One pattern that comes up in sessions is clients reporting that they are resting, but still feel exhausted. In many cases, the issue isn’t lack of rest — it’s that the nervous system remains in a state of activation. When the system is still perceiving stress or threat, the body doesn’t fully shift into a restorative state. As a result, time off doesn’t translate into recovery. This can be an important distinction when working with clients who feel frustrated that “nothing is helping.” ℹ️ Educational purposes only. Not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care.

In sessions with students and clients, I talk a lot about regulation. But regulation without capacity building becomes dependency. If a client can only feel safe with you…they're still building resilience—they borrow our regulation, but we need to be careful about whether we’ve built proximity-based regulation. How are you helping clients regulate? What is a specific tool you teach? How do you assist clients in expanding their nervous system’s capacity to hold activation without dependence, collapse or avoidance?

How I keep myself going. I am currently juggling a lot. I am caregiving a parent (for the past year, with the help of my 3 siblings). I am paring down my private practice but keeping it going. Referrals, billing, client services. I am building an online and in-person coaching business and I have my first 1:1 coaching client...high ticket, intensive training. I am so psyched! The work I've done to make this pivot over the past three years is starting to take shape. My new client starts tomorrow. We'll see how their transformation comes around in about 5 weeks. I am building two online Skool communities...this one and one called The Spiral Reset Lab where all the materials from my teacher and mentor, Dr. Liana Mattulich are housed. When I am pushed or pulled by life, and I am every day as we all are, I swear...every time I need a somatic practice my body intuition says "hey. hello. go. go outside. go move your body." And I am getting so much better at listening, moment-to-moment. When I'm sitting with a client and I feel the pull I do my best to regulate that pull to stay with them in the session, breathing, moment to moment awareness, staying present with what is. How do you ... moment-to-moment?