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01/20/2026

🌱 Word of the Day: Co-Regulation

Co-regulation is the process of one nervous system helping another nervous system feel safer and more steady.

In simple terms:
we regulate better together.

This is why a calm voice, kind presence, safe conversation, or supportive relationship can help the body settle—sometimes more effectively than trying to “think your way out” of stress.

Co-regulation can look like:
• feeling calmer after talking with a trusted person
• breathing more slowly when someone feels safe
• relaxing when you’re not alone in what you’re carrying

It also helps explain why someone can feel like something isn’t right even when lab results come back within normal limits. The body may still be living in a stress response—and connection is one of the ways the nervous system learns safety again.

💚 If you don’t have a safe space to settle, you don’t have to do this alone.
I’m available to support you with calm, trauma-informed sessions designed to help your nervous system feel safer and more regulated—one step at a time.

✨ Gentle reflection:
Who (or what) helps your nervous system feel safer—without you having to force it?

—
Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma-Informed Practitioner
đź“Ť Downtown Statesville
đź“ž Call/Text: 704-880-6228
📧 abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

đź’¬ Or send a direct message for a free consult



Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

Sources (for those who want to learn more):
• Porges, S. W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory
• Bowlby, J. (Attachment theory foundational work)
• NICABM (Trauma Education Resources)

01/12/2026

🌱 Word of the Day: Window of Tolerance

The window of tolerance refers to the range of nervous system activation where a person can think clearly, feel emotions without being overwhelmed, and respond rather than react.

When we’re within this window, the body and brain can handle stress.
When we’re pushed outside of it, survival responses take over.

Above the window (hyperarousal): anxiety, racing thoughts, irritability, panic, poor sleep

Below the window (hypoarousal): numbness, shutdown, exhaustion, brain fog, disconnection

Chronic stress or trauma can narrow the window, which helps explain why even small stressors may feel like “too much,” and why someone can feel unwell even when lab results fall within normal limits. In these situations, the challenge is often regulation and recovery—not willpower.

Being outside your window is not a failure of coping.
It’s a nervous system doing its best to protect you.

Healing involves gently expanding the window through consistent signals of safety, rest, nourishment, and support.

✨ Gentle reflection:
What helps you feel even a little more steady when life feels overwhelming?

—
Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma-Informed Practitioner
đź“Ť Downtown Statesville
đź“ž Call/Text: 704-880-6228
📧 abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

đź’¬ Or send a direct message for a free consult



Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

Sources (for those who want to learn more):
• Siegel, D. J. The Developing Mind
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM), Trauma Education
• Harvard-affiliated trauma and resilience research materials

01/09/2026

🌱 Word of the Day: Neuroception

Neuroception is the nervous system’s automatic, unconscious ability to detect safety or danger—without using logic or conscious thought.

This happens below awareness, before the thinking brain gets involved. It helps explain why someone can feel anxious, guarded, or shut down even when they know they are safe.

Neuroception also helps make sense of why lab results may come back within normal limits, yet a person still feels like something isn’t right. In these cases, the issue may be less about a single marker and more about how the nervous system is perceiving and responding to its environment.

This is not weakness or overreacting.
It’s a protective system shaped by experience.

Healing often involves helping the body relearn cues of safety—not just understanding things intellectually.

✨ Gentle reflection:
Have you noticed times when your body reacts before your mind understands why?

—
Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma-Informed Practitioner
đź“Ť Downtown Statesville
đź“ž Call/Text: 704-880-6228
📧 abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

đź’¬ Or send a direct message for a free consult



Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

Sources (for those who like to learn deeper):
• Porges, S. W. (2003). Social engagement and attachment – Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• Porges, S. W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM), Trauma Education Resources

01/08/2026

🌱 Word of the Day: Allostatic Load

Allostatic load refers to the wear and tear on the body and brain caused by chronic, unresolved stress.

