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The Moment You Stop Pushing Is When the Real Work Begins
An argument for surrender as a path to healing, integration, and transformation.
Samantha Leonard
Jun 75 min read
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Why We Can’t Think Our Way to Healing
You’ve done all the “right” things: talk therapy, journaling, spiritual study. But you still live with chronic pain, anxiety, or autoimmune symptoms. Here’s what most approaches miss: Emotions are not cognitive. They are embodied. You can understand your past and still be stuck in it. Because it’s not about insight, it’s about integration.
And integration only happens in the body.
Samantha Leonard
May 293 min read
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Face What’s Hidden, Find What’s Whole: A Call to Mind-Body Shadow Work
“The shadow is 90% pure gold.” —Carl Jung There’s a reason this quote continues to ripple through circles of therapy, myth, and self-...
Samantha Leonard
May 227 min read
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When Nothing Works #5: Environmental Triggers
Is it the trigger? Or is it your brain? If you’ve ever felt like certain environments—like moldy buildings, changes in air pressure, or...
Samantha Leonard
Feb 163 min read
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What Are Doshas? Discover Your Ayurvedic Mind-Body Type
A quick explanation of the Ayurvedic body types.
Samantha Leonard
Jan 93 min read
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When Nothing Works #4: The Perks and the Poison of Perfectionism.
Introduction to Fear-Based Personality Traits This is the fourth installment in a series of informational blogs about common issues -...
Samantha Leonard
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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When Nothing Works #3: Other Chronic Conditions
Fear and Chronic Conditions In our first two blog posts in this series, we explored real-life stories of clients who found lasting relief...
Samantha Leonard
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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When Nothing Works #2: Chronic Pain Case Study
I recently blogged about a client, Diane, who had Neuroplastic Pain (aka "pain brain"). Neuroplastic is the term we apply to pain that...
Samantha Leonard
Dec 10, 20246 min read
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When Nothing Works #1: Chronic Pain Case Study
The Client Diane had always considered herself a healthy person. She ran track in high school. She didn't party like her friends. She...
Samantha Leonard
Dec 10, 20248 min read
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