The sympathetic nervous system can get stuck 'on' and the parasympathetic nervous system has a tough time coming in to meet it and down regulate it.

A question I get often is: Can somatic healing be done online?

In this video I unpack the myth that body-based work can only be done in person. You’ll learn the benefits of doing somatic work online and how insecure attachment styles often make speedier progress from an online format.

Back in 1999 Dr. Daniel Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and executive director of the Mindsight Institute developed the Window of Tolerence which has changed the way we look at the brain, body, attachment and relationships.