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NeuroSomatic

I am a special needs mom and two time cancer survivor, who is passionate about the brain, its role in learning and healing. I myself have suffered from chronic pain, anxiety and depression, so I know what it takes to heal, to turn things around and truly become who we are. I am a certified Neuromovement® practitioner since 2021, and am also trained as a counselor, in applied neuroscience, EFT, breathwork and various modalities that now comprise my own special brand of brain-body support, which I call NeuroSomatic Therapy. I work with special needs children and their families, & with adults suffering from chronic pain, anxiety and trauma. I am based in Montreal, Canada and travel to France for work. I have two newsletters: One for adults (NeuroNotes) and one for parents of special needs Kiddos (NeuroParents). You can subscribe to both!

Let it Slow, Let it Slow, Let it Slow

Hello Reader! I hope you are having a nice break, are surrounded by loved ones ❤️, and are enjoying some slowness. I'm also taking a break for the next two weeks! But, as my former french teacher used to say, to urge me to keep writing: "vacation... does not mean vacancy." Musings I take this opportunity to highlight once again a key principle of my work, and one of the key teachings I've learned over the past few years. Slowness is the key to any learning and change in our lives. Whether...

Vive le Lent, Vive le Lent d'Hiver...

Hello Reader! J'espère que vous passez de bonnes vacances, que vous êtes entourés de vos proches ❤️ et que vous profitez d'un peu de calme. Je prends moi aussi deux semaines de vacances ! Mais, comme me disait mon ancien professeur de français pour m'encourager à continuer d'écrire : «Les vacances, ça ne veut pas dire la vacance». Réflexions Je profite de cette occasion pour souligner une fois de plus un principe clé de mon travail, et l'un des enseignements essentiels que j'ai appris au...
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Artificial Intelligence vs Somatic Intelligence

Hello Reader! Did you receive a strange email from me this week? Some of my friends and clients received slightly odd messages and scheduling proposals, which led to a lot of confusion this week! I realized that my email provider included an AI response to your messages. For a minute there, I thought I was losing my mind! The entire thing has been disabled now. Musings AI is something that really gets me thinking. Can we really talk about intelligence when there is no body? Did you know some...
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Dépassé.e? Il est temps de recalibrer

Hello Reader, Je l’avoue – cette semaine, j’ai souvent eu l’impression que c’était juste trop… les enfants, la relation de couple, l’arrivée de l’hiver, et la pression des objectifs qui s’accumulent en moi. Chaque fois que la vie se densifie comme ça, mon système fait probablement la même chose que le vôtre : il parle à travers des sensations. Une tension dans la poitrine qui ne se relâche pas, une poussée de douleur, cette fatigue lourde qui rend tout en montée, ou un pic d’anxiété qui...
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Let's Recalibrate

Hello Reader, I'll admit - this week I often felt like it was just too much… the kids, the relationship stuff, settling into winter, and the pressure of goals all piling into me. Whenever life gets crowded like this, my system does what yours probably does too: it speaks through sensations. Tightness in the chest you can't release, a flare of pain, that heavy fatigue that makes everything feel uphill, or a spike of anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere. Some of you asked me what I do when...
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Avoir Confiance...

Hello Reader, J'espère que votre semaine vous a offert quelques moments de sérénité. Dans mon travail comme dans ma vie personnelle, toutes les conversations que j'ai eues ces derniers temps semblent revenir au même thème : la confiance. Réflexions La confiance est quelque chose que nous tenons tous pour acquis, mais elle se brise facilement. Nous perdons confiance en notre corps lorsque nous tombons gravement malades, en nos relations lorsque les limites sont franchies, en nos capacités...
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Trust in...

Hello Reader, I hope your week has offered you small pockets of groundedness. In my work and in my personal life, every conversation I’ve had lately seems to circle back to the same theme: trust. Musings Trust is something we all take for granted, but it also fractures easily. We lose trust in our bodies when we fall gravely ill; in our relationships when boundaries are crossed; in our abilities, when we fail; or even in our own senses when in the grips of trauma. When the nervous system has...
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J'ai bon espoir 😁

Hello, Reader! J'espère que vous allez bien ! Désolée pour mon retard, mais ça a été la folie ici ! Même si les journées sont plus courtes et les listes de choses à faire plus longues, je me sens pleine d'espoir ces derniers temps. Et vous (vous tous, mes chers lecteurs !) y êtes pour quelque chose. Réflexions Il y a quelques années, vous n'auriez pas pu me convaincre que je ferais ce travail toute la journée, tous les jours ✨. Bien sûr, j'avais une idée précise de la vie que je voulais...
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I have high hopes.

Hi, Reader! I hope you're well! Sorry I'm late - It's been a whirlwind here! Even though the days are shorter, and the to-do lists are longer, I've been feeling hopeful lately. And you (all of you, my lovely readers!) have something to do with it. Musings A few years ago, you couldn’t have convinced me that I’d be doing this work all day, every day ✨. Sure, I had a clear sense of the life I wanted to build and the contribution I hoped to make… but bringing it into reality meant pushing...

Comment vas-tu?

Hi Reader! J'espère que vous allez bien :) Je ne sais pas où vous êtes, mais chez nous, c'est parti : nous avons eu notre première grosse chute de neige. Je ne suis pas une grande fan de l'hiver, donc les années précédentes, ça suffisait à me faire pleurer 😢. En fait, jusqu'à il y a deux ans, chaque année, vers la fin octobre-novembre, je commençais à ressentir les signes d'épuisement : fatigue et dépression constantes, tristesse excessive pour des raisons insignifiantes, état de brouillard...