Recreating Dawn

11/15/2025

Integrating traumatic memories in EMDR therapy isn’t about erasing the past — it’s about helping your mind file away the experience in a healthier, more manageable way, much like we’d file away an everyday memory.
Through EMDR, the brain learns to store painful memories more like everyday ones: less intense, less overwhelming, and no longer running the show. Helping you to make sense of what happened, reduce emotional charge, and reclaim your life story with more clarity and compassion💚🩵

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EMDR- EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING
How It Works:
EMDR provides bilateral stimulation, (which is just therapy-talk for an alternating left-to-right sensation or movement that engages both sides of your brain). This helps our brains to process and “integrate” traumatic memories.
Integrating Memories:
Integrating traumatic memories involves processing a traumatic experience to make it a managable part of your life story, filing away painful memories more like we store everyday memories.

11/09/2025

Ever wonder how EMDR works? 👀 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses gentle left-to-right movements or sensations that help to engage both sides of the brain. This helps your mind reprocess and “unstick” traumatic memories so healing can finally move forward! Come back next week to learn more about EMDR!

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EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING
How It Works:
EMDR provides bilateral stimulation, (which is just therapy-talk for an alternating left-to-right sensation or movement that engages both sides of your brain). This helps our brain’s to process and “integrate” traumatic memories.

10/31/2025

✨New Series: Understanding EMDR✨ —> Over the next few posts, we’ll explore what EMDR therapy is, how it works, and why it can be such a powerful tool for healing trauma! If you’ve ever wondered what actually happens during EMDR or how it helps the brain process painful memories, this series will break it down in simple, easy-to-understand ways.
Stay tuned next week to learn more about EMDR!

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Seven Things You Should Know About EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing):
-How it Works
-Integrating Memories
-Benefits of EMDR
-Why EMDR is Unique
-EMDR Resourcing
-Painful Memories
-EMDR For Trauma

10/25/2025

Even two minutes of mindful body awareness can help to regulate your nervous system, ground you in the present, and nurture self-compassion! For deeper relaxation, try tensing and releasing each muscle group using progressive muscle relaxation. Try this body check-in anytime you need a quick reset!🌿🪷

2 Minute Body Check-In
Bring your attention to the top of your head, your forehead, eyes, and jaw. Notice any tension and allow your face to soften.
Notice your neck and shoulders. Are they tight or relaxed? Let them drop and relax away from your ears.
Bring awareness to your chest and back. Feel your breath move in and out. Allow your chest to open and your back to release.
Feel your arms, elbows, wrists, and hands. Notice any sensations: warmth, tingling, or stillness. Let your arms and hands rest softly.
Notice your belly and hips. Let them soften with each breath, releasing any tension.
Move your attention down your legs, knees, ankles, and feet. Feel the ground supporting you. Allow your whole body to rest and be still.
Even a short, two minute body scan can help us connect with our body and emotions. It grounds us, calms the nervous system, and builds awareness of where we hold tension. Over time, it supports greater self compassion and emotional balance.

10/24/2025

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10/17/2025

Balance in relationships can be hard, especially these days. But finding repair and resolution is key in all forms of co-existing, including loving relationships, friendships, work situations etc.! Here are some helpful tips… ⚖️💙🫱🏼‍🫲🏾🪢

HOW TO: HEALTHY COMMUNICATION IN DIFFICULT TIMES
Do:
-Plan ahead and be prepared for the conversation, write a list if needed
-Use reflective listening to understand the speaker’s meaning
-Take a pause or breath and acknowledge your own emotions
-Use an agreed upon safe word to step away from the conversation if needed
-Express yourself clearly and assertively, using I statements

Don’t:
-Don’t start a heavy conversation when you’re tired or stressed
-Try not to interrupt or dominate the conversation
-Don’t use name calling and avoid hurtful body language (eye rolling, scowling, mocking)
-Avoid blame or extremes like “always/never”
-Remember, it’s not me vs. you. It’s us vs. the problem!

10/11/2025

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today is special because it’s World Mental Health Day 🧠🌎!!!

🧠 we ALL have mental health. very similar to caring for your teeth, you are worthy of caring for your mind because it determines the quality of your life 🦋

🌸 today especially, we are celebrating everyone’s mental health. wherever you’re at on your mental health journey, you are worthy of being celebrated exactly as you are right now 💐💐💐

🫂 we’re all in this together, and we will continue to have mental health conversations so that no one feels alone on their journey 🫶

10/10/2025

Engage your senses, enhance your focus, and practice mindfulness—all through the simple act of creating art! 🎨 Art therapy is for everyone!
Although this concludes our four part series on benefits of art therapy, there are many more benefits! Art is expressive, creative, and fun! It interrupts rumination and provides a healthy distraction from stressful thoughts and emotions. It helps us communicate without having to use words. Art even has the power to calm your nervous system, reduce pain, and promote relaxation. There’s so much more to discover, but that’s a wrap on our series for now.

09/30/2025

Such a great equine workshop day for health professionals at !! Practicing mindfulness, somatic awareness, grounding, connecting with nature and of course the horses! They offer many equine assisted groups & therapy programs including a group called “Rainbow Herd” 🌈 for LGBTQ+ youth! 🫶🏻

Also I got to hang out with some of my favorite people from !! 🐴🥰

09/26/2025

Feeling stuck in upsetting thoughts or emotions?🌀 Art therapy offers a healthy way to press “pause”⏸️ By focusing on the creative process, we can gently redirect our attention, find relief from distressing thoughts, and tap into productivity and self-expression! It’s not just art, it’s a mindful escape that nurtures our emotional well-being!🎨🖌️🌿