In Praise of Analogue: Tending Trauma Through Art, Touch, and Time

What the “handmade” can teach us about presence and healthy regulation. “Grandma how do you deal with pain?” “With your hands, dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more.” “With your hands, grandma?” “Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our soul. When you move them by sewing, cooking, […]

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Seeing Through New Eyes: Healing the Filters of Trauma with Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

When life feels chaotic or uncertain, my wise mentor gave me the gift of simple stories that offer a way back to the truth. Frogs in a ditch A group of frogs were travelling through the forest when two of them fell into a deep ditch. The others peered down and declared they were as […]

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