Welcome! This blog offers practical resources for understanding and healing burnout, guilt, betrayal and anxiety.
You'll find expert, easy-to-use tools informed by EMDR, Somatics, Brainspotting, and IFS to heal the root of chronic overwhelm and live with more ease and clarity.
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The Body Keeps the Score: EMDR For Physical Symptoms of Trauma
Experiencing chronic pain, fatigue, or digestive problems that traditional medicine can't explain? You're not alone. Trauma can leave a lasting impact on your body as well as your mind. EMDR therapy offers a powerful tool to address the emotional roots of these physical symptoms, helping you heal from the inside out and reclaim your overall well-being. Learn more by reading this blog post.
EMDR for Breakups & Divorce: Healing the Heartbreak After the Loss of a Relationship
Is the grief and pain of your breakup or divorce lingering or overwhelming? Online EMDR therapy can help you. This evidence-based approach helps you process difficult emotions and negative beliefs within & after the relationship. With EMDR, you can rewrite the narrative of your heartbreak and reclaim your sense of self. Read on to learn more about betrayal trauma and EMDR.
Finding Support After Suicide: Traumatic Grief and Ideas to Help
After losing someone to suicide, navigating the waves of grief can feel overwhelming. From shock and anger to guilt and sadness, the rollercoaster of emotions may seem never-ending. It's important to remember that healing is possible. By building a strong support network, understanding the complexities of suicide, and finding meaningful ways to honor your loved one, you can begin to find healing in the midst of your pain.
Car Crash Trauma? EMDR Can Help You Move Forward
The memory of your car accident replays in your mind, a constant loop of fear and anxiety. Daily life feels like a battle, haunted by hypervigilance and emotional exhaustion. You question your strength, wondering why you can't "just get over it." But you're not alone. EMDR therapy can help you process the trauma, shift negative beliefs, and reclaim your sense of peace and control.
EMDR Therapy: Negative & Positive Cognitions with Grief
Complicated grief can manifest as intense and persistent sadness, anger, or guilt that lingers for months after a loss. These overwhelming emotions can disrupt daily life and make it difficult to move forward. EMDR therapy offers a powerful tool to address the root of these emotions. By processing specific memories and associated negative beliefs, EMDR can help you heal and reconnect to your life. Read on for more.
EMDR Therapy: A Detailed Guide to Healing Trauma
EMDR therapy offers a powerful method to heal from disturbing memories and emotional distress, including PTSD. It uses bilateral stimulation, like eye movements, to help you process past experiences in a safe and controlled environment. If you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or the lingering effects of trauma, EMDR therapy could be a key to unlocking your inner strength and reclaiming your life.
The Body Knows: Healing Trauma and Stress with Somatic Therapy
Talk therapy is great, but sometimes our pain goes deeper than words. Somatic therapy bridges the mind-body gap, helping you process grief, trauma, and self-doubt. By exploring physical sensations and gentle movement, you can release trapped emotions, build self-awareness, and discover your inner strength. It's a powerful way to heal beyond just talking. Read on if you’re wondering if somatic therapy is right for you.
No Bad Parts: A Guide to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Do you feel disconnected? Grief, trauma, overwhelm and self-doubt can leave us feeling fragmented and unsure of how to move forward. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy offers a compassionate approach to healing by helping us reconnect with our inner strength and navigate difficult emotions. Learn how IFS can help you find peace and a stronger sense of self. Read on for an in-depth exploration of IFS with grief, trauma, and self-confidence.
Lost? Disrupted? Struggling?: Understanding Grief and How to Get Help
Grief hits hard. It disrupts the brain's emotional control center, scrambling the circuits for happiness and connection. This throws a wave of raw emotions – sadness, anger, emptiness – at you after any loss. Even the dread you feel when you know a loss is coming, like caring for a terminally ill loved one, can trigger this emotional storm. And for some, the intensity lingers. Read on for the science behind grief and tools and resources to help you cope.
Death Therapy: Grief Counseling that Isn't "Moving On"
Many people believe grief fades with time, neatly tucked away in the past. But loss can leave you struggling to function in the present. You might feel blindsided by a wave of emotions you don't understand, impacting your daily life in ways you can't control. As a grief specialist, I know death therapy, or grief counseling, isn't about “moving on” or pretending you're "over it." It's a space to explore your feelings, make sense of your experience, and develop helpful coping mechanisms. We'll work together to find ways to integrate your grief and navigate this difficult time.
A Focused Path to Healing: Is a Grief & Trauma Intensive Right for You?
You don't have to carry the weight of trauma and grief alone. Imagine a path to healing that's faster and more focused than weekly therapy. These intensives are designed for women seeking not just relief from their pain, but also an accelerated path to personal growth and expansion. If you're ready to make a significant shift and invest in your well-being, this post will help you decide if an intensive is the right next step for you.
10 Tips to Protect Your Mental Health in a Mountain Town
Mental health in mountain towns like Fraser or Winter Park, Colorado can be challenging in the winter. The days are shorter, it’s cold as hell, and there’s more isolation, loneliness, depression, and anger. That might contribute to the high suicide rate here in Grand County. Read on to learn about 10 ways to protect your mental health as we head into winter.
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