
PART 2: Feeling Essence—The Nine Types and Their “Medicine”
Now, let’s take a closer look at the Nine Types and what I like to call their “medicine”—the universal, sacred ingredients that each type brings to life when we embody their core essence.

PART 1: Beyond Theory—Why Somatics and the Enneagram Need Each Other
Over the years, I’ve explored countless ways to bring the Enneagram to life in a more profound, holistic manner. I quickly realized that many of us can talk about the Nine Types all day—yet still struggle to make real, lasting changes in our everyday behaviors and relationships.

Somatic Mandala Work: A Creative Approach to Grief and Loss
Grief is not something to "fix" or "overcome." It’s a journey of integrating loss into the wholeness of your being. Mandala-making, paired with somatic awareness, offers a gentle and meaningful way to honor this process.

Calm Your Mind, Soothe Your Heart and Balance Your Body with EFT (Tapping) — A Simple Guide
Are you interested in a simple tool that you can use on your own to supplement your deeper work in between sessions? Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping, is a simple yet effective practice you can do anywhere. It involves tapping on specific acupressure points while focusing on your feelings, helping to release emotional tension and restore balance.

Self-Help EMDR: A Simple Way to Calm Your Nervous System
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic tool that has transformed the way many people process emotions and manage stress. Although traditionally guided by a therapist, there are EMDR-inspired techniques you can incorporate into your self-care routine to bring calm and balance to your mind and body.

Bringing Rhythm Into Your Daily Life: Practices for Growth and Balance
Rhythm, a universal force, shapes both our inner and outer worlds, restoring balance and promoting healing when life’s natural flow is disrupted. In this post, I’ll share practical ways to bring rhythm into your daily life, helping you reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom and cultivate resilience.

The Role of Rhythm in Therapy: Restoring Balance Through EMDR, SE, and Sound Healing
Rhythm is fundamental to life. From the beating of our hearts to the cycle of day and night, rhythm creates the structure within which life flows. Modalities that use rhythmic sensory stimulation (RSS), simulate natural alternating patterns—gentle, rhythmic inputs—that help the brain and nervous system return to their inherent state of balance.

70% of Communication in Therapy Is Non-Verbal: Somatic-Enneagram Integration
It’s often said that 70% of communication is non-verbal. In therapy, this truth becomes a doorway to deeper understanding and healing.

The Power of the Therapist Embodying Self-Energy or Essence
As therapists, we strive to create a space where our clients feel truly seen, heard, and held. This requires more than technical skill or intellectual understanding; it calls for our ability to embody Self-energy.

Fascia, the Nervous System, and Their Role in the Somatic Experience of the Enneagram and Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Did you know your body holds the stories of your emotions and inner dynamics—even your personality?

Three Types of Self-Awareness in Somatic Archetypal Work
Somatic archetypal work integrates bodily awareness with frameworks like the Enneagram, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Jungian analysis. At its core are three types of self-awareness: interoception, exteroception, and proprioception.

Holding Our Hurt: Moving from Blended or Buried to Nurtured and Whole
In the rush of daily life, most of us unknowingly fall into one of two patterns with our emotional pain: it either blends with us so completely that it becomes overwhelming and all-consuming, or it becomes suppressed, pushed deep within until it feels blocked off and unreachable.

The Healing Medicine of Embodying Self-Energy
In Internal Family Systems (IFS), Self-energy is known as the calm, compassionate, and wise essence that resides within each of us. It is the core of who we are—unburdened, authentic, and capable of leading our inner system with clarity and care.

The Power of Self-Responsibility and Self-Leadership
Therapy is often seen as a finite process—something that starts when you feel stuck and ends when you’ve healed or made progress.

Self-Help and Self-Therapy: Empowering Your Growth Beyond Sessions
Therapy is often seen as a finite process—something that starts when you feel stuck and ends when you’ve healed or made progress.

Connecting with Your Truest Self Through Archetypes, Enneagram, IFS, and Somatic Practices
At the heart of my work is a passion for helping others connect with and embody their truest Self—the calm, compassionate, and wise essence that resides within all of us.