BirthTouch
A gentle, evidence-informed mind-body approach for pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.
Practical, body-based tools to support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and whole-person healing.
BirthTouch® offers gentle, evidence-informed mind–body support for pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Rooted in touch therapy, mindfulness, and aromatherapy.
BirthTouch reflects an integrative mental health approach, supporting perinatal emotional wellbeing through gentle nervous system-based practices.
BirthTouch helps parents feel more grounded, connected, and confident in their changing bodies.
These practices are designed to support the nervous system, reduce stress, and nurture emotional wellbeing throughout the childbearing year—honoring both the physical experience of pregnancy and the inner journey of becoming a parent.
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My Homemade Fire Cider
Updated January 1, 2022 When I was at home raising my son, I made fire cider every winter. As the years went by, I got out of the habit. I was working part-time and raising my son. I ramped up to full-time and just wasn’t at home as much as I used to be. I didn’t have time for the homemaking arts that I love. But, this winter season, I caught bronchitis twice. Once during the incredibly busy December of 2019 and once in February 2020! (Yes, I get a flu shot every year. Yes, I go to my...
Somatic Experiencing®: A Mind–Body Approach to Trauma Healing
Somatic Experiencing® (SE®) is a body-based trauma therapy developed by Peter A. Levine. It is grounded in neuroscience and designed to help the nervous system recover from overwhelming experiences. Trauma is not stored only as a memory. It is also held in the body — in muscle tension, breath patterns, emotional reactivity, and survival responses that never fully resolved. Somatic Experiencing® helps gently renegotiate these stored survival responses so the nervous system can return to...
Estrangement, Loneliness and the Holidays
Have a peaceful holiday season, with a side of realism! In May of 2018, Cigna surveyed 20,000 Americans about their feelings of connection to others. The study found that nearly half of the respondents felt lonely most or all of the time, 43% don’t feel their relationships are meaningful and 43% also felt isolated from others. These are staggering statistics. Current research, with a large number of participants, finds that loneliness is a defining feature of American society today. ...
Expressive Art & Wise Mind: Listening to the Nervous System Through Creativity
Originally posted March 23, 2020. Expressive art is a fun way to create flow and relax your nervous system Listening to the Nervous System Through Sensation and Image About 98% of our mental activity…the reasons why we do things…is unconscious (Bargh, 2017). Expressive Art, a right brain activity, is a way to access those wordless emotional messages swirling beneath our consciousness. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could unearth some of your own motivating energy, and channel it towards...
Tips for Facing the Holidays for Sexual Abuse Survivors
Trauma survivors are made particularly anxious by the hoopla around the holidays. Because of the fear and pain created by emotional and physical abuse, the nervous system of a trauma survivor is already on high alert, armed to scan and protect from potential danger. The extra stress of social gatherings (even happy gatherings) with the accompanying sensory and emotional inputs inflames a nervous system whose set point is already uncomfortably high. The sensory input at a social gathering...
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