On Valentines day I was invited to go see a performance at a school. I showed up and realized it wasn’t just a bunch of little kids performing something cute… It was young women performing poetry and monologues bringing awareness to violence to women around the world. While it was a bit of a recalibration to realize the topic was so deep and painful, it was inspiring and eye opening.

The reality is that there are many different kinds of coaches and many different kinds of therapists with innumerable amount of various training backgrounds, so it’s important to inquire about the specifics of each person and what they offer and what their training is.

For psychology purposes, the word "Somatic" encompasses many modalities, orientations and schools of thought.  Somatic refers to the body.  Memories, thoughts and emotions are stored in the body.  When we are telling a story about the past, the body experiences it as if it is happening in the present moment.