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Healing Trauma with Polyvagal Theory: A Path to Recovery
Trauma can have a profound and lasting impact on an individual's physical and emotional well-being. For many years, therapists and...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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Navigating Triggers: Tools for Coping and Healing
Introduction Trauma can cast long shadows, and for many survivors, triggers are a part of the landscape. Triggers are external or...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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Embodied Harmony: Ignite Healing with These 5 Sensory Somatic Practices
Five Somatic Experiencing exercises that you can practice to help release tension, regulate the nervous system, and promote healing:...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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Mindfully Manage Your Emotions with the AEDP Change Triangle ~ Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
We often get confused or overwhelmed when we have intense emotions, or we just flat out don't want to feel or experience any negative...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Sep 2, 20222 min read
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Self-Care for PTSD - Supporting Yourself Between Therapy Sessions
Anyone suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder knows how debilitating and uncomfortable it can be. While seeking professional help...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 20, 20212 min read
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What does being mindful even mean?
Sometimes the term mindful can throw us of. Here I try to explain it simply for you. I tend to overcomplicate this question. Â So let me...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 13, 20191 min read
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Mindful parenting and our garden
The analogy of growing a garden in relation to parenting. So I'm in the midst co-facilitating a 6-week mindful parenting group which I'm...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 12, 20192 min read
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Why does meditating make me so angry?
Ever feel frustrated while meditating? You're not the only one. I hear this question often and I won't lie, it's my favourite one to be...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 3, 20192 min read
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My Life is a Dialectic
The power of feeling opposing emotions. When I first started as a clinician, I went training on Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)....

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 3, 20192 min read
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40 Ways to be Mindful Everyday
What I love about mindfulness is that once it becomes a daily practice, it's really hard for you to unlearn it.  The part that makes...

Erin Johnson, MA-RCC
Mar 3, 20192 min read
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