Chronic Somatic Override: The Pattern Behind Every Symptom You’ve Been Powering Through
It doesn't feel like you're asking for too much. You want to enjoy your work without it consuming you. You want to be present with the people you love. You want to exercise and eat well and sleep so your body feels good. So why does it feel like you're always falling...
Abdominal Massage for Women | The Embodied Wellness Studio in Tigard, Oregon
Most women have never had their abdomen treated—and it’s quietly running the show. Learn how Arvigo® Abdominal Therapy supports your nervous system, digestion, hormones, and emotional health.
Anxiety in the Body: What Your Physical Symptoms Are Actually Telling You
For years, I prided myself on not crying. I thought it meant I was strong. Steady. That I had it together in a way that other, more emotional women didn't. Then I started getting a stomachache I couldn't explain. It felt like someone had built a brick wall around my...
Always in Your Head? Here’s Why That’s Not Working As Well As You Think
The science is debating brain vs. body. But for high-functioning women running on override, the real question is simpler — and more important. Here’s what Applied Somatic Medicine addresses that the debate keeps missing.
The 5 Phases of Somatic Healing (And Where You Might Be Right Now)
I've seen a lot of therapists in my life. In middle school, when I was struggling to keep up with a curriculum at a new school that suddenly felt too big for me, my therapist handed me a Rubik's cube — one based on shape as well as color. I solved it during our...
Your Stress Is Destroying Your Gut — And Your Gut Is Making It Worse
he bidirectional relationship between chronic stress and gut health is one of the most under-treated patterns in women’s health. Here’s what’s actually happening — and why food, emotions, and the body itself all have to be part of the conversation.
Anxiety vs. Intuition — How to Tell the Difference
That tight feeling in your stomach isn’t always your gut speaking. Learn the physiological difference between anxiety and intuition — and what it takes to finally hear the one that actually knows.
The 4 Types of Insomnia We See in Clinic (And What Your Body Is Actually Trying to Tell You)
Not all insomnia is the same. Learn the 4 patterns we see in clinic — from can’t fall asleep to waking at 3am — and what Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and somatic medicine reveal about each one.
What Just Happened? A Practitioner’s Theory of Why Somatic Medicine Feels Like Magic
She sits up from the table glowing and baffled. “What just happened?” Here’s my best answer — a theory built from years at the treatment table on why somatic medicine feels like magic.
What Your Body Actually Wants to Do With Stress (And Why It Looks So Weird)
We've talked about the impossible load women are carrying. The invisible labor. The lost village. The myth of doing it all alone. But there's something underneath that I haven't said yet. Something I see in my clinic every week, in bodies on the table, in the way...