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Skylark Somatic Therapy

Helping high-achieving women heal from anxiety, complex trauma, and relational wounds through somatic and relationally-focused therapy.

Serving NJ in-person & online. We partner with organizational leaders to provide employees with practical and sustainable mental health training and holistic wellness programs that are engaging, effective, and flexible. Our Solutions:
•Training & Advising
•Leadership Coaching
•Psychotherapy & Counselling

10/27/2025

Belonging isn’t found by proving your worth to others.
It begins when you stop abandoning yourself — when you honor your needs, feelings, and limits. 🌿
Healing means remembering that you are already enough.✨ Download my free guide, Coming Home to Your Body, to support your journey of self-belonging. http://subscribepage.io/zBEiur

10/22/2025

You can’t always see an attachment wound — but you can feel it.
It shows up as:

💔 craving closeness but fearing it
🌿 feeling responsible for others’ emotions
💭 replaying interactions long after they’ve ended
🤍 minimizing your own needs to keep the peace

These patterns don’t mean you’re broken. They’re your nervous system’s way of protecting you from the pain of disconnection.

Healing starts with awareness — noticing how your body responds to closeness, distance, and uncertainty — and meeting those reactions with compassion instead of judgment.

✨ You can learn more gentle, body-based tools in my free somatic healing guide — subscribepage.io/zBEiur

10/15/2025

So many women carry an invisible weight—a quiet grief that traces back to their earliest relationships.

My latest blog post explores the mother wound: how it affects self-worth, boundaries, and connection—and how somatic therapy can help you heal from the inside out.

✨ Read the full post, Healing the Mother Wound, on my blog:
https://skylarksomatictherapy.com/blog/

🕊️ You don’t have to stay small to be loved. You don’t have to hide who you are to feel safe. Healing is possible.

10/09/2025

The window of tolerance is the space where your nervous system can manage stress without becoming overwhelmed.

🌿 Trauma can shrink this window, making it harder to cope — but with gentle, consistent practice, it can widen again.

✨ Each time you pause, ground, or connect with safety, you’re teaching your body it can return to calm.

10/08/2025

When you crave closeness but fear it too, you’re not confused — your body is remembering. 🌿

These are somatic memories — traces of past pain stored in the nervous system. The mind may not recall every moment of loss or rejection, but the body still recognizes the sensations of danger.

So when you long for connection and suddenly feel yourself pulling away, it isn’t weakness or avoidance. It’s your body making contact with memory — protecting you from what once hurt.

✨ Healing begins by noticing these reactions without shame and gently showing the body that safety can exist in connection.

10/03/2025

Calm isn’t created by doing more. It’s the state your body naturally returns to when it feels safe.
🌿 Somatic practices can gently guide your nervous system back into that window of safety.
✨ Download my free guide, Coming Home to Your Body, for simple ways to begin.

10/02/2025

Perfectionism tells us to try harder, do more, and earn our place in the world. But self-worth doesn’t come from striving.
🌿 It’s found in allowing yourself to exist as you are, without proving anything.

✨ You are already enough.

09/30/2025

When your nervous system reacts quickly to stress, it can feel like you’re “too sensitive.” But your body isn’t overreacting — it’s remembering.

Trauma teaches the body to remain vigilant, even long after the danger has passed.

✨ You’re not broken. You’re carrying the imprint of what you’ve been through — and healing is possible.

Download my free guide, Coming Home to Your Body, for gentle tools to support nervous system healing. http://subscribepage.io/zBEiur

09/26/2025

Your window of tolerance is the range where your nervous system can manage stress without becoming overwhelmed. But trauma can shrink this window, leaving you swinging between hyperarousal (fight/flight) and hypoarousal (freeze/shutdown).

🌿 The good news: your window can expand with practice.
Try these five gentle ways to return: notice your cues, ground through the senses, connect with safety, move gently, and take a micro-step.

Remember — this isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about slowly teaching your body that safety is possible.

✨ Download my free guide "Coming Home to Your Body" for more somatic practices.

09/23/2025

Many trauma survivors live outside their “window of tolerance.”
👉 When hyperaroused, the body feels anxious, restless, or overwhelmed.
👉 When hypoaroused, the body may feel numb, frozen, or disconnected.
Healing involves learning to gently widen this window—so safety, connection, and presence become more possible.

09/18/2025

Toxic stress shows up in more than our bodies — it impacts our relationships.

When your nervous system is stuck in a state of hyperarousal (fight/flight) or hypoarousal (shutdown), even minor stressors can feel overwhelming. Trauma narrows your window of tolerance, leaving less room to cope before emotions or the body take over.

Here’s what often happens:

Survivors ignore their body’s cues.

They try harder, suppress feelings, and criticize themselves.

Partners, not understanding, may accuse or blame — fueling shame.

This cycle isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s survival. And it’s not permanent.

🌿 With education and somatic tools, it’s possible to widen your window of tolerance, restore connection, and respond with more compassion — to yourself and to others.

✨ Download my free guide, Coming Home to Your Body, for practices to support your nervous system. http://subscribepage.io/zBEiur

09/12/2025

Stress isn’t always bad — it helps us rise to challenges. But when stress is constant and overwhelming, it can become toxic, reshaping both body and mind.

👉 Over time, toxic stress fuels inflammation, weakens the immune system, and makes it harder to cope with daily life. For those with trauma histories, this cycle often begins in childhood, when the absence of stable, supportive relationships leaves lasting imprints on the nervous system.

This isn’t weakness — it’s survival. With awareness and gentle practices, healing is indeed possible.

🌿 Watch this short video to learn more, and download my free guide, "Coming Home to Your Body," for somatic tools to begin calming your nervous system. http://subscribepage.io/zBEiur

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