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 Age You Stopped
Why You’re Emotionally Stuck at the Age You Were Hurt — and How to Bring That Age Home Here is a small, slightly strange observation worth checking against your own life. You are not one consistent age. Not on the inside. On paper you are whatever number you are — but the felt sense of […]
Uncomfortable Life Transitions: A Somatic Therapy Guide to the In-Between
Why life transitions feel so unbearable, what the anthropologists called liminal space, and a practical, ancient way to stand on ground you cannot yet see. By Abi Beri | Integrative Somatic Therapist & Nervous System Specialist · Dublin & Online TL;DR. If something in your life has ended — or is ending — and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
