We probably all know the times that falling asleep isn’t easy. The moment you lay down your head, all tired after a busy day, and you start worring over things you can’t control. Or when you suddenly wake up startled in the middle of the night. And what about waking up early and not being […]
Daily Archives: June 17, 2020
What happened…
In my country, virus measures are lifting and many people are enjoying the warm and dry weather. This hasn’t been an easy time for a lot of people for different reasons. And I also know some people who did remarkably well during what was called the ‘intelligent lockdown’. For me personally, it was a time […]
‘The brain is a genius that likes to play.’
This was written in my copy of Brainspotting by David Grand. And this is what surprises most clients in how I work with trauma. I tend to keep things light and playful, because trauma is stored in the body, the psyche and in the brain and it is important to have the brain ‘on board’ […]
Stress responses
I assume, also because of the previous blogs in which we talked a lot about stress and more accurately, stress responses, you will be familiar with fight, flight and freeze responses of your body in a threatening situation. The situation as such, doesn’t have to be threathening per se, but the body/mind perceives it as […]