3 Ways Nature Can Help Calm Anxiety and Regulate Your Nervous System If you struggle with anxiety, overthinking, or feeling like your nervous system is always “on,” you’re not alone. It’s easy to get caught up in worrying about the future,...
You know that feeling when someone you love is off and something in you immediately starts calculating how to fix it? When the mood in the room shifts and your nervous system shifts with it? That’s not just empathy. For a lot of us, it’s something deeper....
Why Can't I Relax Even When Nothing Is Wrong? You finally have a quiet evening. Nothing is on fire. No one needs anything from you. And still, you can’t relax. Ugh! You notice the signal of heightened stress. You’re holding your breath, your mind is still racing...
Have You Ever Wondered How Poetry Heals Trauma? A few weeks ago, a journalist at the LA Times interviewed me as a consulting expert for a piece she was writing about a young Latina woman who had gone to therapy, discovered that poetry was central to her healing, and...
