Why slowing down feels dangerous when your nervous system is trapped in survival mode. I was a mother of two, working toward my master’s degree, loving my career as a teacher, and running 10 miles every morning. I had what looked like a fulfilling, purposeful life and...

  Well, here we are again in the familiar cycle of the holidays ending, a new year beginning, and the emotional cost of trying to reel it all back in. I can feel the angst in the air as I move through the gym, seeing an influx of new faces pressured by New Year’s...

Healing doesn’t always begin in a therapy office. Sometimes, it starts in the most unexpected places. For me, it began at the base of a rock climbing tower—long before I became a Boise trauma therapist. In my 20’s I was in the darkest season of my life. I had moved...