When Body Image Struggles Become More Than Insecurity
Body image struggles can affect far more than how you feel when you look in the mirror. They can shape your relationship with food, movement, relationships, social situations, and your sense of self. This blog explores how negative body image and disordered eating can develop, how weight stigma and social media may contribute, and how weight inclusive therapy can support a more peaceful relationship with your body.
Complex PTSD vs. PTSD: How Do You Know Which One You Have and Does It Even Matter?
Not all trauma looks the same. Discover the differences between PTSD and Complex PTSD and why understanding your nervous system matters more than finding the perfect label.
I’m Not Sick Enough. The Most Dangerous Lie an Eating Disorder Will Ever Tell You
You don’t have to be underweight to have an eating disorder, and you don’t have to get sicker to deserve help. Learn why eating disorders affect people of every body size, what “sick enough” really means, and how compassionate therapy can support recovery.
My Childhood Was Fine… So Why Do I Feel This Way?
Think your childhood was “fine” but still struggle with anxiety, depression, or feeling emotionally heavy? Learn how developmental trauma and the nervous system can shape adult mental health, even when there was no obvious abuse, and how therapy can help you heal.
Supporting Development Through Relationship
What does a snake have to do with trauma therapy and horses? This story explores how choice, curiosity, and relationship create the conditions for nervous system development in both horses and humans through the principles of Natural Lifemanship.
Equine-Connected EMDR Intensives in Golden, Colorado
Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, our equine-connected EMDR intensives offer a chance to step away from the demands of everyday life and immerse yourself fully in healing. Spend your days engaged in deep therapeutic work alongside horses, surrounded by evergreen forests, quiet lakes, and wide-open skies. Whether you choose a half-day experience or a week-long experience, this secluded Colorado sanctuary provides the space, support, and serenity needed for meaningful transformation, reflection, and renewal.
Maybe It’s Attachment, Not “Mixed Signals”
Why do people push away the people they actually want closer? Exploring attachment styles, nervous systems, and the psychology beneath “mixed signals” in relationships.
Somewhere Between Voice Notes and Survival
Guest Post: Online Trauma Healing Course for Nervous System Regulation and EMDR Preparation: Tea With a Trauma Therapist
Explore Tea With A Trauma Therapist, an online trauma healing course focused on nervous system regulation , EMDR preparation, somatic healing, and gentle support for PTSD and complex trauma recovery.
“We Won the Blue Ribbon, But We Were Both Falling Apart”
A therapist and lifelong equestrian shares how horse show culture, eating disorder recovery, and her relationship with her horse led to a new path; Equine EMDR Intensive Therapy for Women and LGBTQ+ adults seeking deeper trauma and eating disorder recovery.
The Math Girl
Art as Revolution
Why the Human-Horse Relationship Supports Trauma Healing
How the human-horse relationship supports trauma healing through nervous-system regulation. This post explores equine-assisted therapy through the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, highlighting how relationship, rhythm, and co-regulation with horses support trauma recovery.
When Two Breaths Share the Same Sky: Grief, Despair, and the Strange Light of Healing
Trauma healing often asks us to hold more than one truth at once. This reflection explores the duality of healing and how therapy can support the nervous system in honoring both pain and possibility together.
