What is Neuroplasticity? 

Neuro = brain. Think neurons, neuroscience, and the nervous system. 

Plasticity = moldable, like plastic. 

Neuroplasticity = The brain can change!

In "emergency-mode", the brain and nervous system responds as if there is a constant life-threatening situation - like if you were running from a tiger 24-hours a day. Poof! Chronic illness. Years later, you've tried every treatment and nothing has worked. Why? Because you haven't trained your brain to function differently.

Yay! Neuroplasticity will teach you the tools of balance needed to heal your mind, regulate your nervous system, and heal physiology, always with an enormous emphasis on fun, play and individuality.

Incorporating practical neuroscience, neuro-linguistic programming, cognitive behavioral therapy, Internal Family Systems (parts work), attachment theory, positive psychology and more for a "top-down" approach (thought-based). As well as neutralizing the unconscious trauma patterns and belief systems using somatic experiencing and nervous system regulation for a "bottom-up" approach (body-based). *I adamantly believe you do not need to relive trauma in order to heal it. Healing trauma can be easy and FUN!

Why "Fun and Play"?

Scientists have found that we learn ten times faster when we incorporate fun and play. WHOA!

When you're retraining your brain, you're creating new neural pathways, and essentially, learning new habits and skills. So applying fun is not only going to supercharge your healing, but suddenly the process of healing has just become the best party you could ever imagine!

When you're stuck in "emergency mode", you get used to surviving off of C.A.N. (cortisol, adrenaline, and norepinephrine) chemistry just to function, digging you deeper into a fight/flight/freeze state. To heal, the brain and body needs to learn that it's safe to feel good and to function using D.O.S.E. (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins). Fun and play are skills, and Yay! Neuroplasticity will teach you how!

At The School for Extraordinary Weirdos (2023 group play coaching), you will learn the skill of play, fun and joy in a way that feels safe to your nervous system. Sign up for the waitlist below or book a private coaching session to get started today!

Recovery is transformation; it's about the journey not the destination. Transformation/recovery/healing is a complete sense of wholeness and well-being. It's is a deep and profound connection to all things, yourself included. Recovery is self-empowerment, agency, and stepping into your expansive potential - knowing that anything is possible because you create your reality. Recovery is believing in your own resiliency and capacity, and your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviors reflect that. You embrace the messiness of life and view humanity itself as a spiritual experience. Recovery is knowing that you are at home wherever you go as home is within yourself. You wake up each day knowing that you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Your brain and nervous system are at peace, and symptoms are no longer present. Are you ready to transform?