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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


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


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


Embodied Healing: What to Do When You Feel Disconnected from Your Body
Polyvagal Theory explains how the autonomic nervous system constantly scans for safety and danger, shaping our emotional and physiological s
Samantha Leonard
Jan 303 min read


Book Review: Cured by Dr. Jeffrey Rediger
This is a book I had to read twice. In Cured: The Life-Changing Science of Spontaneous Healing , Dr. Jeffrey Rediger explores the...
Samantha Leonard
Jan 93 min read
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