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This is too deep for me
A woman came to me wanting to do “deep work.” After our first session, she said: “Oh, everyone says they do deep work… but this is too deep for me!” This is…
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The problem I rarely see addressed in somatic training
“I don’t feel anything in my body.” If you’ve heard this from clients or experience(d) it yourself, you know that sinking feeling. All your somatic training, and you’re suddenly at a loss.…
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Why intimate groups create deeper healing
Small groups. Deep experiential work. Real change. That’s what I’m committed to with B’Etzem, and here’s why: When we’re in large groups, our nervous systems often perform. We hide. We manage how…
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Reframing client “pathology” as intelligent adaptation
I want to offer you a perspective that might be radical in our pathology-focused therapeutic culture: What if nothing is actually wrong with you / your clients? What if their nervous system…
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The Wisdom of Going Slow
We live in a culture that’s obsessed with speed, and unfortunately, this has infected our therapeutic approaches too. Quick fixes. Rapid transformation. Eight-week programs that promise to change lives. But nervous systems…
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The Skeptical Client
A practitioner recently asked me something that many of us have wondered: “Can I only help people who ‘get’ my work? If clients are skeptical, will their inner resistance block my efforts?…
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When clients can’t access what they think they should feel (and why that’s actually perfect information)
I want to share something that illustrates a common dynamic many of us encounter in our practices. Sometimes clients come feeling frustrated because they know they’re “supposed to” feel grateful for something…
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The rest that isn’t sleep
There’s a Torah concept that’s revolutionized how I think about what we’re actually offering our clients: menuchas hanefesh. It translates to “rest for the soul” – but it’s not the kind of…
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Why the somatic healing boom is both a blessing and a challenge for practitioners
Somatic healing has gained a lot of hype recently, and for good reason. There’s growing understanding about how much we need to come into our bodies, use our bodies as sources of…
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Why I named my program after bones (and what it means for how we hold space)
You might be wondering about the name of my training program: B’Etzem. It comes from the Hebrew word “etzem,” which fascinates me because it means two things: Bone – the structural foundation…
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