Each July, my body reminds me that August is the month when I lay half dead on the side of the road after my car rolled seven times off the 101 freeway. Even this July—14 years out— part of my body tenses up as it implicitly remembers the pain and trauma it went through in…
Tag: resilience
Interview with Hello Darkness
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by the YouTube channel Hello Darkness: Stories that Transform. In the interview, I share: It was such a special experience, and an honor to do. I hope it’s encouraging!! Here’s the interview if you’d like to listen: Warmly,Robyn Feature Image: This was a recent “glimmer moment”! I took…
Learn these skills to emotionally help us, now: the Help Now Skills
Maybe you need a nervous system reset? Seems like many of us do right now. In addition to the election, there are many individual and world stressors that might be bumping us outside our Resilient Zone in this moment). Try this! Push your hands against the wall. Pushing our hands against the wall is actually…
Let our Internal Resources Strengthen Us
Resources can regulate us. They can make distressing things a little more bearable. They can help our nervous systems sink into relaxation (whether momentarily or for a sustained period of time). They can help us when we are totally dysregulated (ie. and not in control of our emotions at all). They can also help us…
I am… not alone
Who else has felt– or is feeling– isolated? Or trapped? In this pandemic? In a job/ home/season of life? You are not alone. After the first 4 weeks of parenthood, I shared with others how isolated I had been feeling. Then, come to find out, it seems like many moms resonate with this feeling. If…