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It's Not You, It's My Armour: A Note on Trauma and Trust
This is a raw post, and it's one of the hardest to write. It's for anyone who struggles with connection, but it's also a love letter to the people in my life. I have an "intention" for this article. It's not about self-pity; it's about wanting, deeply, to be understood. I'm aware that my protective mechanisms can make me seem aloof, cold, unavailable, not interested, stuck-up, uncaring, even snobbish. This is not the case. This is not the real me . I want my friends to know t
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Nov 16, 20255 min read


Are You 'Sensitive to the Weather'? Or Are You Co-Regulating? A Thought on 'Dùthchas' and Our Inner Nature
I woke up this morning feeling... 'heavy.' The clouds over the loch are low, the world is grey and damp, and my own energy is right down on the floor. My whole life, I've just said, "Och, I'm so sensitive to low atmospheric pressure." It always felt like a flaw, an affliction. It felt like something to be resisted, medicated, or "pushed through". It made me feel passive, like a victim of the weather. But this morning, as I sat with my tea, I had a little lightbulb moment. A g
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Nov 13, 20252 min read


Breaking the Chain of 'Being Strong': The Generational Armour We Weren't Meant to Carry
Autumn has arrived. There’s a chill in the air, a whisper of winter, and a beautiful, slow-motion surrender as the trees start letting go...
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Oct 12, 20253 min read


The Artisan and the Librarian: A Guide to Finding Your Own Genius
Part 1: The Pain of the Wrong Question It’s a scene many of us know by heart. A room full of smiling, expectant faces, the cheerful...
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Sep 20, 20256 min read


The Mapmaker's Seasons (with Viktor Frankl epigraph)
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of...
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Sep 9, 20252 min read


It Only Takes One: Why I Believe in the Power of a Bespoke Healing Journey
Why nature retreats? I see a lot of grief, loneliness, burnout, disconnection, resentment, stress and anxiety. Feelings of lack of...
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Aug 2, 20252 min read


Wholeness
Right here, in the heart of Loch Goil, surrounded by these ancient, breathtaking hills, I often feel a profound truth settle deep within...
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Jun 19, 20252 min read


Redefining Trauma: Trauma is not always what you think
The word "trauma" often brings to mind dramatic, catastrophic events. And while those certainly are traumatic, this narrow view can make...
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May 29, 20251 min read


You are already whole
You are already whole, worthy, ‘enough’, you are not broken. I know it doesn’t seem like this when we are consumed by our negative...
kasia laviers
Apr 28, 20252 min read


Enhance Resilience and Well-being with Hot and Cold Therapy
The combination of cold water exposure and sauna use, a practice known as hot and cold therapy, has garnered increasing attention for its...
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Apr 28, 20252 min read


You are a gift to this world
Do you know that the story you keep telling yourself becomes your identity? Your beliefs influence everything you do, say, think and...
kasia laviers
Feb 3, 20252 min read


Triggered
So I got 'triggered' the other day. It was intense and unexpected. I thought I knew how to regulate my nervous system well enough already...
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Jan 17, 20252 min read


Negativity bias and Orienting
Do you know we have negativity bias? We just tend to focus much more on negative things than positive. In body oriented coaching we...
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Jan 17, 20251 min read


Healing Power of Embodied Self-awareness in Nature
Nature has always played a massive part in my healing journey but now the game is on a totally new level. The 'oneness' I feel during...
kasia laviers
Jan 17, 20251 min read
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