Rejection Sensitivity Isn’t an Overreaction: A Somatic Therapy View on Why Silence Hurts So Much
If a delayed text can ruin your afternoon, your nervous system isn’t broken — it’s hypervigilant. Here is the body-based path back to safety. By Abi Beri | Somatic Therapist & Integrative Practitioner, Dublin & Online Picture this. Someone you care about texts you. It is shorter than usual. No emoji. Just the words. And […]
Executive Dysfunction Isn’t Laziness: A Somatic Therapy View on Why You Can’t Start
When your brain won’t do the thing, you’re not weak — your nervous system is in shutdown. Here’s the body-based path back online. By Abi Beri | Somatic Therapist & Integrative Practitioner, Dublin & Online There is something you need to do. You know what it is. You know how to do it. It is […]
The Fawn Response: When Your Survival Strategy Was to Please
Let me ask you something. When you walk into a room, what is the first thing you do? If you are anything like the person this piece is for, you scan. Instantly, automatically, without thinking about it. Who is there. What mood they are in. Whether there is tension. What might be needed. What might […]
ADHD Burnout & Your Nervous System: Why You’re So Exhausted
And Why Nothing Has Worked By Abi Beri | Nervous System Specialist | Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 12 minutes] You are exhausted. Not normal tired — bone-deep, cannot-recover, everything-is-too-much exhausted. Sleep does not fix it. Weekends do not fix it. The apps and planners and routines have not fixed it. If you have […]
When Love Feels Like Danger: Understanding and Healing Relational Trauma
By Abi Beri — Nervous System & Trauma Specialist | BlissfulEvolution.com | SomaticTherapyIreland.com There’s a particular kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone. It comes from being in a relationship — or wanting one — while something inside you braces, pulls back, or waits for the floor to give way. Maybe you’ve noticed […]
Nervous System Reset: Why Quick Fixes Don’t Work (And What Actually Does)
Your nervous system isn’t broken. It’s stuck. And it can learn to come home. By Abi Beri | Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 11 minutes] You have probably searched for this. Nervous system reset. How to calm your nervous system. How to get out of fight or flight. And you have found a lot […]
Why You Can’t Let Anyone In: Healing the Guarded Heart
Safe and closed is not the same as safe and alive. By Abi Beri | Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 10 minutes] You might not call it a closed heart. You might call it being independent. Self-sufficient. Not needing anyone too much. You might call it being careful, or having high standards, or protecting […]
Why You Cannot Think Your Way Out of Trauma: The Science of Somatic Healing
Your body has its own timeline. And it does not care about your insights. By Abi Beri | Integrative Somatic Therapist [Reading time: 12 minutes] You have read the books. You have done the journaling. You have been in therapy — good therapy, even — and you understand your patterns. You can trace them back […]
Somatic Therapy for Chronic Pain and Autoimmune Conditions: What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
By Abi Beri | Integrative Somatic Therapist | Dublin, Naas, Newbridge & Online If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you know what it’s like to live in a body that doesn’t cooperate. The chronic pain that flares without warning. The fatigue that sleep doesn’t touch. The autoimmune symptoms that wax and wane according […]
Titration & Pendulation: Why Healing Can’t Be Rushed
The art of going slow — and why it’s actually the fastest way to heal By Abi Beri | Somatic Therapist, Dublin, Naas & Newbridge [Reading time: 10 minutes] “Heal your trauma in one weekend.” “Release your blocks in 60 minutes.” “Transform your life in 30 days.” We live in a culture that worships speed. […]
