The SOMA Journal
Reflections on healing.
Grounded writing on trauma, the nervous system, and the slow work of becoming.
Burnout & Nervous System
The Overstimulation, Burnout, and Grief Pipeline
Burnout is more than exhaustion. It is a nervous system event — one that often begins with chronic overstimulation long before visible collapse, and reveals layers of grief once...
Attachment & Grief
Things We Don't Talk About in Healing
Sometimes what hurts most is not what we lost, but who we no longer are. Identity change creates a kind of grief that is rarely named — q...
April 8, 2026
Somatics & Nervous System
When Healing Feels Unfamiliar
You want to change. You know what would help. But everything that would move you forward feels strange, heavy, or impossible to start. Th...
March 25, 2026
Complex Trauma
Life After Major Change
Your life has changed, but you do not feel like yourself yet. Major transition is not just an external event — it is a nervous system reo...
March 11, 2026
Somatics & Nervous System
Living with PMOS: The Nervous System, Emotional Load, and Body Trust
PMOS is more than a hormonal condition — it is a lived experience that shapes mood, energy, identity, and the nervous system's sense of s...
February 25, 2026
Nervous System
Body Doubling: Why Tasks Feel Different When Someone Else Is in the Room
Another person's quiet presence can shift the nervous system out of freeze and into action — not through pressure or accountability, but ...
February 11, 2026