Book

For several years now, I’ve felt a strong inner urge to write about something I so often explain to clients and students during sessions and seminars: the impact of stress on our system, our body, and sometimes even on our entire life.

When I speak about what intense events or situations can do to us, I notice that many people are now quite aware of how these experiences can become traumatic — and how trauma can express itself not only through psychological symptoms, but also physically. What is still far less widely known, however, is how physical discomfort — sometimes very subtle — can continue to exist after events such as birth, a fall, an accident, or surgery. And how this, in turn, can keep the system in a traumatic state.

Because of this ongoing (collective) lack of awareness, there is so much unnecessary suffering. This is a major reason why I feel called to write this book: to bring greater awareness, and because I see again and again how much can sometimes shift through just a single session. And this is especially true for babies and children.

In this book, I therefore focus on how physical discomfort can play a significant role in the development — and persistence — of a high-stress cycle or survival mode, and how the system can become trapped in a traumatic state as a result.

Since last year, I have actually begun writing, and by now I am already well on my way. At the same time, I have experienced how much time it takes to keep this process alive alongside all my other work. And eventually, there will also be the financial costs involved in bringing a book into the world.

And so, in the end, I allowed myself to ask for help…

Would you like to support me in creating more time and space for this book to come into being, by contributing with a donation? My endless gratitude — also, in advance, on behalf of all the babies, children, and adults who may be helped by this work. Perhaps even yourself!