It’s what happens when the nervous system stays in fight-or-flight for too long—often due to prolonged emotional strain, trauma, financial stress, or ongoing uncertainty.

Stress itself isn’t the enemy.
👉 Lack of recovery is.

This concept also helps explain why lab results can sometimes fall within normal limits, yet a person still feels that something isn’t right. In these cases, the issue may be less about a single marker and more about how well the body’s systems are regulating and recovering.

Research links higher allostatic load with fatigue, disrupted sleep, memory challenges, immune imbalance, and hormonal strain. Healing begins when the body receives consistent signals of safety, rest, and regulation.

✨ Gentle reflection:
Where in your life might your body be asking for more recovery, not more effort?

—
Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma-Informed Specialists
đź“Ť Downtown Statesville
đź“ž Call/Text: 704-880-6228
📧 abalancedlife2023@gmail.com

đź’¬ Or send a direct message for a free consult



Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

01/01/2026

As we step into a brand new year, my heart is overflowing with gratitude. This past year has been one of transition and grace. At the beginning of 2025, I moved into a new healing space — and the support from friends, clients, and those who believe in this work was such a blessing. Then, as the year closed, my husband and I moved into a new home. It was exhausting, stretching, and full of long days, yet we felt our Father go before us — preparing the right people, the right timing, and all that we needed. And we felt Him beside us, giving us the strength and energy to finish the work set before us.

To my friends, clients, and every soul who has walked alongside me this year — thank you. Your support, your trust, your stories, your uniqueness… each one of you is a gift. Created in love, created on purpose, created by an all-loving Father who delights in who you are.

Looking back over this year, I can clearly see how we have been provided for, carried through challenges, surrounded in grace, and never once forgotten. Scripture promises that He never leaves us and never forsakes us — and that brings such comfort to my spirit.

So here’s to 2026 — a year to walk forward with confidence, remembering His faithfulness behind us and His goodness ahead of us. May we move into this new season with hope, joy, peace, love and eyes fixed on Him.

Happy New Year, dear ones. I am so grateful for you.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist



Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas friends,

We have never been without Jesus.

We don’t need to call him down, invite him in, or say the right words to make him closer. The Spirit of Christ has always lived within us — from before we took our first breath, from the moment we were sent here as babies. Love has never been absent.

Jesus came not to bring love from somewhere else, but to reveal what has always been true — that the love of our Father already lives within us all.

As a brother who walked this human path, Jesus reminds us that our humanity is not a barrier to love, but the very place where love meets us.

Today is a day to rest.
To soften striving.
To let our bodies and hearts settle into the safety of being loved.

When we focus on this love, we move forward differently — not from fear, but from belonging — as the fearfully and wonderfully created children of God that we already are.

May today be gentle.
May it be restful.
And may you feel deeply held in the love that has always lived within you.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist



*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Mario La Pergola on Unsplash

12/24/2025

On Christmas Eve, the white candle of the Advent wreath is lit.
It represents Christ — the fullness of hope, peace, joy, and love.

The Christmas story points us to a profound truth:
Jesus did not come to deliver love only to a few, or to place love out of reach. He came to reveal the love of our Creator that already lives within all of us.

The Spirit of the Divine dwells within humanity. That means love is not something we earn, summon, or qualify for. We do not need the right words, beliefs, or behaviors to access it. Love is already present — in every body, every story, every life.

For those carrying trauma, this truth is especially healing. Trauma often teaches us that love is conditional, fragile, or something that can be taken away. The life and teachings of Jesus offer another way of understanding love — a love that stays close, honors suffering, and does not abandon us.

From a mind–body perspective, healing begins when the body learns that love is not dependent on performance or perfection. That it does not withdraw when we struggle. That it remains steady, even in our most human moments.

Jesus shows us what the love of our Creator looks like in human form — compassionate, patient, and radically present. And because that same Spirit lives within us all, we each have ongoing access to that love.

