Events
Polyvagal Theory & “Interoception:” A Neuroscience Understanding Of Attachment Trauma
In Healing With The Muse, we've been diving in and out of practices intended to support healing developmental trauma and also playing with our creativity and other trauma-supportive practices, which we use to bolster life force and serve as "energy transfusions." In...
Why Empaths Can Sorely Lack Empathy (Because Of Their Own Trauma)
When I was posting recently on Facebook about dissociation, polyvagal theory, and developmental trauma, a conversation arose among those commenting about empathy- and what can block it. Words like narcissism, sociopathy, and autism floated around- and it was obvious...
The One Question You Can Ask Yourself To Help You Navigate Times of Uncertainty
In Healing With The Muse this week, we had a surprise special guest- Maja Apolonia Rode, who read us her An Invitation To Play poem, taught us how to "grow" a mandala so everyone could make one themselves, and then we rolled the "Divine Dice" to get the prompt for...
Are The Days of Rugged Individualism Numbered?
In my life, one bright spot of blessing in the past crazy year has been a daily "parts check in" with my friend and former housemate Emma, who is an Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner who really gets the IFS model. We've been beautiful support for each other...
What Happens When 5 Core Developmental Needs Are Not Met?
It sounds weird to say that trauma is hot right now, but it doesn't take much to recognize that after a year of personal and collective trauma, conversations about healing trauma are everywhere. For example, I'm delighted that Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry, MD have...
Watch Internal Family Systems (IFS) Founder Dick Schwartz Do A Vulnerable IFS Trauma Healing Demo on Lissa
Last week, I had the great pleasure of co-teaching with IFS founder and trauma therapist Dick Schwartz, PhD in both our Healing With The Muse community and in our Rebirth 2021 class. I did something scary and brave during our time teaching together. I let Dick make me...