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!
What's nervous system regulation, really?
Hi, Reader! I didn’t plan to write about panic attacks this week. But then it happened to me, and it was such a clean example of what “nervous system regulation” and somatic listening actually means in real life, that I couldn’t not talk about it. I took a flight to France yesterday. I was already exhausted. The cabin air was super dry. The flight was full to the brim. Crying kids, closeness with strangers, tight, hot spaces. My throat felt scratchy. My nose was dry and clogged. I couldn’t...
How do you talk about yourself?
Hi Reader, This week I fell into a science rabbit hole after something I keep noticing in sessions: the way our bodies sneak into our language when we’re not even trying. “I’m fed up.” “That's a pain in the neck.” “I’m crushed.” “I’ve lost my balance.” We treat these as harmless expressions, but very often the body isn’t only being referenced… it’s already participating. “Carrying everything” comes with lifted shoulders and a braced back. “I can’t stomach it” comes with a locked diaphragm and...
How Stuck Are you?
Hello Reader! I hope you are well, and enjoying the few minutes of extra daylight we're getting (at least those of us in the North-American continent!). This long winter has many of us clamoring for change and freedom! Which got me thinking about how many of us feel stuck, in our bodies, thinking, relationships, or jobs? Where do you feel stuck? Musings I'm sure by now you've noticed how certain reactions happen before you’ve even had a chance to even think about them? The shoulders tighten....
Stop Fighting Your Body
Hello Reader! Have you ever felt like your own body was a machine that just won't stop glitching? Like you’re doing everything “right”, the stretches, the rest, the appointments, the middle-of-the night exercises, but the pain or the tension just won't budge? Worse... it moves!! It’s exhausting to feel like you’re at war with the very skin you’re in. If you’ve been bracing yourself against your sensations lately, just know that you aren't alone... but there's a reason the "fight" isn't...
Is repetition actually stalling your child’s progress?
Hello Reader! It's been a while! I hope you've been well and your children are all healthy and learning. As you know, I put this series of newsletters on hiatus for a while when things got a bit overwhelming last year. I'm happy to be back, at a new pace! These newsletters will come every month, so that you can continue fostering development and learning for your kiddos, sharing what I learn in my office from working with kids, and what I learned through NeuroMovement® and other modalities. I...
It's a mess out there!
Hi Reader! Between the news notifications and the seemingly endless January "to-do" lists, it can feel like the volume of the world is turned up way too high. If you've been feeling a bit scattered lately, you aren't alone... It really is a mess out there! ❤️ Musings When the world feels chaotic, our nervous system instinctively looks for safety so that it can adapt. Sometimes, even that is hard to find because our own internal compass is off already. This makes me think that we often mistake...
Ushering in the new
Hello Reader! Welcome to this 30th edition of NeuroNotes and happy new year! 🎉 So happy to be starting the year with you, dear readers. ❤️ I hope you've enjoyed some rest, and are now ready to embrace the next stage, whatever that may be for you. I'm curious - are you one to make resolutions or not? Musings Over the holidays, I wrote that our mental states - anxiety, hope, sadness or vitality and everything else in between- are also embodied states. Sometimes our pain, which we may think is...
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...
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...