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 […]
Understanding Your Nervous System States: A Complete Guide to Polyvagal Theory and Self-Regulation
Have you ever wondered why you snap at the people you love most? Why your mind goes completely blank in important meetings? Or why some days you feel unstoppable, while others you can barely drag yourself out of bed? The answer isn’t willpower. It isn’t a character flaw. And it certainly isn’t something wrong with […]
The Intelligence of Your Shutdown Response: Why Freezing Isn’t Weakness—It’s Survival
Understanding the Freeze Response as Sophisticated Survival I want to share a story from my practice that I think about often. A client—I’ll call her Sarah—came to me deeply frustrated with herself. She kept saying: “I don’t understand why I freeze up. I know I should speak up for myself. I know I should say […]
