Dawn Illg-Short Liquid Radiance Health

08/17/2026

NERVOUS SYSTEM NUGGET #2

Not Every Signal Is Asking You to Fix Something

We often respond to discomfort by immediately wanting to make it go away.

Tension.
Restlessness.
A tight chest.
A heavy sigh.
That feeling of being a little "off"

But what if, instead of immediately asking...

"How do I get rid of this?"
..we become curious and asked:

"What does my body need right now?"

Maybe it needs movement.

Maybe it needs rest.

Maybe you've been pushing through something for too long.

Or maybe your nervous system simply needs a moment to reorganize that, right now, you're okay.

Not every uncomfortable sensation is a problem to solve. At this very moment, I'm reminding myself this as well.

Sometimes it's simply information.

***Today's Invitation

The next time you notice tension or discomfort, resist the urge to immediately change it.

Pause.

Notice.

Get curios.

YOUR BODY ISN'T JUST SOMETHING YOU LIVE IN. IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH.

Dawn Illg-Short
Liquid Radiance Health
Awaken Your Inner Spark

08/12/2026

When the Body Reveals the Next Layer

I have a client who is passionate and full of life, yet she had struggled with persistent low back discomfort that never seemed to fully resolve.

She came to one of my TRE classes and eventually became a regular monthly bodywork client.

About 3 sessions in, I asked if she had been practicing TRE at home.

She lit up.

"YES! TRE has been a game changer in my life. Not only does it help me handle stress more efficiently, but my low back has also been feeling significant better.

That caught my attention.

During her bodywork session, I became curious. Rather than immediately trying to change what I was feeling, I began listening more closely to what her body might be communicating through the tension in her lower back.

And then something interesting happened.

Without me asking about an injury, she suddenly began telling me about a skiing accident she'd had years earlier.

There had been an impact, but she also remembered her body twisting in ways she couldn't articulate.

As she began describing the accident, the patterns I was feeling through her pelvis and hip started to make more sense.

It was as though another piece of the story had presented itself.

Through practicing TRE on her own, she had already begun releasing some the tension her body had accumulated over the years. And as things began to settle and change, there seemed to be another layer her body was ready to explore through our work together.

But perhaps my favorite part of this story isn't simply that her back felt better.

She also began recognizing a pattern.

When her stress levels increased, she noticed that tension in her low back often returned.

She was learning her body's language.

As a therapist, that was such a meaningful moment to witness, not simply someone experiencing relief, but someone developing a more connected relationship with her own body.

And it brings us right back to Monday's Nervous System Nugget.

***The body is always communicating.

Sometimes we simply need to become curious enough to listen.

08/10/2026

Your nervous system is communicating with you all day long.

A tight jaw.
Shoulders creeping toward your ears.
A sudden deep sigh.
Feeling restless or unable to settle.
Or that wonderful moment when your whole body seems to soften.

These aren't random sensations.

They're signals.

And we don't always need to immediately fix them.

Sometimes we can simply pause and become curious.

"What might my body be communicating right now?"

That small shift, from trying to silence the signal to becoming curious about it, can begin to change the relationship you have with your body.

**Today's Invitation**
Take a moment today to notice ONE sensation in your body.

You don't have to change it.

Just notice.

Your body has been communicating with you all along
Perhaps today, you simply listen.

--Dawn Illg-Short
Liquid Radiance Health
Awaken Your Inner Spark

08/07/2026

IS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM ASKING FOR SAFETY?

Have you ever noticed that when life feels overwhelming, either in joyous moments or not so feel good moments, that your body changes?

Maybe your shoulders stay tense.
Your jaw clenches.
Your breathing shallows.
You wake up already feeling exhausted.

These aren't signs that your body is failing you.

They're often signs that your nervous system has been working overtime to help you get through life.

The beautiful news is this:

Your nervous system can learn safety again.

When your body begins to feel safe, many people notice they breathe more deeply, move with greater ease, sleep better, and feel more like themselves again.

Healing isn't always about doing more.
Sometimes it's about creating conditions for your body to remember what it already knows underneath the noise.

Your body isn't working against you.
It's been working FOR YOU all along.

Dawn Illg-Short
Liquid Radiance Health
Awaken Your Inner Spark

08/01/2026

07/26/2026

You don't have to to keep pushing through

Sometimes the body holds on to tension long after the original stress or experience has passed.

Through compassionate body-centered work, you can begin to slow down, reconnect with your body, and learn to listen to what it may be communicating.

Your body has its own wisdom.
Sometimes it simply needs the opportunity to be heard.

04/01/2026

I absolutely LOVE working with this tissue and why I renamed my business Liquid Radiance Health