Heart and Mind

03/11/2026

March is Self-Harm Awareness Month

Self-harm is often misunderstood. For many people, it isn’t about wanting to die. It can be a way of trying to manage overwhelming emotions, stress, or inner pain.

From a nervous system perspective, these behaviors can show up when someone’s system is struggling to find regulation. When emotions feel too big or too intense, people may reach for whatever helps them get through the moment.

Awareness helps shift the conversation from judgment to understanding.

When we support regulation, connection, and safety, new coping strategies and healing can begin to take shape.

If you or someone you care about is struggling, support is available. Reaching out can be an important step toward feeling less alone.

03/05/2026

Register here www.heartmindrva.com/event-list

03/05/2026

Stronger Together: Couples Skills Group

When anxiety shows up in a relationship, both partners feel it. Heart & Mind Therapy is offering a 6-week couples skills group designed to help partners better understand anxiety and build practical tools for staying connected during stressful moments.

Couples will learn how to recognize stress patterns, communicate needs more clearly, and support each other without trying to “fix” anxiety.

📅 Wednesdays, 6:00–7:30 PM
April 8 – May 13, 2026
📍 Heart & Mind Therapy, Powhatan

Space is limited to 4 couples.

Learn more and register:
https://www.heartmindrva.com/post/couples-anxiety-skills-group

03/03/2026

Now that CoRegulate Media is live, I’m excited to share what’s coming next.

Our upcoming trainings are designed to help professionals, educators, and caregivers move from theory to practice when it comes to regulation.

Whether you work with:
• Foster and adoptive families
• Trauma-exposed children
• Classrooms
• Clinical populations

These trainings are grounded in real clinical experience and practical nervous system science.

Upcoming sessions:
🎓 Tame Your Tiger™ – Supporting Regulation in Real-World Settings
🎓 What Adoptees Need Most (with Isaac Etter)

If you’re looking for tools that actually translate into day-to-day work, I’d love to have you join us.

Baffled by children's behaviors? They go from 0 to 60 with no apparent warning? Once you understand the basics of our nervous system and the different states - what those look like and how to help it gets much clearer and easier! If you have children or work with children this will help! Adoptive pa...

03/02/2026

Big news.

After years of clinical work, writing, teaching, and podcasting, we’re expanding.

Regulation Revolution is growing into something bigger.

I’m excited to introduce CoRegulate Media — a new umbrella for the work we’ve been building for years.

CoRegulate Media brings together:

• The Regulation Revolution podcast
• Children’s books like Toby the Tiger Tamer
• The Tame Your Tiger™ workbook
• Professional trainings
• Upcoming creative and animation projects

Why the shift?

Because regulation education shouldn’t live only inside therapy offices.

For over two decades, I’ve seen how understanding the nervous system changes families, classrooms, and clinical outcomes. CoRegulate Media was created to make those tools more accessible — through stories, training, and practical resources.

This is the next chapter.

Same heart.
Bigger vision.

We are currently revamping www.regulationrevolution.com into the CoRegulate Media site - podcast information and episodes will still live there and be under this umbrella. Visit often to see our updates!

02/27/2026

Big behaviors usually come from big feelings.

We help make sense of both.

Heart & Mind Therapy provides counseling, play therapy, and regulation-focused services for children, adults, and families in the Richmond area.

When we understand the nervous system, everything shifts.

Learn more: www.heartmindrva.com

02/25/2026

For over a decade, Heart & Mind Therapy has been part of the Richmond and Henrico community.

From our Lakeside Avenue office, we’ve supported children, adults, and families navigating adoption, early trauma, neglect, and attachment challenges. Our work is grounded in nervous system science and includes mental health counseling, play therapy, neuro-informed services, and regulation coaching.

In 2025, we were honored to be recognized as a Best Counselor in Henrico by BusinessRate. What means the most, though, is the trust families place in us every day.

Richmond has shaped who we are as a practice, and we’re grateful to continue serving this community with care that honors both heart and mind.

02/21/2026

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

Dating violence can happen to anyone, and for teens it often shows up in ways that are easy to miss at first, constant texting to check where someone is, pressure to share passwords, jealousy framed as “just caring,” or feeling afraid to say no.

Healthy relationships are built on:
• Respect
• Consent
• Trust
• Communication
• Emotional safety

Control, isolation, intimidation, and manipulation are not signs of love.

As parents, caregivers, educators, and community members, we can help teens learn what healthy connection looks like and remind them that their voice matters. If something feels off, it probably is.

At Heart and Mind, we support teens and families in building regulation, confidence, and relationship skills grounded in safety and choice.

If you or someone you know needs support, reach out. You are not alone.

02/17/2026

Political differences aren’t just about values or facts.

Underneath them is something more foundational:

Our nervous system’s sense of safety.

For some, safety has come through structure and clear boundaries.
For others, safety has come through being seen, understood, and protected within relationships.

Neither is wrong. Both are shaped by lived experience.

When these safety frameworks clash, conversations shift from dialogue to survival.

Regulated dialogue requires both structure and relational safety. That’s what makes disagreement survivable.

Read more:
https://www.heartmindrva.com/post/how-nervous-system-regulation-shapes-political-perspectives

02/13/2026

Today is Self Love Day, a reminder to pause and turn inward.

At Heart and Mind, we think of self love not as indulgence, but as regulation. It is choosing rest when your body is tired. It is setting boundaries when something does not feel right. It is speaking to yourself with the same compassion you offer others.

Self love can look like:
• Scheduling the therapy appointment
• Taking a slow walk without your phone
• Practicing one steady breath before reacting
• Letting yourself be human

Real change does not start with criticism. It starts with safety.

If you have been hard on yourself lately, today is a good day to begin again.

02/05/2026

Change doesn’t come from force. It comes from creating the conditions for safety and strength.

In her latest blog, Amy Reamer reflects on volunteering along the route of a Buddhist Walk for Peace and how that experience mirrors Polyvagal Theory. Both remind us that real change happens when the nervous system feels supported, not pushed.

The walk wasn’t about belief. It was about quiet strength, presence, and trusting the body’s capacity to move toward regulation and connection.

Read the full blog here:
https://www.heartmindrva.com/post/change-doesn-t-come-from-force-it-comes-from-inner-strength