Somatic Resourcing: The Overlooked School Supply
Discover how somatic resourcing can help teachers navigate burnout and co-regulate elementary classrooms.
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Experiential Somatic Supervision Group
Hey y’all. Jennifer is excited to be offering a monthly Experiential Somatic Supervision Group beginning in October. This will be a chance to experience and practice somatic exercises in a community of colleagues. Please reach out if you’re interested in joining us or learning more.
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Somatic Therapy – What is it?
Somatic therapy has become increasingly popular as more people recognize the important role the body plays in healing. While talk therapy can be incredibly helpful for those seeking clarity and insight, especially people who process experiences verbally or are dealing primarily with depression and anxiety, not everyone benefits equally from a talk-only approach. For people
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Yielding
With everything happening in our world right now, many of us find ourselves bracing for what’s to come. This bracing can also come with a sense of urgency and need to keep moving. While this is an absolutely reasonable response to current events, it’s also exhausting, especially when we are in more of a marathon
Safety is not a prerequisite!
The idea that we can only grow, heal, and show up when we are completely safe is a fallacy.
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Shepherds and Wolves
Trauma is a word that is used more and more, to describe a variety of experiences. The definition I use most often with my clients is something happens that threatens our sense of safety, and we feel powerless in the face of this threat.
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Feeling Safe Together
In a recent conversation with a dear friend she talked about why she and her husband have stayed together, despite varied challenges and infidelities over the years. As she talked about her experience, one sentence stayed with me: “I know that we can process anything.” Feeling safe enough with someone to step into the mud ~
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Can I Trust You To See Me?
As children, our deepest sense of safety comes from knowing that the people taking care of us see and meet our needs.
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Self-Trust vs. Self-Control
What would it be like, instead, to cultivate trust? To believe that we are inherently trustworthy, and that others are as well? To believe that conflict can be safe, and that it is possible to have difficult conversations where everyone feels heard?
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Saying YES to Me
Saying yes to me is an important part of my journey, and one that I get to continue to refine. In each stage of life, new roles and requests provide the opportunity for me to deepen my skill set in this area.