(originally written 2015, updated 2023) There is a inflatable dinosaur with a santa hat eating a gift in the front garden of a neighbour. My 2 yr old is captivated...
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One of the most common themes these days that I hear in my office is folks feeling isolated and alone, not feeling the connections in community and family that they’d…
In this video I guide you through a technique called Focusing by Eugene Gendlin. Focusing is a 6-step self-help tool to help get insight on something that is bothering you….
I draw a lot on Focusing-Oriented Therapy and here is a simple exercise called Clearing Space taken from Eugene Gendlin’s work, with help from my dog Mango. It’s a fairly…
My own grief process lately has led be to re-find Tara Brach’s teachings and her sweet, kind wisdom. In this video she refers to becoming an apprentice to sorrow, deepening…
I love the paradox of tonglen practice. I love it particularly because some folks these days are so focused on clearing their lives of “negative energy”. I get what they…
I’m thrilled to offer this guest post from my friend and colleague Joanna Hermano. Joanna is a Trauma-Informed Physiotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner-in-Training with special interest in persistent pain. Understanding…
While this was the beginning of Indigenous History month as well as Pride month, this year, we mark the occasion filled with sadness and outrage at the news from Kamloops…
I’ve been learning lately about polyvagal theory, developed by Stephen Porges. I find it to be a really clear and helpful way of thinking about our feeling states that can…
I’d like to introduce you to a favourite sanity-inducing movement practice of mine. My acupressure teacher Arnold Porter taught it to me over a decade ago and I’ve been finding healthy perspective…