HER
INSIGHTS
This is where story and science meet — Posts exploring anxiety, trauma, and nervous system regulation with the healing power of breath, movement, and botanical support. Journal-style musings on intuition, the mother wound, and personal reflections.
These reflections are rooted in lived experience and nervous system wisdom.
Written with care to help you feel seen, supported, and a little less alone.
Oat Staw and Milky Tops - Gentle Nourishment
Oat invites rest, softness, and the kind of slow restoration that can only come from consistent care.
The Psoas Muscle: where Safety Lives In The body
Some women describe feeling vulnerable, as if letting go of this deep muscle might cause them to “fall apart.”
Anxiety and Life Transitions: Mothering Yourself Through Change
We go through life changes because if we didn’t, well we wouldn’t be living.
The Gentle Work of Herbs
Herbs offer more than symptom relief. Many have been used for centuries to calm the nervous system, build resilience, and restore balance — gently and respectfully.
Dandelion — The Wounded Healer
Dandelion reminds us that even what is cast aside can root deep, rise bright, and scatter seeds of healing on the wind.
Thawing from “Freeze Mode” - Escaping depression
Within freeze mode, the hyper-arousal from the fight/flight response remains hidden in the body. To return to homeostasis, one must first navigate back through the fight/flight state.
The Body Knows: How anxiety hides in the Chakras
And when we slow down enough to listen, the body begins to reveal itself.
Balance Isn’t Perfection — It’s a Practice
The verb “balance” means to keep or position something steadily so it doesn’t fall.
Yoga Nidra: A Practice of Deep Rest and Inner Listening
"When you become the witness, the anxiety loses its grip. You remember you are more than the noise—you are the one listening."
Lavender – Calm in Bloom
Lavender is a bloom of soft strength — offering calm not through withdrawal, but through presence.
Passionflower — Soothing Surrender
There’s a quiet magic to Passionflower—like twilight arriving just when your nervous system needs a lullaby.
Chamomile — Inner Peace
Chamomile carries a quiet kind of strength—the kind that doesn’t force but gently invites.
Lemon Balm — The Gentle Embrace of Calm
Lemon balm arrives like a soft whisper — a balm not just for the body, but for the spirit.
Calm Isn’t Always Comfortable (at first)
With all the tools we’re given to “manage anxiety,” it’s easy to feel like we’re failing when they don’t work right away.
