There are so many different approaches to grounding, it can be overwhelming, but there is abundant opportunity to find the technique that makes it click for you.

I’ve spent the majority of my life piecing together what works for me, while also exploring the reasons behind why and how they work.

These are some of my favorites.

Let’s find yours.

Healing can feel unspeakably heavy and like a never ending Sisyphusean task. We may even try to win at healing, aiming to return everything to normal and push ourselves to move on. It is hard to accept the aftermath of traumatic change and loss; in some ways even harder still to accept who we become through it.

Accepting ourselves as we are right now, exactly as we are, can be a powerful medicine on the road of healing.

The healing power of being seen, of not feeling alone in hard spaces, can’t be understated.

Healing in Relationship & in Community is a vital step in everyone’s healing journey, and it starts with having a Relationship with ourselves. For many people on their healing journey, the loneliness and feelings of isolation can be some of the hardest to contend with. The only medicine for this wound is understanding: feeling seen, being heard, being known by others, and the ancient wisdom of community based practices.

A phrase so simple, and yet! It took me nearly 15 years to really understand what it means in practice. At certain points in the healing process, it may feel like too much for someone who does not feel safe in their feelings, mind, and body. Being numb in a world that promotes dissociation from ourselves and each other as success is not a personal failing, but a cultural one.

Like any skill, this ability to feel safe with our feelings takes practice, and with time can be learned.