Protection and Vulnerability: Two States That Shape How We Live and Love Protection and Vulnerability: Two States That Shape How We Live and Love One of the most consistent patterns I observe in my somatic therapy practice on the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers is that most people are living primarily from a state [...]
Limiting Beliefs: Why Positive Thinking Alone Is Not Enough Most people who come to this work have already tried positive thinking. They have read the books, done the affirmations, attempted to reframe the narrative. And they will tell you, honestly, that it helped, until it didn't. This is a failure of approach versus a [...]
The Benefits of Somatic Therapy: What Changes When You Work With the Whole System People arrive at somatic therapy from many different starting points. Some come carrying the weight of trauma they have never been able to fully process. Others are navigating anxiety, burnout, or a persistent sense of being stuck despite genuine effort [...]
Guilt vs Shame: Understanding the Key Difference and Why It Matters In my somatic therapy and integrative counselling practice – offering in-person sessions across the northern rivers, Palm Beach and the Gold Coast, and online worldwide - I am often asked, "What is the difference between guilt and shame?" While both are emotional responses [...]
