Why understanding alone is not enough Most approaches to psychological and emotional wellbeing share a common assumption. That understanding is the pathway to change. That if you can name what happened, trace it to its origin, and reframe how you think about it — you will be free of it. This assumption is partly right. […]
Why Regulation Comes Before Insight Read More »
The body keeps the score — but not in the way most people think Most people have heard the phrase by now. The body keeps the score. Fewer understand precisely what it means — or what to do about it. The score the body keeps is not a memory in the conventional sense. It is
Why Somatic Therapy Reaches What Talking Cannot Read More »
On reclaiming a word that has been stretched beyond its meaning There is a word that has been borrowed, stretched and applied so broadly that it risks losing its most important meaning.Trauma. We use it to describe difficult conversations, frustrating experiences, uncomfortable films. And while the intention behind that usage is often to normalise emotional
Not Everything Is Trauma – And Why That Distinction Matters Read More »
