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Katie Whittier
Jun 5, 20244 min read
How to recognize when you’re triggered
You don’t have to know what your triggers are, but rather, know how they feel in your body.
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Katie Whittier
Apr 25, 20243 min read
What’s the least you can do?
Compulsive overachieving is often a sign of an activated flight state – one of the 4-Fs of trauma (fight, flight, freeze, fawn). It shows...
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Katie Whittier
Apr 11, 20245 min read
When deep breathing doesn’t calm you
Breathing exercises can be triggering for a lot of people. But because the science behind the practice is so irrefutable, a lot of people...
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Katie Whittier
Apr 4, 20244 min read
Too jaded for healing work?
What if you really love your life – no need to change it – you just wish it didn’t feel so frantic to get through a day? You love being a...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 28, 20244 min read
How neuro training changed my life
I’ve been training my nervous system on a daily basis for just over seven months now, and it has radically changed my life for the...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 21, 20244 min read
Nervous system sensitivity
About one in five people in the world qualify as Highly Sensitive. I am one of them, but it took a long time for me to accept it. In...
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Katie Whittier
Feb 22, 20242 min read
What if you were in charge?
What would be different about how the world works if you had the power to design it from scratch? What would symbolize success in your...
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Katie Whittier
Feb 8, 20243 min read
Why your positive self-talk fails
Have you ever tried focusing on positive thoughts as a way to calm yourself only to find yourself sucked into a vortex of cynicism and...
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Katie Whittier
Jan 25, 20243 min read
Do you feel safe enough to trust yourself?
Life isn’t meant to be easy, but what if you could experience more ease even in the tough moments? What if you felt energized by...
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Katie Whittier
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Make 2024 the year you heal
What if this could be the year that you let go of the pain of past relationships, the burnout from past jobs or the trauma caused by a...
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Katie Whittier
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Processing stress in real time
Ever get halfway through your grocery list and suddenly feel the urge to sprint out of the store? If you’re like me, you push through the...
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Katie Whittier
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Change in the air
Are you sick of being told to “take care of yourself” in order to reduce your stress? Are you tired of being told that the reasons for...
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