by Megan Hall | Sep 8, 2025 | Trauma
Polyvagal story offers a lens that can help us understand why our bodies respond so strongly to stress, shutdown, or disconnect. Developed by Stephen Porges and expanded in clinical work by practitioners like Deb Dana and Peter Levine, this approach focuses on how the...
by Megan Hall | Jul 5, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma, Women
We’re often our own worst critics and the negative impacts are insidious and can be quite deep. That critical voice is the one that says, “Why can’t you just get it together?” or “Everyone else is doing better than you.” The inner critic and might seem like it’s...
by Megan Hall | Jul 5, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma, Women
Shame is a deeply painful emotion that makes us feel flawed, inadequate, or unworthy. Unlike guilt, which says, “I did something bad,” shame says, “I am bad.” Shame can shape the way we see ourselves, our relationships, and our capacity for healing. Often shame is not...
by Megan Hall | Jul 5, 2025 | Trauma
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured, research-backed therapy that helps people process and move through painful memories. It’s most well-known for trauma treatment and PTSD, but it’s also helpful for other needs including anxiety,...
by Megan Hall | May 17, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma, Women
Personal growth isn’t just about building strengths, it also involves facing the parts of ourselves we tend to avoid. Shadow work is the process of bringing awareness to these hidden aspects of our personality, including the thoughts, emotions, and traits we suppress...
by Megan Hall | Apr 18, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Self Care, Trauma
Are We Addicted to Dopamine? Dopamine seems to get blamed for everything lately. It’s often framed as the reason we feel stuck in unhealthy habits: our phones, procrastination, short attention spans. But maybe dopamine isn’t the problem. It’s doing what it was...
