Interdependence: Why Community Matters and how to build it
If you’ve ever felt the tension between longing for closeness with others and the fear of being seen as dependent, you’re not alone. Our dominant culture promotes the harmful narrative of ableism, which not only hurts disabled people but also hurts everyone by keeping us isolated and overburdened.
The Orienting and Resourcing Technique for Political Exhaustion: How I Find Calm Amidst Calamity Using Somatics
Most of us feel the competing impulses to both look at AND look away from news headlines and either choice leaves many of us with a sense of dread churned up by political stress. Some of us can quite literally feel the weight of dis-ease in our bodies. I am a seasoned trauma therapist with well over 20 years in the field and I use the skills I am outlining here in my own daily work with myself to reduce the impact of a bombardment of current events and new cycle headlines.