Dorie Silverman

10/20/2026

What does your relationship with money feel like?

Six years ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, I found myself $35,000 in consumer debt. I was stressed, worried, and couldn't figure out how to make payments that would actually make a dent.

So I started learning. I spent hundreds of hours exploring ways to get out of debt, build savings, and create a financial future for myself.

The first thing I discovered? I didn't actually have a clear picture of what money I had or where it was going.

That realization started a journey that changed not only my finances, but my relationship with money.

I learned to create systems, make intentional decisions, and talk openly about real numbers with a community of people on their own money journeys.

And something unexpected happened: my anxiety decreased, and I felt more freedom to create the life I wanted.

This is where money and the nervous system intersect.

Money is connected to our sense of safety, security, and future. When we feel overwhelmed, anxious, or threatened, it can be hard to think clearly, see our options, or take action.

Add in the money messages we absorbed growing up, the things we learned to hide, and the complexity of the financial systems we navigate—and it's no wonder so many of us avoid looking at our finances.

But what if we approached money differently?

What if we learned to stay present with the numbers, work with the anxiety that comes up, build systems that support us, and make intentional choices about where our money goes?

I'm calling this Nurturing Money: developing a healthier relationship with money while building the practical skills to help it support the life we want to live.

✨ I'm now offering individual two-hour Nurturing Money sessions, combining somatic work with practical money planning. Together, we'll explore what's happening in your nervous system around money, get clearer about your financial picture, and identify meaningful next steps toward your goals.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by money, avoiding your finances, or ready to approach them differently, reach out to me to learn more.

What would you like to feel differently about your relationship with money?

10/16/2026

Your relationship to your money is directly related to your nervous system patterns.

What challenges do you face when you relate to your money? What do you notice in your body? Throw them in the comments

LET'S TAWLK!

10/13/2026

What is your relationship like with money?
Do you connect with it regularly?
Do you have a plan for it?
Do you know where it goes and what it does?
Do you think about what you want to do with what you have?
Do you avoid, vilify, or feel ashamed?

Share more about your relationship with money

10/12/2026

Using media to support nervous system healing.

While we now know that the way we are attuned to in childhood shapes our resilience, emotional regulation, and adult relationships, rarely do we experience healthy attunement in our lives or in media.

And we just assume this is normal and get accustomed to settling.

We learn we just have to take what we can get, tolerate abuse & neglect, and hold our emotions inside to keep the status quo. Because being with people who treat us badly and staying silent is better than being alone.

Which brings up the question: HOW do we learn to attune to ourselves and each other when it wasn’t modeled for us in childhood and we don’t experience it or see it in our adult lives?

You recognize these patterns and are ready for change, ready to feel healthy attunement, and yet you come up at a loss. And the places where you look in media are predominantly showing people lying, cheating, killing, or abusing each other.

For me, I’ve found some shows and movies that show healthy relating in families and between friends. Moments that create a settling in my shoulders, a pang in my heart, and most likely tears.

These somatic experiences show me that what is happening in a scene is a guidepost to healing in my body.

And I am so grateful for the writers and actors on these shows that turn on my mirror neurons to help me move in a new direction in my relationships. Whether that be between me and my parts, or me with others

Here is a list of shows that do a great job of attuned relating, repair, and connection.

* Ted Lasso
* Friday Night Lights
* Parenthood
* This Is Us
* Firefly Lane
* A Million Little Things
* Schitt’s Creek
* Younger
* Atypical
* Eagle River
* Stick
* Good Will Hunting

Save and start using your TV time to imagine how to move in a healthy direction in your relationships

When you’re watching, I encourage you to find your own somatic guideposts to guide you towards feeling safe in your skin and connected to others😘

What shows did I miss?

08/29/2026

This gal, Gayle Helene Gabel Silverman (aka mom) left her body on this day 10 years ago.

Here we are, both young in our relationship.

The thing I miss most about her is how she kept our family together. Even when we resisted. Holidays, every Friday Shabbat, birthdays, milestones. She was always there to make it special by creating beauty with flowers, food and sometimes the best surprises.

She was the glue
I love and miss you mom
😘😘😘

07/01/2025

05/20/2025

Mom would have been 80 day. Love and miss this creative, community oriented, stylish lady.

Grief is a forever process of feeling your emotions when they show up. It shows your love and care for those who live forever in your heart.

Happy birthday Gayle🥰


















 
 

07/07/2024

One of the surprising side affects of leaving my home of 16 years is the ability to be so present to each moment.

For someone with C-PTSD and high anxiety and depression for so long, presence has been hard for my system . I’ve worked for years to be embodied and regulated.

Now, as my system knows something amazing is ending, and it has the capacity to soak in the present, it wants to savor all of these incredible last moments.

05/21/2024

To my mama Gayle Helene Gabel Silverman.

Happy birthday to you. Creative, smart, curious, productive. You lived a full life. 8 years after your passing I appreciating all of the beautiful qualities you possess and what you passed down. I feel you with me so much lately. In the kitchen cooking, outside with the flowers, and when I’m making big decisions. I’ve been calling on you a lot and I feel, see and hear your influence in my life, your support and love from the other side of the veil. It’s amazing to me how much deeper our relationship is now than when you were alive.

I love you and thank you.
Happy 79th birthday
💋

03/18/2024

Another successful Somatics for Therapists workshop completed. Thank you for inviting me to your staff retreat🙌🏽💕. It was a delight