The Cognitive Corner

03/27/2026

✨🗓️ Take a chance to meet Mina at our free community event in Calgary, Reset & Connect, on April 18th, where she’ll facilitate a short somatic intro session before a restorative yoga practice. Registration is required to join 🔗🧡

🇨🇦 Mina is certified Canadian counsellor trained in somatic psychotherapy, accepting clients in person in Calgary and virtually across Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and other Canadian provinces 🔗

03/27/2026

✨🗓️ You’ll have a chance to meet Mina at our free community event, Reset & Connect, on April 18th, where she’ll facilitate a short somatic intro session before a restorative yoga practice. Registration is required to join 🔗🧡

🇨🇦Mina is certified Canadian counsellor
trained in somatic psychotherapy, accepting clients in person in Calgary and virtually across Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and other
Canadian provinces✨🔗

03/26/2026

💚Next live event at is all about procedural learning 🧠 Join the community and watch it live on April 9th ✨

🇨🇦Mina, certified somatic therapist at , is now accepting new clients across AB, BC, MB, SK & more 💛 Free consults available - book your spot while availability lasts.

03/23/2026

03/20/2026

Another very important mock-session 🧡

03/20/2026

🧘🏽‍♀️🌿 Reset & Connect with TCC 😌
👥 This event is for you if:

​You’re curious about your wellbeing and looking for like-minded people, need a little extra care after the winter season, or have been thinking about starting therapy at TCC and want to meet some of our team in a relaxed setting? Come join us and feel free to come solo or bring a friend!

🌿 What to expect:

​✨ A gentle connection & intention-setting activities to get to know each other
​🧠 A short, practical mind-body intro with TCC’s somatic therapist, Mina — exploring how your body and emotions are connected and how tuning into them can help you feel more grounded
​🧘🏽‍♀️ A 1-hour gentle yoga session led by Jackie (HotShop’s yoga instructor)
No prior experience needed — this session is designed to be accessible and easy to follow
​🥤 Kombucha + casual hangout after

🗓 April 18 | 🕒 3:00–6:00 PM
📍Silverado, Calgary SW
✨Free admission, registration required only

Learn other details & get your ticket to secure your spot via 🔗💛 We’re excited to meeting you!

03/19/2026

Why Fawning / People-Pleasing Can Be a Trauma Response 🧠

When you’ve spent time in situations where conflict, anger, or unpredictability feels downright terrifying 😰 - your nervous system picks up on this and learns a pretty simple (but desperate) rule:

The safest way to survive is to make others as happy as possible.

That’s why it’s called the fawn response — the third in a trio that also includes fight , flight and freeze 🧊.

Your body adapts by trying to keep others happy instead of fighting back or running away by:

• being way too quick to agree with everything
• constantly reading other people’s moods 👀
• putting others first at the expense of your own needs
• avoiding anything that might lead to conflict 🚫⚡

03/17/2026

🛋️Somatic therapist here 🙋🏽‍♀️ Body disconnection can affect how your brain knows where it is in space - so you might get a bit clumsy, and end up bumping into things or misjudging distances more often.

This has a lot to do with proprioception - the way your body knows where it is and how it’s moving, without you even needing to lift your head to take a look.

Somatic therapy is all about helping your brain tune back in to your body - getting those signals clear and strong once more:

-taking a close look at the tiny little sensations in your body
-paying attention to your breathing
-slowing down your movements to get a better feel
-doing some grounding to get you back in touch with the world around you

🇨🇦Mina is trained in somatic therapy and currently accepting new clients across variuos canadian provinces. Free consult avaialble 💛

03/16/2026

And there’s no buts 😌🛋️💕 accepting new clients across Canada 🇨🇦

03/14/2026

🇨🇦✨We’re currently accepting new clients in-person in Calgary and virtually across various provinces 🛋️ free consults available ✨

03/13/2026

🌿🛋Somatic therapy can also be very effectively done online because most somatic techniques don’t require physical contact. Things like:

tracking sensations
noticing breath patterns
orienting to the environment
gentle movement or shaking
grounding exercises
awareness of posture or tension

All of these can be guided verbally, and sometimes clients actually feel more comfortable exploring their body at home rather than in an unfamiliar office.

In fact, for some clients, virtual sessions can even be helpful because they are already in their own environment, where their nervous system patterns naturally show up.

03/11/2026

So what is cultural trauma? Cultural trauma is when a group of people (a culture, nation, or community) experiences a deeply painful or shocking event that changes their collective identity, beliefs, or way of life, often for generations.

🖤Examples:

-W*r and occupation affecting national identity
-Colonization and loss of land or language
-Genoc*de or mass violence
- Slavery and systemic racism
- Forced migration or displacement

💔Cultural trauma can shape things like:

-Trust in institutions
-Family dynamics and parenting styles
-Cultural values (e.g., survival, resilience, secrecy, hyper-vigilance)
-Intergenerational trauma patterns ( usually cultural trauma creates intergenerational trauma).

Start healing today. Accepting new clients 🔗