let yourself be and find joy

let yourself be and find joy

It is a huge understatement to say that things have been a wee tense and anxious. As you read this, you are perhaps on you way to vote or wondering what the outcome will be and when we’ll know, as much as you hope it “goes the right way” (if you’re in the states). I...
what do I need right now?

what do I need right now?

Today was a tough body day. I still have them, or I have them again. Either way, I’ve learned to be with myself, to tune into myself, to ask myself what I need. What do I need right now? I heard this question ages ago, I don’t remember from where. I heard it again...
self expression is a regulated nervous system

self expression is a regulated nervous system

I’m trying to remember where I heard this. Perhaps it doesn’t matter. All I know is that it resonated with me then, and each time I read and reread it, it reverberates deeper and fuller. I reverberate deeper and fuller. As someone who was groomed and contained and...
that is my past. it’s not who I am

that is my past. it’s not who I am

I am feeling my past – and the scars and chains of my past – healing and falling off of me in the most powerful ways. I’m deep in EMDR in a therapy session, or lying on the table during some body work, and I mentally go back to moments in my childhood, per usual. I...
tattoo NMP on the inside of your eyelids

tattoo NMP on the inside of your eyelids

I think it’s human nature to take pretty much everything personally. And for those of us born and/or raised in a cult or extremist situation – or at least for me – it also has been my nature to know that I need to fix or mend or make it all better…make you all better....