If Your Body Could Speak: Listening to the Wisdom Within Through Somatic Healing
What if your body has been trying to tell you something—in a language you’ve never quite learned to speak? We live in a world that teaches us to analyze our bodies clinically: “My shoulder is tight. My back hurts. My stomach feels off.” But what if your body doesn’t speak in medical terms? What if, […]
Why Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough for Trauma (And What Actually Works)
You’ve been in therapy for months, maybe years. You’ve talked about your trauma extensively. You understand what happened, why it happened, how it affected you. You’ve gained insight, processed memories, worked through cognitive distortions. Your therapist is skilled, compassionate, and committed to your healing. Yet something crucial remains unresolved. Your body still tenses when triggered. […]
Breaking Free from Love Addiction: Understanding Anxious Attachment as a Nervous System Pattern
Why We Get Addicted to Being Loved (And How Somatic Healing Can Help) Have you ever checked your phone obsessively, waiting for someone to text back? Felt like you might actually die if this person leaves you? Stayed awake at night replaying every word they said, analyzing every shift in their energy, trying to decode […]
The Inner Child Who Doesn’t Want to Be Fixed: A Radical Approach to Inner Child Healing
Why Traditional Inner Child Work May Be Keeping You Stuck If you’ve explored inner child healing in Dublin, Kildare, or through online therapy sessions, you may have encountered a familiar narrative: rescue your younger self, comfort them, promise them everything will be okay, and bring them into your present where they’re finally safe. But what […]
Where Trauma Actually Lives: A Holistic Guide to Body-Based Healing
Introduction: Why Talk Therapy Isn’t Enough for Trauma If you’ve spent years in therapy talking about your trauma and still feel it in your body – the chronic tension, the hypervigilance, the feeling of being constantly on edge or shut down – you’re not failing at healing. You’re experiencing what modern somatic psychology confirms: trauma […]
Co-Regulation: The Healing Power of Safe Relationships for Your Nervous System
Introduction: You Cannot Heal Alone There’s a revolutionary understanding emerging in holistic healing: we aren’t meant to regulate our nervous systems in isolation. The idea that we should “self-soothe” or “calm ourselves down” through sheer willpower misses something fundamental about human biology – we’re wired for co-regulation. As a holistic therapist working with clients across […]
The Stress Your Body Remembers (And How to Help It Let Go)
Sarah came to see me because she couldn’t understand why her body felt constantly on edge. She had a good job, a loving family, and her life was going well by all accounts. Yet every morning, she woke up with her jaw clenched tight, her shoulders hunched toward her ears, and a sense of urgency […]
The Body Speaks: How Somatic Healing is Transforming Wellness in Ireland
Introduction: The Return to Embodied Wisdom in Irish Wellness Culture In the rolling green landscapes and busy urban centers of Ireland, a quiet revolution is taking place in how we approach health and wellbeing. While our culture has long valued the power of talk and story, there’s a growing recognition that healing doesn’t always come […]
Understanding Divine Timing in Your Healing Process: A Somatic Approach
Discover why delayed healing might be following its own perfect timeline. In this article, Abi Beri, holistic therapist in Ireland, shares insights on divine timing and offers a guided meditation for those feeling stuck in their healing journey. When Healing Doesn’t Follow Our Timeline Have you ever wondered why, despite your best efforts, your healing […]
Somatic Healing and the Wisdom of the Body: How Somatic Therapy Supports Emotional and Physical Well-Being
Many people experience stress, tension, and emotional overwhelm in their daily lives, often feeling disconnected from their own bodies. While talking about emotions can be helpful, true healing goes beyond words—it involves the body’s natural intelligence and self-regulation. This is the foundation of Somatic Healing and Somatic Therapy, which work with the mind-body connection to […]
