Leah Fox Therapy

Leah Fox Therapy My approach to therapy is rooted in intuition, relational understanding, and clinical insight.

Using EMDR, IFS, and the Enneagram, I guide people in uncovering patterns that once offered protection, but have now become roadblocks to personal development. I work with people who are seeking more than just surface-level change, people who want deeper connection, peace, and joy. Those who are ready to learn to live more authentically and intentionally. Using my training in EMDR and the Enneagram, along with other evidence-based practices, I guide people in uncovering patterns that once offered protection, but have now become roadblocks to personal development. I am a relational therapist, meaning that I build a reparative connected relationship with my clients, offering an opportunity for them to feel seen in a way they have been longing for. I have seen time and again how such unconditional support and understanding creates fertile soil for people to grow into who they most deeply wish to be. Clients often express that they feel a sense of warmth, safety and trust with me. If you're ready to get unstuck, reach out today for a free consultation to see if I'm the right fit for you! 646-510-1886 leah@leahfoxtherapy.com

12/27/2025

The Somatic Signature of Type Seven
Sevens hold upward, expansive, future-oriented energy in their bodies.
Their nervous system learned early to escape pain by moving toward possibility.
Somatic Indicators
    •    Upward or lifted posture
    •    Breath in the upper chest
    •    Fast, animated speech
    •    Restlessness or fidgeting
    •    Eyes scanning for stimulation
    •    Quick gestures and bright facial expressions
    •    Light, buoyant energy
Somatic Pattern
“Move up, move forward — don’t get trapped.”
The Cost
    •    Difficulty grounding
    •    Avoidance of painful emotions
    •    Scattered attention
    •    Overcommitment and overwhelm
    •    A body that never fully rests
Regulation Looks Like
    •    Breath dropping into the belly
    •    Weight settling downward
    •    Slowing movements
    •    Sustained eye contact
    •    Capacity to stay with discomfort
When Sevens root into their bodies,
their joy becomes presence,
and their creativity becomes medicine.

12/26/2025

Neuroplasticity isn’t built from intensity — it’s built from repeatability.
Your brain rewires through tiny, consistent experiences that contradict old predictions and offer your nervous system a new pattern to trust.
✨ Intensity = the opening
✨ Consistency = the rewiring
✨ Rest = the consolidation
Big breakthroughs feel good — but tiny actions build the life you want.
Micro-dose practices that actually change the brain:
• One mindful breath before you react
• Repeating a boundary calmly instead of explaining it
• 60-second somatic downshifts
• Consistent morning regulation routines
• Choosing connection instead of self-protection (once a day is enough)
• 2–5% behavioral upgrades instead of 100% overhauls
Your body believes what you repeat, not what you intend.
This is why “slow” changes — steady, compassionate, embodied — turn into fast changes in your mood, your relationships, your capacity, and your identity.
Your nervous system doesn’t need intensity.
It needs consistency that feels safe.
✨ Small = powerful
✨ Steady = transformational
✨ Regulated = sustainable

12/24/2025

Identity shifts are the final stage of neuroplastic change — not because identity is “mindset,” but because it’s the neural blueprint the brain uses to predict your future behavior.
🧠 In the neuroscience literature, this is called “representational updating.”
Your brain literally revises the internal model of who you are as new experiences accumulate.
This shift happens when:
* • You have enough felt regulation experiences
* • You repeat behaviors that confirm your capacity
* • You experience relational safety
* • You take actions aligned with who you’re becoming
* • Your nervous system learns: “This is safe. This is possible. This is me.”
✨ The moment identity shifts, your brain stops fighting change.
It starts collaborating with it.
This is why healing often feels slow… until suddenly, it’s not.
Identity is the final domino.
If you’re in a season of transformation, stay with your practices.
Your nervous system is collecting evidence for the person you’re becoming — and when the identity shift lands, everything accelerates.