Tonight, may the white candle remind you:
🤍 you are already held
🤍 you are already worthy of love
🤍 nothing is required to make love closer
🤍 healing unfolds from what is already within

Light did not arrive to fill emptiness.
Light came to reveal what has been there all along — in all of us.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist



*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by KaLisa Veer on Unsplash

12/22/2025

As we enter the final week of Advent, we reflect on Love — not as obligation, emotion, or self-sacrifice, but as the steady presence of the Divine that holds us together as we heal.

After trauma, healing isn’t just about releasing pain. It’s about integration — learning how to live safely in a body that has survived, how to trust again, how to let wholeness return gently and on your own terms.

From a mind–body perspective, love is what allows that integration to happen. It shows up as compassion toward yourself. As patience with your nervous system. As the ability to sit with your story without being overwhelmed by it.

This week, I’m practicing love in trauma-sensitive ways:
đź’— offering myself kindness instead of pressure
đź’— honoring my limits without guilt
đź’— allowing rest to be sacred
đź’— remembering that I am held by something greater than what hurt me

Spiritually, love is the element of the Divine that restores unity. It doesn’t rush healing. It doesn’t demand transformation. It simply stays present — steady, faithful, and grounding.

Advent reminds us that healing light doesn’t overwhelm the darkness. It enters slowly, filling space over time. Love integrates what was fractured and reminds the body and soul that they belong.

May this week bring you a deeper sense of being held, supported, and gently gathered back into wholeness.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist



*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash

12/15/2025

As we move into the third week of Advent, we reflect on Joy — not as forced happiness, but as a natural response to healing.

For many of us, joy hasn’t felt safe. Trauma teaches the body to stay alert, guarded, and prepared for the next impact. In that space, joy isn’t missing because we’ve failed — it’s missing because the body has been protecting us.

From a mind–body perspective, joy often appears after safety is restored. It shows up quietly. In small moments. In a deeper breath. In laughter that surprises you. In the sense that the weight you’ve been carrying isn’t quite as heavy as it once was.

This week, I’m practicing joy as a signal, not a demand:
🔥 noticing when my body feels a little lighter
🔥 allowing pleasure without rushing or guilt
🔥 honoring moments of ease as progress
🔥 trusting that joy can exist alongside healing

Spiritually, joy is a sign that something sacred is at work — that healing is taking root in places that once held pain. It’s the soul’s way of saying, “You’re safe enough now to feel more.”

Advent reminds us that light enters gently. Joy doesn’t arrive all at once. It grows as the nervous system settles and the heart begins to trust again.

May this week offer you small, honest moments of joy — not as pressure, but as proof that healing is unfolding.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio Resonance Specialist



*Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by KaLisa Veer on Unsplash

12/08/2025

Good morning friends,

As we enter the second week of Advent, I’m exploring Peace as a bodily experience, not just a concept.

Peace is what happens when the mind and heart stop working against each other. It’s the spaciousness inside your chest when you’re no longer bracing for impact. It’s coherence — a calm, steady rhythm that your whole system recognizes as “safe.”

This week, I’m practicing Peace through the body:
đź•Š slowing my breath until my heart settles
đź•Š softening the places where tension hides
đź•Š choosing presence over urgency
đź•Š allowing inner stillness to be enough

Metaphysically, Peace aligns us with divine order — the deeper rhythm that exists beneath chaos and circumstances. When the body rests, the spirit rises. When the mind quiets, intuition speaks.

May this week bring you moments where your body remembers it was made for calm.

Gloria Boone, BC-HHP, CECP, Trauma Informed Specialist, Bio-Resonance Specialist



* Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed counselor; however, I am a professional holistic provider supporting the mind and body. My content is intended for wellness and educational purposes only and should not be considered medical or mental health advice. Please seek care from a qualified healthcare or mental health professional for diagnosis, treatment, or emergencies.

**Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

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