Stress and the body Archives

Somatic Trauma Exercises: Completing Unfinished Emotional Energy

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 21, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Emotions, Nervous system regulation, Relational trauma, Stress, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions, Trauma

Reading time: 7 minutes Trauma does not live in the mind alone.It lives in the body. Not as a memory you can simply recall or explain, but as sensation. As tension that never fully released. As impulses that were interrupted. As emotions that never had the space,...

Why Is It So Hard to Lose Weight? A Nervous System Perspective

by Spela Vehar | Jan 3, 2026 | Chronic stress, emotional eating, Emotions, Stress and the body, Trauma-informed healing, Weight Gain, Weight loss, 💎 Spela Vehar

Reading time: 8 minutes There is a special group of people in the world who probably believe they were born under an unlucky star. A group that believes their body is somehow defective, doomed to excess weight, a ring around the waist, or fat on the thighs or arms. A...

Struggling With Postpartum Weight Gain? This Is Why!

by Spela Vehar | Jan 3, 2026 | Birth, Chronic stress, emotional eating, Post-partum, Stress and the body, Weight Gain, 💎 Spela Vehar

Reading time: 9 minutes Why is it that some mothers often cannot get rid of postpartum weight gain after giving birth? The answers may surprise you and, at the same time, offer you a perspective on postpartum weight gain that you may not have had before. As a...

Hypersensitivity: What It Truly Is & How To Overcome It

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 3, 2026 | Anxiety, Hypersensitivity, Inner child healing, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing

Reading time: 7 minutes Hypersensitivity is commonly described as feeling overstimulated, emotionally overwhelmed, or easily drained by social interaction and environmental input. Many people assume this experience means they are simply more sensitive than others, or...

Womb Intelligence: A Descent Into the Shadowlands of Survival and Healing

by Kai Njeri | Nov 25, 2025 | Birth, Kai Njeri, Nervous system regulation, Stress, Stress and the body, Survival Mode, Womb ecology

Reading time: 15 minutes There is a place in the body where intelligence gathers long before thought. A place that listens for shifts in weather, emotional, relational, ancestral, ecological, and responds with a precision no mind could orchestrate. This place is the...

Emotion Regulation Techniques That Actually Heal: The Somatic Approach

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 21, 2025 | Emotion Regulation, Emotional healing, Emotions, Nervous system regulation, Stress and the body

Reading time: 6 minutes We live in a world that teaches us to analyse our emotions instead of actually feeling them. Productivity is rewarded. Staying calm is preferred. Holding everything together is praised. But your body keeps telling the truth long after your mind...