Avez-vous déjà remarqué que votre esprit s’emballe ou que vous vous sentez soudainement dépassé sans trop savoir pourquoi ? Parfois, notre corps ressent les choses bien avant que notre cerveau ne mette des mots dessus. C’est ici qu’intervient...
Have you ever noticed your mind racing or felt suddenly overwhelmed without knowing why? Often, our bodies register emotions long before our brains can find the words to describe them. This is where interoception comes in, which is your brain’s vital ability to...
The Silent Epidemic: ADHD, Shame, and How Trauma Therapy Helps Heal the Inner Critic For many adults with ADHD, the hardest part isn’t the executive dysfunction — the forgetfulness, the difficulty focusing, the procrastination. It is the crushing weight of shame...
Nature is nurturing. Brain imaging research shows that a one-hour walk in nature decreases activity in the amygdala — the brain region central to threat detection, fear, and the stress responses that often stay elevated after trauma (Sudimac et al., 2022). Trauma work...
Why Talk Therapy May Have Felt Like It Didn’t Work for You If you’ve spent months — or years — in therapy and walked away feeling articulate about your problems but not actually different, this post is for you. It’s one of the most common things I...
When most people hear the word “trauma,” they picture catastrophic events — a car accident, an assault, a natural disaster. These are what clinicians call Big-T traumas: single, clearly identifiable events that overwhelm the nervous system and leave...
