Photo via Unsplash Pregnancy is special no matter what circumstances it happens under. That said, experiencing pregnancy during the pandemic can be especially challenging to navigate. While you can’t be there in person to offer support, you can see a loved one through their pandemic pregnancy with these supportive ideas from healer Karen Melton. Support …
Read MoreFocusing on the body in my practice for many years has been a fascinating adventure into what I call the Soul Body. The name Soul Body emphasizes that we’re primarily energy beings – soul’s having an embodied experience. Our consciousness and soul exists before we come into our physical body, and everything we experience as …
Read MoreThis photograph was taken recently in my office after a Prenatal & Birth Play session with three-year-old Lily and her parents. The blue and green hanging pouch/seat in the picture represents the womb and the cuddly toy, chosen and placed into the pouch by Lily, represents her prenatal unborn self. In a safe play environment children …
Read MoreIntroduction: I frequently observe pre-pregnant, pregnant, and birthing women re-living their own journey into life – their experiences, memories, and imprints from their conception to newborn period – from the time they decide to become a parent, and I will share some examples below. We can pass on good experiences to our children, and we …
Read MoreAn activation is when a person, or situation, in the present triggers you into a memory from your past. This activation is happening at the instinctual reptilian brain level, and it is out of your conscious awareness. A smell, taste, touch, felt-sense, emotion, behavior by another, similar energy/situation, etc triggers a reaction in your emotional brain, …
Read MoreYour internal resources are the skills, practices and abilities that support you to: • Ground and center your self • Be aware of your needs • Take good, consistent care of yourself • Know when you are triggered into an old imprint. • Be able to ‘self soothe’ and return your nervous system to neutral …
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Read MoreThe central principle of Somatic Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology (SPPP) is that we are conscious and sentient from conception onwards. I will share with you here the SPPP perspective on adoption and give you ways that you can ensure your beloved adopted child’s emotional, spiritual, and psychological health and well-being. The developmental period from conception …
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