Anxiety That Doesn’t Go Away: A Somatic Therapy Reframe for Coexisting With Chronic Anxiety
If your anxiety has stayed despite years of therapy, books and breathwork, you are not failing. Most of the wellness world has been answering the wrong question — and the better answer is older, gentler, and far more peaceful than another protocol. By Abi Beri | Integrative Somatic Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin […]
The Person You’ve Been Waiting For Is You: Neediness, Limerence, and the Nervous System Truth About Love
There is a story you have been watching your entire life. Person is fine. Functional. Capable. Doing reasonably well on their own — until they meet someone. At which point the music swells, the lighting improves, and the person discovers what was missing. What makes them complete. What they were, without knowing it, waiting for […]
Stop Overgiving: Boundaries, People-Pleasing and Coming Back to Yourself
Many people think boundaries are about becoming stronger, firmer or more able to say no. While this can be part of the journey, boundaries are much deeper than words. A boundary is not only a sentence. It is an inner relationship with yourself. It is the moment you begin to notice what is true for […]
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 […]
