When anxiety or trauma overwhelms your body, it can feel like there's no safe place to turn—even inside yourself. Guided visualization offers a powerful, science-backed way to reconnect with calm. This gentle practice helps you soothe your nervous system, build inner safety, and develop emotional resilience. Whether you're in therapy or exploring self-help tools, guided imagery can be a grounding, healing practice you can return to anytime stress rises or past pain resurfaces.

The issue with jargon is that it becomes common place language that loses it’s meaning over time. Or, in the case of the term “trauma-informed”, everyone adds the tag to their website or Psychology Today profile because it sounds good—even though both the therapist and client might not know what it actually means…

“Never let them see you sweat ,” is what I thought to myself. I could feel the weight of the stressful event clinging to me throughout the afternoon and into the evening, but I carried on—until I couldn’t carry on anymore…