Alyssa Vincent - Nurturing Roots Holistic Health

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

via FB page 'People I’ve Loved'.

04/08/2026

"The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind you are no longer trapped in it." —Eckhart Tolle

04/08/2026

We are influenced and nourished greatly by the people we spend the most time with so make sure they love you unconditionally, laugh with you often, support your life dreams completely, and listen with a compassionate ear when you need one. These are your people.

(Everyone needs a person to whom you can actually tell the truth when they ask, "How are you?"-Tinku Razoria)

04/08/2026

Self-compassion helps us feel better—not by ignoring our pain or pretending everything is fine—but by embracing our struggles with warmth and kindness.

03/29/2026

Some of us are just not in right environment or around the right people.

Trust that doors are opening for you to be appreciated, supported, and cared for properly❤️

03/29/2026

This isn’t an anti-therapy post; therapy can be great & it’s been super helpful to me and so many others.

But I have been noticing for awhile that many people think of therapy as the only route to navigating emotional difficulty & rewiring old patterns. And while it can be so helpful, therapy is also most often an expensive, 1:1 experience that takes us out of the context of the thing we’re navigating. It’s also often reactionary as opposed to proactive; we come to therapy when there are issues.

Again, in a wider context, that’s not a bad thing for many reasons. But I believe that therapy should be viewed as a helpful resource more than the *entire answer* to anything emotionally challenging or mental health related.

(also, therapists are not always great educators, and pyscho-education is really helpful for many people who lean toward meaning-making to feel safe enough to try something new).

When we zoom out, this segmented approach makes sense; our society has become more & more individualistic. Many people don’t feel they have supportive community or feel like they have people they can go to for help or support. People (myself included) feel bad asking for ‘favors,’ without immediately offering something in return. (We’re allowed to receive!)

But the most important moments in my healing & growth journey have actually come from taking part in healthy communities. From being allowed to be messy, from engaging safely in conflict and being willing to share and listen, from showing up consistently, and from learning from our experiences together and getting better at communicating as we go.
From seeing healthier behavior modeled & adopting that norm myself. It’s been imperfect and has made imperfection seem a lot less scary.

I believe that this experience is possible for everyone, but that as a culture we have to be willing to see the value in increasing our collective emotional intelligence. We have to be willing to shift some of our cultural norms away from stark individualism & see that we ALL benefit when we can look out for and hold space for one another.

On Saturday we held our first Regulate & Relate meetup in Portland, and it was so wonderful to get together. It was a small group, and together we slowed down, checked in, and connected with likeminded others who are deeply committed to learning, growing, and opening themselves.
Join us in April:
https://theeqschool.co/regulate-and-relate

03/23/2026

Does your to-do list feel endless? Try this short, guided practice to help you reflect, reconnect, and release the pressure to do it all perfectly.

03/15/2026

Trauma recovery isn't about "fixing" yourself. It's about caring for yourself in ways you never experienced & were never taught. "Fixing" is a simplistic, degrading frame for recovery.

You don't need to be fixed. You need to be loved— first & most consistently from the inside.

03/13/2026

Why Brainspotting? Why now?

At DTTI, we train clinicians in Brainspotting because trauma isn’t only something we think about—it’s something the body carries.

Brainspotting works by helping people access deeper areas of the brain where experiences are stored beyond words. Using specific eye positions, clinicians can help clients connect with the places where emotional pain, stress, or trauma have been held—often outside of conscious awareness.

Why is it so effective?

• It works with the brain and body together, not just the thinking mind.
• It helps access non-verbal trauma, where many experiences are stored.
• It allows the nervous system to process at its own pace, without forcing the story.
• It can reach experiences that feel vague, diffuse, or hard to describe.
• It often leads to deep, lasting shifts rather than temporary relief.

At DTTI, we believe clinicians need tools that honor the depth and complexity of human experience.

Brainspotting is one of them.

When we learn to listen to the brain and body together, new pathways for healing become possible.

💡Interested? Upcoming Phase 1 Brainspotting Trainings:
March 20-22, 2026 - Witchita, KS
April 24-26, 2026 -Minneapolis, MN
May 1-3, 2026 -Bozeman, MT
June 5-7, 2026 -Rapid Cit, SD
💡Register, Link to upcoming trainings in bio

03/12/2026

This short film available on the FREE Plum Village App ➛ https://link.plumvillage.app/jwIs is part of a series of videos inspired by the spiritual teachings ...

03/12/2026

It's not actually about them.
And it makes sense, when that person is taking up so much of your mental real estate — because your brain is trying to protect you.
Trying to "figure it out" so it won't happen again.

But you can't "figure it out."
Understanding them doesn't solve anything.

What does help you move on is a few different things —
one is actually allowing yourself to process your feelings about what happened. Your hurt, your disappointment, your sadness.
Shifting the focus from them to you and letting yourself feel deeply without judgment. Space to let it move.
And sometimes this requires finding the link between the modern day hurt and an older hurt this situation reminds you of.

Second is mentally putting them into a different category.
Instead of as a dangerous, terrible person you have to be on the lookout for —
they just become someone you don't align with.
When you process the deeper feelings, you can begin to allow them to become background noise instead of something you have to be on guard against.

And third, get clear on what you DO want.
Boundaries significantly help with number two.
Identify what works for you and focus on walking toward that, instead of making the focus self-protection or what you don't want.
Again, this is only possible when you really process your feelings about the hurt.

How do these land in your body?

Are you in Portland or the PNW?
I'm holding an in-person Regulate + Relate Workshop on March 21st from 5-7pm in the Pearl.
Come practice settling in the body and getting to know other folks in the EQ community.
There are about 10 spots left.
https://theeqschool.co/regulate-and-relate