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Resources
Concise writing on trauma, the nervous system, relationships, and integration, organized by topic so you can find what fits.
Somatic practice
Body-based therapy, sensation, and what earlier therapy misses.
What Is Somatic Therapy. And Can It Actually Work Online?
I meet with many people for whom talk therapy wasn't the problem. They'd done the work. They understood their patterns, sometimes with remarkable clarity, the childhood roots, the coping strategies,…
Why do I feel empty even though my life is fine?
There's a specific kind of conversation I have sometimes with clients who have spent years doing everything they were supposed to do, building something real, showing up, keeping commitments, and…
What high-functioning trauma actually is and why it goes undetected
High-functioning trauma is one of the more invisible clinical presentations. From the outside, everything looks fine, often better than fine. The person is capable, reliable, successful. They hold…
Why high achievers can have trauma
There's a persistent cultural script that says trauma happens to people who are somehow less capable, people who can't cope, who fall apart, who show it. High achievers don't fit that image. So when…
What to Talk About in Therapy When You Feel Nothing
When you feel nothing, that numbness itself is worth bringing into the session. You do not need to generate emotions you do not have access to. Starting with what is happening in your body, even…
What to Expect in Your First Somatic Therapy Session
Your first somatic therapy session will look more like a conversation than an exercise. You will spend most of it being asked about yourself, your history, and what brought you in. What makes it…
Online vs In-Person Therapy for Trauma: What's Worth Knowing
For most people, online therapy is genuinely effective for trauma work. The research on this has grown considerably since 2020 and the results are largely consistent: outcomes are comparable to…
Parts Work vs IFS: What's Actually Different
IFS, or Internal Family Systems, is a specific therapy model with its own training and certification pathway. Parts work is a broader term for any approach that works with the idea that we are made…
Why Therapy Feels Like It's Not Working
Therapy often feels like it is not working because the changes it creates tend to be slow, invisible from the inside, and concentrated in places you are not looking for them.
Why do I feel emotionally numb
A lot of people who come to therapy describe some version of this: they know something is off, but they cannot feel it. They can describe their childhoods in clear, analytical terms. They can tell…
When somatic therapy is especially critical, not just helpful
Updated: Jun 30
Online somatic therapy in Ontario, how it works and what to actually expect
Updated: Jun 30
The five core needs in NARM, and what happens when they go unmet
Updated: Jun 30
What a NARM session actually looks like
Updated: Jun 25
NARM vs other trauma therapies, what's actually different
Updated: Jun 30
The loneliness of having parents who couldn't really see you
Updated: Jun 25
Why you feel guilty for being angry at your parents
Updated: Jun 30
The role reversal, when the child becomes the emotional caretaker
Updated: Jun 30
Why your parent made you feel responsible for their emotions
Updated: Jun 30
Why your body holds stress even when life is fine
Updated: Jun 30
Getting help when you 'look fine'
Updated: Jun 30
When control is the only thing that feels safe
Updated: Jun 30
High-functioning depression, what it is and how it's different
Updated: Jun 30
The cost of always performing okay
Updated: Jun 30
When you look fine on the outside but feel like you're falling apart inside
Updated: Jun 30
Why Am I So Exhausted Even When Nothing Is Wrong? | Mariya Garnet
Updated: Jun 30
Why Do I Keep Ending Up in the Same Relationship? | Mariya Garnet
Updated: Jun 30
Why Do I Push People Away When They Get Close? | Mariya Garnet
Updated: Jun 30
What happens in a somatic therapy session, what should I expect?
Updated: Jun 30
Why You Understand Your Patterns But Can't Change Them
Updated: Jun 25
The Body Keeps the Score, But What Do You Do About It?
Updated: Jun 25
What Is NARM and How Is It Different from Talk Therapy?
Updated: Jun 25
What I See from the Other Side of the Screen.
Updated: Jun 25
Feeling Numb isn't a sign that something is wrong with you.
For a long time, I didn’t think of it as numbness.
Excellence as a Mask
What if your excellence, reliable, generous, always going beyond, is also a mask for something tender? It's been mine, and unpacking it changed my life in very palpable, day-to-day kind of way.
The Map of "Beyond Resilience":A New Framework for Integrative Healing
Updated: Jun 25
The Body Holds the Healing: Listening to the Wisdom Within
Recently, I came across an exciting article by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, " The Body Holds the Healing" . Malchiodi's words resonated so deeply with what I shared in my last newsletter. I felt this was…
When Words Aren't Enough: Why Your Childhood Still Lives in Your Body
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from being told you're "overreacting" your whole life. The relationships that feel like walking on eggshells. The chronic tension in your jaw, your…
The Power of Art: Expressing When Words are Not Enough
Grief is a complex emotion that can be challenging to navigate, especially when words fail to express the depth of our emotions. In times of sorrow, traditional forms of therapy may not always…
From Surviving to Thriving! The map to awakening.
Updated: Jan 15, 2022
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