Trauma & therapy
Healing from trauma is a journey that requires support and guidance. Our contributors explore the impact of trauma and grief, as well as various therapeutic approaches available to aid recovery. Learn about different types of trauma, signs and symptoms, and effective therapy options.
What is Arthritis and How Can I Resolve It?
Arthritis is diagnosed and blamed for practically any joint pain in the body, but what exactly is arthritis? How do you get it? Most importantly, how do you get rid of it? Arthritis is defined as inflammation...
Having an Agonizing Spot Between Your Shoulders? – Part 1
If you are experiencing a persistent, painful spot between your shoulders, or anywhere else in your body, that does not improve with massage or pressure, you may have a trigger point that is referring...
Why Emotional Flashbacks Make You Feel Like the Past is Happening All Over Again
There are moments that seem to come out of nowhere. You receive a short text from someone you love, and suddenly your chest tightens. Your supervisor asks to speak with you privately, and your stomach...
What Changes When You Find Others on the Same Health Quest
In Why Sustainable Habits Are the Foundation Your Health Has Been Missing, you are invited to build the base of your Effective Compass and discover that healing becomes livable when it's built...
Does It Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
In nearly 30 years of clinical practice, this is one of the questions I am asked most often by parents, “We started reflex integration work, and my child seems more anxious, more reactive, more dysregulated...
Do I Need a Sponsor, a Recovery Coach, or Both?
One of the most common questions I hear from individuals and families seeking help is, “If I already have a sponsor, why would I need a recovery coach?” It’s a fair question. At first glance, sponsors...
Reclaiming Your Power and the Integration of Medical Science and Holistic Healing in Trauma Recovery
Trauma recovery does not have to be limited to one path. This article explores how Western medicine, somatic practices, and holistic healing can work together to support deeper, whole-person recovery.
When the Breath of Life Becomes the Kiss of Death and Understanding the Chronic Trauma Response
What happens when the breath of life becomes the kiss of death? This is a philosophical question that arises from a reality we can all face: trauma. The breath, one of our adaptive responses to...
Why Symptoms Are Often About State, Not Structure
A female patient once came to my clinic with shoulder pain that had persisted for several years. Over time, the limitation had become part of her everyday life. Raising her arm above shoulder level was...
What's Causing Your Pain?
Research has shown that stenosis, bulging discs, and arthritis are not what cause pain. In fact, you can take two people with the same structural abnormalities as shown on an MRI, and one will have pain...
Private Equity Isn't Buying Cardiology Practices, It's Buying Your Physician Relationships
A health system CEO told me recently that he was not worried about private equity. “We employ most of our cardiologists,” he said. “They’re not going anywhere.” I understood the confidence. I also...
Why the Greatest Act of Healing is Learning to Embrace Your Perfectly Imperfect Self
"What if I told you that you do not need fixing?" Pause for a moment and let that question sink in. How many times have you looked at yourself and thought, "Once I have healed this trauma, once I have...
What Modern Therapy Forgot, and What My Ancestors Never Stopped Knowing
Every piece of work I have shared in this series has been pointing toward something. Toward a way of understanding healing that is larger than symptom reduction. Toward a clinical practice that honors...
Your Body Isn't the Enemy and Understanding Trauma is Not Enough to Heal It
For decades, the personal development and mental health industries have encouraged us to look inward, identify the origins of our pain, and understand the stories that shaped us. Today, many people can describe...
Becoming Your Own Loving Parent, Four Simple Ways to Know and Nurture Your Inner Child
If you work, self-sabotage, control, scroll, shop, abandon yourself or others, seek approval, rage, drink or drug too much, if you feel guilty when you stand up for yourself, if you confuse love with rescue...
