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BODYWISDOM


What Somatic Nervous System Regulation Means (And Why So Many People Only Partly Understand It)
10 September 2026 "I understand what happened, but I don't feel any different." I read an article this week by a well-known embodiment coach and entrepreneur, about how she'd been doing 'all the wellbeing rituals' - movement, breath work, journaling, boundary work, gratitude, nervous system regulation - and that her body had still been carrying anger, rage and grief she couldn't think her way through. "My mind understood so much of what was happening," she wrote, "but my body
Fiona Smith
2 days ago


You're Allowed to Be Okay and Not Okay at the Same Time
A somatic therapist and coach on being okay and not okay at the same time - an honest look at what nervous system regulation really means, especially when you're the one living it, as the so-called 'expert'.
Fiona Smith
Aug 9


It’s NOT all in Your Mind – Exploring Somatic Therapy for Chronic Pain & Anxiety
6 May 2024 Science is catching up with what many holistic therapists have known for years – that we simply cannot separate body and mind...
Fiona Smith
May 5, 2024


Defining Trauma – How Trauma Overwhelms our Capacity to Cope...The Body Keeps the Score*
Unrecognised and unsupported trauma gives rise to symptoms and chronic conditions as the body starts to show what the mind hasn't understood
Fiona Smith
Apr 10, 2024


Top 5 Reasons to Detox for Mental & Physical Health
13 October 2023 My introduction to detox was fairly extreme - I had been in northern India for a while, studying yoga with one of...
Fiona Smith
Oct 13, 2023


The Language of Touch: Exploring its Profound Effects in Therapy
8 June 2023 Healthy, nurturing touch is essential for human development and survival. Touch is the first sense that's developed in utero,...
Fiona Smith
Jun 8, 2023
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