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[life & practice update] making roots in Oregon 🌿
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Dear all, I’m excited to share that – after years of living in Colorado and a season of travel/nomadism – I have moved into a new home in Oregon. My nervous system is loving the moisture, the greenery, and the ancient trees of the Pacific Northwest. 🌿 Nature is a huge part of how I resource myself and take care of my body/mind/spirit. I can’t wait to share more about the medicine of the nature here as I settle into my new home & build community here. As a logistical note - I will continue to be available for online therapy sessions for adults & couples in Colorado, and I’ll share an update once I’m available for therapy sessions in Oregon (online & possibly in-person in the near future). It is an honor to support folks in my practice. 💗 Moving forward, you can expect to hear from me every other week via this newsletter, with reflections on how to understand your brain & take care of your nervous system. You can also tune into my podcast, Nervous System Care & Healing, if you prefer auditory processing & deep-dives into topics like neurodiversity, healing mind/body/spirit, and navigating systems of oppression. Whether you’re new to this newsletter or have been reading along for a while: I’m so grateful that you’re here. Keep being you. 💖 With care, P.S. Know someone who needs to hear this? Forward it along. New readers can subscribe here. P.P.S. If you’re interested in working together, I’d love to support you. 🌻 For folks who are overwhelmed & burnt out, but too busy for weekly therapy, I offer Nervous System Healing Intensives — three 90-minute sessions, using brain-body modalities (Brainspotting, IFS, EMDR) that go deeper than talk therapy & help you feel better, sooner.
Intensives are a type of short-term, accelerated therapy — for folks who prefer a hyper-focused approach to healing; who need longer than 50-min sessions to warm up & process deeply. 👉🏽 If you want to get an Intensive on the books, click here to book an intro call. I help highly sensitive, neurodivergent adults heal their nervous systems & connect with their authentic selves. 💗 Need a nervous system reset? —> Join me for a Calm Place meditation. |
Liz's Neurodivergent Letters
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What does it mean to be human? Years ago, I watched an episode of Black Mirror (a science fiction show) that made me sit with this question in a new way. The episode is called San Junipero. Here’s the premise: 🌊 San Junipero is a town on the beach, where people play, dance, meet with friends & lovers, and live their best lives. The only catch? San Junipero doesn’t actually exist in the physical world. It’s a simulated, digital reality. The people who hang out in San Junipero are: living...
A couple newsletters ago, I mentioned that I recently moved to Oregon. (You can read that newsletter here if you missed it!) Since then, I’ve been observing & connecting with the nature around me - which is the land of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla; Clackamas; Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. (Which I learned through this helpful & important website.) A few things catch my attention when I meander through the forest in my backyard. 🦋 the...
Recently, I brought my newly adopted dogs, Toto and Didi, to their first vet appointment. Since they’re anxious beings, still adjusting to the rhythms of our home, I wanted to find a vet that would treat them with the care & patience that they need. That’s how I ended up at a “fear-free” vet clinic, which emphasizes “stress-free visits that put your pet at ease.” The way the vet interacted with our dogs reminded me what it means to take care of the nervous system - whether animal or human....