12/23/2025

Neuroplasticity isn’t built from intensity — it’s built from repeatability.
Your brain rewires through tiny, consistent experiences that contradict old predictions and offer your nervous system a new pattern to trust.
✨ Intensity = the opening
✨ Consistency = the rewiring
✨ Rest = the consolidation
Big breakthroughs feel good — but tiny actions build the life you want.
Micro-dose practices that actually change the brain:
• One mindful breath before you react
• Repeating a boundary calmly instead of explaining it
• 60-second somatic downshifts
• Consistent morning regulation routines
• Choosing connection instead of self-protection (once a day is enough)
• 2–5% behavioral upgrades instead of 100% overhauls
Your body believes what you repeat, not what you intend.
This is why “slow” changes — steady, compassionate, embodied — turn into fast changes in your mood, your relationships, your capacity, and your identity.
Your nervous system doesn’t need intensity.
It needs consistency that feels safe.
✨ Small = powerful
✨ Steady = transformational
✨ Regulated = sustainable

12/22/2025

Neuroplastic change requires both repetition and rest.
Most people try to heal using effort alone—more therapy, more insight, more self-work, more trying.
But the brain doesn’t wire through intensity.
It wires through cycles.
🔄 Repetition
This is your “active learning.”
It tells the brain:
“This pattern matters. Pay attention.”
Repetition activates:
* • Hebbian learning (“neurons that fire together, wire together”)
* • Dopaminergic motivation circuits
* • Micro-updates to prediction models
* • Behavioral reinforcement loops
🌙 Rest
This is where the change actually sticks.
Rest allows:
* • Synaptic consolidation
* • Memory integration
* • Reduced amygdala activation
* • Glial cleansing + metabolic repair
* • Parasympathetic settling so your system can encode safety
🧠 Somatically:
Repetition without regulation = burnout
Rest without repetition = stagnation
Both together = transformation
Your nervous system doesn’t need you to work harder.
It needs you to work rhythmically.
✨ Practice.
✨ Pause.
✨ Integrate.
✨ Repeat.
Your brain is capable of profound change—
but it needs spaciousness to lay the new foundation.

12/20/2025

The Somatic Signature of Type Six
Sixes hold vigilance in their bodies.
Their nervous system learned early to anticipate, prepare, and scan for danger.
Somatic Indicators
    •    Forward-leaning posture
    •    High, fast, shallow breath
    •    Tight diaphragm
    •    Braced shoulders
    •    Rapid eye scanning
    •    Subtle readiness in the arms and torso
    •    Jaw or brow tension
Somatic Pattern
“Stay alert so you don’t get blindsided.”
The Cost
    •    Chronic tension
    •    Mental looping and overanalysis
    •    Fatigue from constant readiness
    •    Difficulty trusting one’s own perception
Regulation Looks Like
    •    Breath dropping into the belly
    •    Wider, softer gaze
    •    Shoulders releasing downward
    •    Posture grounded and vertical
    •    Increased sense of inner solidity
When Sixes anchor into their bodies,
vigilance transforms into courage and clarity.

12/19/2025

The Somatic Signature of Type Five
Type Five carries their energy upward and inward.
Their nervous system prioritizes boundaries, space, and conservation.
Somatic Indicators
    •    Slight backward lean
    •    Contained, quiet breath
    •    Limited use of gestures
    •    Shoulders subtly lifted or guarded
    •    Eyes that observe more than they reveal
    •    Chest held rather than open
    •    Energy concentrated in the head
Somatic Pattern
Fives preserve their energy by minimizing contact and holding space around themselves.
The Cost
    •    Disconnection from the body
    •    Emotional distance
    •    Difficulty accessing needs
    •    Feeling drained by interaction
Regulation Looks Like
    •    Breath dropping into the belly
    •    Shoulders softening
    •    A more grounded stance
    •    Eyes warming into presence
    •    Body leaning into connection instead of away
Embodiment for Type Five means
returning to the body as a resource —
not a liability.

12/17/2025

Emotion tells the brain what matters.
Safety tells the brain it’s okay to change.
The latest neuroscience shows that felt emotional experience combined with a sense of safety is the most potent recipe for neuroplastic rewiring.
🔥 Why emotion matters
Emotion signals importance and opens the learning gates of the brain. It tags experiences as meaningful—the raw material the nervous system uses to update its maps of self, others, and the world.
🌱 Why safety matters
Without safety, emotion overwhelms the system and pushes the brain into protection mode, not learning mode.
Safety—whether relational or internal—keeps you inside the window of tolerance where change is possible.
🧠 Emotion + safety = plasticity-permissive state
This combination activates the neurobiology required for:
* • Memory reconsolidation
* • Updating old fear responses
* • Changing relational patterns
* • Dissolving outdated self-protective strategies
* • Building new behavioral pathways
This is why:
• attunement heals
• co-regulation transforms
• somatic work rewires
• healthy relationships reshape the brain
• therapy works not because of insight alone, but because of felt safety during emotional experience
This is the formula for deep transformation.
✨ Your brain grows fastest when you feel deeply and feel supported.

