Category / Nervous System Regulation

Here’s a story about my fight with a chicken, because it perfectly illustrates what nervous system fluency looks like in real time. A few weeks ago, I was in my kitchen preparing…

I would like to share something vulnerable with you. I’ve been leading programs and trainings for over 12 years now and I rarely have large groups. My groups tend to remain intimate.…

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…

“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.…

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…

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…

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…

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?…

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…

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…