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06/23/2026

Research consistently shows that healthy relationships are built on emotional attunement, responsiveness, and the ability to repair after disconnection not the absence of conflict.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your relationship is ask a question and stay open enough to hear the answer.

Save these questions to explore together:

1. What do you wish I understood about you that I still seem to miss?
2. When do you feel most connected to me?
3. When do you feel most alone in our relationship?
4. What is something you’ve been afraid to tell me?
5. How do you experience me when I’m stressed?
6. What do you need more of from me right now?
7. What do you need less of from me right now?
8. What argument do we keep having in different forms?
9. What do I do that helps you feel emotionally safe?
10. What do I do that makes it harder for you to be vulnerable with me?
11. How do your past experiences show up in our relationship?
12. What is one resentment that hasn’t been fully addressed?
13. What do you think we avoid talking about?
14. If nothing changed in our relationship over the next five years, how would you feel?
15. What is one thing we could start doing today that would strengthen our relationship?

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06/19/2026

When previous generations were focused on getting through war, poverty, displacement, discrimination, or simply making ends meet, there often wasn’t space to slow down and process emotional pain.

Instead, messages like these were passed down:

“Be strong.”
“Don’t complain.”
“Keep moving.”
“Other people have it worse.”

These messages were often rooted in love and survival. But over time, they can teach us to ignore our own needs, suppress our emotions, and mistake self-abandonment for resilience.

What gets passed down through generations isn’t always trauma itself. Sometimes it’s the belief that emotions should be carried alone.

The question is:
Does that belief still serve you today?

What messages about emotions or strength were passed down in your family? ⤵️

Developmental and attachment research shows that one of the deepest injuries isn’t the event itself it’s the absence of ...
06/17/2026

Developmental and attachment research shows that one of the deepest injuries isn’t the event itself it’s the absence of co-regulation.

When a child is scared, overwhelmed, or hurting, their nervous system relies on a caregiver to help them return to safety. This process literally shapes the developing brain (Porges, Schore, Siegel).

When no one holds you…
no one comforts you after the nightmare…
no one asks what you need…
your system learns “I’m alone in danger.”

That belief gets stored not just in the mind, but in the body. Adults who grew up this way often struggle with:

• chronic hypervigilance
• difficulty trusting
• shutting down under stress
• shame around needing support
• becoming “strong” because softness was never safe
• expecting rejection before it happens

This is the trauma of being unheld the injury of never having a safe landing when you needed it most.

Healing begins through new experiences:
co-regulation, attuned connection, and relationships where your emotions matter. The nervous system shifts through felt safety, not self-criticism.

If this resonates, you’re not broken you adapted to survive without support.
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06/16/2026

Most people think dissociation means completely checking out.

Sometimes it does. But dissociation exists on a spectrum.

It can look like:

• Spacing out during a conversation
• Driving somewhere and not remembering parts of the drive
• Feeling detached from your emotions
• Feeling disconnected from your body
• Going blank when discussing something painful
• Intellectualizing instead of emotionally experiencing
• Feeling as though you’re watching yourself from the outside
• Losing track of time
• Feeling numb, foggy, or unreal

From a neuroscience perspective, dissociation is often understood as a protective response. When an experience feels overwhelming, the brain may reduce access to emotions, sensations, memories, or awareness to help us cope.

The problem is that what once protected us can later interfere with connection, presence, and processing.

If you’re struggling with dissociation, trauma, or feeling disconnected from yourself, we are currently accepting new clients.

🔗 Link in bio to book a complimentary consultation.

05/31/2026

Day #4 of the conference, and that’s a wrap.

I am so grateful to have witnessed and been part of this conference. There was a lot to take in, and I am leaving with new ideas, perspectives, and experiences that I know will continue to unfold long after the conference has ended.

Now comes the process of integrating and digesting all of this new material, and I am looking forward to bringing it back into the therapy room and sharing it with those I work with.

Day 3 Boston Trauma ConferenceThis day got me thinking a lot about relationships and play, and how when we are at play w...
05/30/2026

Day 3 Boston Trauma Conference

This day got me thinking a lot about relationships and play, and how when we are at play with another person, it can also become a way for us to reorganize ourselves.

In play, we are able to negotiate with experiences in a way that feels less threatening. Play allows us to explore things we may not always have access to and gives us the opportunity to try something different. While, for me, the therapeutic relationship is always at the centre, I am looking forward to bringing more of this into the therapy room.

A little on the research: play is far more than just recreation. Research by Jaak Panksepp identified PLAY as one of the brain’s primary emotional systems and found it plays an important role in social, emotional, and neurological development. Research also suggests that play can help bring flexibility to our stress responses and create opportunities to safely engage with activation related to fight, flight, freeze, and other survival responses. Through connection and play, we can begin to negotiate these responses rather than remain stuck in them.

Another dense but impactful day.

One of the more disorienting parts of trauma work is realizing that many of the ways you learned to move through life we...
05/21/2026

One of the more disorienting parts of trauma work is realizing that many of the ways you learned to move through life were actually adaptations to what you lived through.

You thought everyone scanned for shifts in tone.
Everyone over-explained.
Everyone struggled to relax.
Everyone expected love to disappear, turn cold, become critical, or feel unsafe.

And then one day you realize some people were not raised in constant survival.

That realization can feel validating, painful, grieving, confusing, and relieving all at once.

In therapy, we often work toward understanding these patterns with more compassion, processing the experiences underneath them, and helping you build a different relationship with yourself that is no longer organized around survival.

If this resonated and you are looking for support we are currently accepting new clients for virtual therapy across Ontario and in-person sessions in Vaughan. Link in bio to book a complimentary consultation 🦋

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