12/16/2025

The Somatic Signature of Type Four
Type Four embodies emotional depth.
Their nervous system orients toward meaning, authenticity, and felt experience.
Somatic Indicators
    •    Soft, receptive posture
    •    Slight inward curve of the chest
    •    Expressive, lingering gaze
    •    Slower, emotionally toned movements
    •    Breath that rises, falls, and holds with feeling
    •    Energy that pulls downward into depth
    •    Facial expressions that shift quickly with internal states
Somatic Pattern
The Four body tunes into emotional nuance — their own and others’.
Their somatic reflex is to feel first, interpret later.
The Cost
    •    Overidentification with emotion
    •    Emotional exhaustion or heaviness
    •    Feeling “too much” or misunderstood
    •    Somatic collapse during shame or longing
What Regulation Looks Like
    •    Breath expanding across the ribs
    •    Upright yet soft posture
    •    Grounded contact with the present moment
    •    Movement that is expressive without collapsing
    •    Gaze that is steady rather than searching
True embodiment for Type Four is inhabiting their depth
without losing their center.

12/15/2025

Neuroplasticity requires destabilization.
Not as a crisis — but as a neural opportunity.
The newest research makes this clear:
Your brain can only change when something interrupts the predictable loop.
🔍 Prediction Error = “Wait… this is different.”
When your brain encounters a mismatch between expectation and reality, old pathways loosen and new connections become possible.
🌬️ Somatic signs of destabilization
– A sudden stillness
– A micro-shift in breath
– An emotional response that surprises you
– A pause before reacting
– A sense of openness where defensiveness used to be
These small ruptures in the old pattern are the catalysts of new wiring.
✨ Practical application
Change will often feel:
– wobbly
– unfamiliar
– a little risky
– strangely tender
This isn’t regression — it’s the brain entering the learning window.
Stay with the moment.
Turn toward the new response.
Let the old pattern dissolve just enough to make room for something truer.
Transformation is not force —
it’s the courage to experience yourself differently.

12/13/2025

The Somatic Signature of Type Three
The Type Three nervous system is organized around momentum.
Their body stays activated, efficient, and forward-moving — built to achieve.
Somatic Indicators
* Upright, polished posture
* Subtle forward lean
* Efficient, streamlined movement
* Controlled or minimized breathing
* Quick, organized speech
* Focused gaze
* Muscle tone that holds the body in “go mode”
* Difficulty dropping into inner sensation or emotion
Somatic Pattern
The Three body learns to shape itself
to meet expectations, environments, and roles.
Performance lives in the posture.
Approval lives in the chest.
Success lives in the forward pull.
The Cost
* Emotional disconnection
* Exhaustion masked as confidence
* Softness replaced with speed
* Authenticity sacrificed for efficiency
What Softening Looks Like
* Breath deepens and expands
* Shoulders release downward
* Chin and jaw soften
* Movements slow
* Presence returns to the belly
* Genuine expression replaces “presentation”
The somatic journey for Type Three is learning to stay in the body,
not just stay on task —
to inhabit themselves instead of performing themselves.

12/12/2025

Neuroplasticity requires destabilization.�Not as a crisis — but as a neural opportunity.
The newest research makes this clear:�Your brain can only change when something interrupts the predictable loop.
🔍 Prediction Error = “Wait… this is different.”
When your brain encounters a mismatch between expectation and reality, old pathways loosen and new connections become possible.
🌬️ Somatic signs of destabilization
– A sudden stillness�– A micro-shift in breath�– An emotional response that surprises you�– A pause before reacting�– A sense of openness where defensiveness used to be
These small ruptures in the old pattern are the catalysts of new wiring.
✨ Practical application
Change will often feel:�– wobbly�– unfamiliar�– a little risky�– strangely tender
This isn’t regression — it’s the brain entering the learning window.
Stay with the moment.�Turn toward the new response.�Let the old pattern dissolve just enough to make room for something truer.
Transformation is not force —�it’s the courage to experience yourself differently.

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