When grief hits, no matter how "prepared" you may be, it can feel like an attack to the Nervous System. For me, in these past few weeks following the Surfside, Miami buil...

Ruthie's story typifies my strongest feeling about this work: Chronic pain is an epidemic of fear. Her foot pain, which started in one localized place, soon ballooned int...

From an early age we are stuck in an impossible conflict: Do we express ourselves fully and with reckless abandon, or self-regulate per society's wishes and repress hella...

Dani is my best friend and trusted sister, and also - as life would have it - a person who needed JournalSpeak really badly. Born highly sensitive and raised with a great...

So often I am asked about self-love. "How can I love myself, Nicole? It feels so hard." I get it. Self-love can seem so elusive.

In my opinion, the route to self-love ru...

Trigger Warning: THIS REAL TIME HEAL WILL DISCUSS CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE.

Crystal is an incredible, brave, and insightful soul. When she was five, she suffered abuse at ...

So often we walk through life reacting and responding to situations, with no idea that it's not just "the way we are". Trauma responses are ways of behaving that are crea...

I met Hannah Matluck of The V Hive (formerly The Women's Pelvic Pain Podcast) somewhat randomly a couple years ago when she wanted me to speak as an expert on her podcast...

I have been in the grips of physical and mental "control addiction" for a lifetime. Well, for most of a lifetime. Through loving, patient, and consistent work on myself, ...