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Notes on trauma, the body, and healing.

Occasional writing on the nervous system, somatic work, and what it actually takes to feel different — in Nicole's own words.

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Trauma & the body

What ACEs taught me about healing

My own health story, how I found Dr Peter Levine's work in 2011, and how adverse childhood experiences quietly show up in the body decades later.

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Getting started

Slowing down, building safety, and getting a sense of you — not gathering your full history. A look at what a first session is really like.

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Somatic work

Trauma lives in the body, not only in your thoughts. A short explainer on why body-based work reaches what talk therapy sometimes can't.

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The nervous system

Polyvagal theory in plain language — the autonomic ladder, the four states, and what it actually means to regulate your nervous system.

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Somatic work

Peter Levine's core idea, explained simply: trauma is often an interrupted survival response, and healing is letting it complete.

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The nervous system

Sleeplessness, a racing mind, a body that won't relax even when nothing is wrong. What chronic activation looks like day to day.

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Getting started

A few honest questions to help you decide whether body-based work is the direction you're looking for right now.

Coming soon 6 min

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