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Browse blogs written by Jan Winhall, FSPM Facilitators, and FSPM Community Members


What is the “Felt Sense” and how drawing ‘it’ may bring insights
There is a moment in every somatic session where something begins to gather inside. It is not a clear thought or an emotion we can easily name, but more like something in between. Something that lives deeper in the body and that asks for attention in a different way. American psychologist and philosopher Eugene Gendlin called this the Felt Sense (Gendlin, 1981).

André
Dec 25, 20255 min read


Embodied Dialogues: Brain Partnership: Research Backed Trauma Healing and Resilience Building with Dr. Kate Truitt
Many people who attended this podcast live hoped to get the transcript. As an exclusive FSPM Membership benefit, we're posting it here along with the video! Enjoy!

Jan Winhall
Dec 8, 202537 min read



Dr. Kate Truitt
Dec 8, 20253 min read


Communication Delays in Children: In-Class Mind-Body Tactics
A conversation between FSPM Facilitator Mina Roustayi and FSPM Facilitator-in-Training Jaqqui Jebian Garcia.

Mina Roustayi, PhD, SEP
Nov 21, 20251 min read


A Night Practice
by Jeff Warren Meditation Instructor, Writer, and All-Practice Enthusiast. My partner Sarah was feeling shut down. It was winter. At the time, our three-month-old son had a fever, and she’d been cooped up in the house with him for days. I thought fresh air would be good for both of them, but nothing I’d been saying could convince her to go outside. I was getting impatient. Artwork by Home Base community member Sonja Stiefel “Let’s take the stroller to the park right now!” I

Jeff Warren
Oct 29, 20254 min read


Podcast Bonus: Somatic Toolkit practice with Holly
Jan welcomed Holly Davis-Lowery to the Embodied Dialogues Podcast for an episode called How to Build a Somatic Resource Kit for Your Nervous System — Tools to Heal Trauma & Attachment . During the show, we had many requests for Holly to show us one of her practices called crazy 8 arms but we ran out of time during the rich conversation! As a gift to our FSPM Community, Holly has shared that practice here:

Holly Davis-Lowery
Oct 27, 20251 min read


99 Problems - A poem reflecting insights and experiences of the Felt Sense Focusing practice
by Katy Dickson , Occupational Therapist, Trama Informed Practitioner and Author of The Tree & Me, A Polyvagal Poem

Katy Dickson
Oct 7, 20252 min read



Kristen Toth
Sep 24, 20254 min read


Understanding Motor Delays in Children: A PT Expert’s Perspective (Dr. Jaya Rajwani)
Join FSPM Facilitator Mina Roustayi as she interviews Dr. Jaya Rajwani, Director of the Motion Analysis Lab at Hunter College on her...

Mina Roustayi, PhD, SEP
Sep 13, 20251 min read


Understanding Food Addiction Through Trauma and Safety
By Karin Lund of Lund Wellness Collective

Karin Lund
Sep 13, 20259 min read


Sensory Integration: Portals of Healing, Stability, and Expansion
By Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR, Director of Innovation and Co-Founder, Developmental FX , Denver, CO USA

Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR
Sep 1, 20253 min read


How Adult Children of Addicts Can Heal
Growing Up with Addiction: Healing the Nervous System Through Relational Trauma Repair

Tian Dayton
Sep 1, 20257 min read


Fall Asleep in My Own Arms
~ A Poem by Soo Strong ~

Soo Strong
Aug 28, 20252 min read



Noa Kairy
Aug 26, 20254 min read


Jemma Harris Bawden: Embodied Dialogues Bonus Q&A
Embodied Dialogues Podcast guest Jemma Harris Bawden followed up after the show ( Healing Through Connection: Domestic Abuse and Sudden Realizations ) with BONUS ANSWERS to popular questions. Catch the original podcast recording here and bonus Q&A's below...

Lisa Gleeson
Aug 24, 20254 min read


LETTING EMPTINESS FILL ITSELF WITH MEANING
The Recovery Focusing P.A.U.S.E. by Suzanne L. Noël, CFC

Suzanne Noël
Aug 21, 202535 min read


Working with Addictive Processes in Therapy: IFS Offers Hope
By Cece Sykes, LCSW

Cece Sykes, L.C.S.W.
Aug 20, 20254 min read


Dreaming Through Darkness: On Melancholy and the Medicalization of the Human Condition
In an age of ecological disaster, social collapse, and digital overload, it might be a sign of sanity to feel overwhelmed.

Leslie Ellis, Ph.D.,RCC
Aug 19, 20254 min read


What Every Trauma Therapist Should Know About Dreams
“What is split off, not felt, remains the same; what is felt changes.”

Leslie Ellis, Ph.D.,RCC
Aug 19, 20256 min read


REM Rebound: Dream Intensification in Early Recovery in NOT a Bad Sign
From the original blog post by Dr. Leslie Ellis author of A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy

Leslie Ellis, Ph.D.,RCC
Aug 19, 20254 min read
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