The summer of 2013 and my experience at the Boston Marathon bombing opened the door to an insatiable quest in learning and understanding the connection between the mind and body. Specifically how the experiences we have navigated reveal themselves through our physical being. What began as a desperate desire to “feel better” and “get my…
When I started taking classes, researching and diving into this work, I spent a lot of time really navigating through my old stuff, the past experiences, trauma and hurt. It was difficult, sometimes painful. Those closest to me would ask why I kept going. Why do you keep taking these classes? Why do you keep…
For me, the true tragedy of trauma is not the trauma itself. It’s the aftermath. It’s the stories that go hidden. It’s what happens when we get up, brush it off, and move forward, carrying the tragedy with us. In doing this, we allow the tragedy to diminish our power and ability to fully regain…
Harry Potter is the comfort Zone in my home. We are huge Harry Potter fans, so it’s natural that I use a device from The Goblet of Fire to explain the way I approach how our mind works. Too often, we look at a situation and in trying to resolve or understand why that experience…
During the year following the Boston bombing, I became ill, very ill, with symptoms that for a long time made no sense, either to the doctors and specialists I sought out, or to me. By 2015, I was overcome by severe insomnia, debilitating muscle spasms and struggled with the every day to do’s of family…
On April 15, 2013, Cari had just finished running the Boston Marathon and was receiving attention in the medical tent when bombs exploded at the finish line. Shortly afterward, victims began to stream in. Perceiving that those individuals needed medical help far more than she did, she left the tent as race volunteers chased her…
