Pleasure is a powerful tool

To me, winters are sacred.

It is a time to relax and replenish.

To celebrate last year's accomplishments and prepare for what lies ahead.

I get the wisdom of hindsight and the beauty of foresight all in the darkest season of the year.

What could be more comforting than that?

Laying out ideas, making tomorrow's plans, and checking items off an endless to-do list. 

Raise your hand if you can relate.

We think that by getting it all done, as quickly and efficiently as possible, we are setting ourselves (and our loved ones) up to win, right?

Wrong. 

It's a fairytale. A scam. A backward, hyper-trauma response approach that leaves us decked, depleted, and kinda dead instead.

I realized that trauma relates to every facet of life. It is a core part of how we experience and interacts with the world around us - from our careers to parenting practices to spiritual beliefs or climate change negotiations.

We have no trouble crafting lists and marking our calendars for the less enjoyable things. And when we're done with all that hard work, there's nothing left but a sense of accomplishment—and an empty heart waiting to be filled by new plans on how you can make your life better than ever before!

And the end result?

Our agendas are packed to the brim, but we feel emptier than ever. 

Pleasure is a powerful tool for healing and transforming trauma. The awareness and cultivation of pleasure are fundamental components of understanding how the world works. Coaching responsibly means I am a student learning to safely navigate trauma and pleasure in these tangible ways. 

This is an area I am interested in, processing and beginning to learn. The connection between neurobiology, bliss/excitement levels (yes, linked), and states of survival like fear or rage ad overwhelm--and how they all affect our experience with pleasure!

I am attending this workshop to explore pleasure and its meaning for trauma healing this month. 

Blocks can be discovered by exploring embodied frameworks of knowledge/unawareness about ourselves, so they do not get in your way when navigating future interactions! Our bodies shape who we become in many ways- from communication skills like empathy with others through self-awareness for what is inside ourselves, such as emotions experienced by feelings or physical senses (which may include pain).

When we add pleasure to our to-do list, we pen a love letter to our future selves. We are architecting a new paradigm that will better support and uplift the people in our lives. 

I am passionate about incorporating pleasure into Integration Coaching. Please fill out this form if you would like to book a call and find pleasure in working together. 

Still, the one.