Why Self-Awareness Isn’t Enough: An Integrative Therapist’s Guide to What Comes After Seeing
If you can see your pattern but still can’t change it, you are not failing. Self-awareness is the door, not the room. A somatic and integrative therapist on what actually moves things — once you have already seen what you do. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & Online […]
The One Inside You Who Is Tired: A Simple Way to Be With Difficult Emotions
TL;DR: Saying “the one inside me who is tired” instead of “I am tired” creates a small space between you and a difficult emotion, so you can be with the feeling rather than become it. It’s the core idea behind parts work and Internal Family Systems, without the jargon. Research on self-distancing and on naming […]
A Meditation for When Something Has Just Happened: Somatic First Aid From a Dublin Therapist
Something has just happened. The body is shaking, the chest is tight, the mind is running. A 20-minute trauma-informed somatic practice — and what to do (and not do) in the hours that follow. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Somatic Therapy Dublin, Naas, Newbridge, Kildare & Online TL;DR. If […]
You Know Your Attachment Style. Why Hasn’t Anything Changed?
You took the quiz. You got the word. Something in you said: yes, that is exactly me. And then you did the same thing again on Thursday. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Family Constellation Facilitator · In person across Dublin, Naas, Newbridge & Kildare · online worldwide TL;DR. KNOWING YOUR ATTACHMENT STYLE DOES […]
Why Can’t I Let Go? A Somatic Therapy Guide to What Actually Helps
If “just let it go” has never worked for you, there is a reason. Letting go is what becomes possible when the body feels safe enough to stop holding — not an act of will. A somatic therapist on what actually helps. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & […]
Childhood Emotional Neglect: A Somatic Therapy Guide to the Wound With No Story
If nothing bad happened in your childhood but something is quietly missing, you are not making it up. A somatic therapist on childhood emotional neglect — what it is, the specific kinds of “nothing” most people are actually describing, and what helps. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & […]
A Nervous System Reset Meditation: A Polyvagal-Informed Guided Practice
The nervous system doesn’t really reset — it returns. A somatic therapist on the practice that helps it find its way back, and the polyvagal science underneath it. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & Online TL;DR. A nervous system reset meditation is a guided somatic practice that supports […]
Being the Safe One: A Somatic Therapy Guide to Parentification and the Cost of Being the Regulated One
If you are the calm one everyone leans on, you are paying a hidden cost. A somatic therapist on parentification, the regulated-one pattern, and how to turn the capacity homeward. By Abi Beri | Integrative Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & Online TL;DR. If several people in your life would name you first […]
Somatic Therapy vs Talk Therapy: What’s the Difference, and Which Is Right for You?
A clear, everyday-language guide to two different paths through the same difficulties — with a short audio explainer from Abi Beri. If you’ve been looking for support — for anxiety, stress, the after-effects of something hard, or just a sense of being stuck — you’ve probably come across the word “therapy” a hundred times. What […]
The Vagus Nerve Myth: Why Positive Thinking Cannot Fix A Dysregulated Nervous System
What this piece is Positive thinking cannot fix a dysregulated nervous system. Cold plunges cannot. Humming cannot. Five minutes of slow breathing on a wellness app cannot. If you’ve tried any of those, or all of them, and felt like a failure when they didn’t work, that wasn’t your failure. It was a misunderstanding. A […]
