by Kristen | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
I suspect there are many ways to engage with the healthcare system. Here are a few of my favorites. As ‘paying friends’, we hire healthcare practitioners for their wisdom and company. As ‘victims’, on a ‘bad day’ we look to them for rescue. As ‘private...
by Kristen | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
We all walk around with untold stories that get twisted and turned within us. We hide in cloaks of shame, so that we might pass as acceptable. Stories about our relationships to our bodies are about as personal as they get. What if they’re all holy? What if these...
by Kristen | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
“59% report a greater than 50% reduction in chronic pain symptoms” In a scientific study conducted by T. Lundeberg in 1984, 267 patients with chronic neurogenic (nerve generated) or musculoskeletal (muscle and bone related) pain were followed for 18 months. Of...
by Kristen | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Trauma is commonplace. It’s a by-product of living in today’s world. We now know that war veterans and victims of abuse are not the only one’s who suffer symptoms of trauma. It can be caused by seemingly benign, as well as extraordinary events. ...
by Kristen | Aug 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
How did Somatic Experiencing (SE) come about? SE was developed in response to the question, “Why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized?”1 Exploring the answer to this question leads us to better understand the nature of...
