The Work in Practice
What becomes possible
Christina came to me while her husband was in the final stages of a chronic illness. A mother, a professional, a caretaker — holding a lot on her own. She had started using sugar to cope. She didn't know how to shift it.
We began where we always begin — with what was present in the body. As we worked, something older surfaced: her relationship with a critical mother, and the emotional imprint of growing up in that dynamic.
We stayed with it gently. Her system began to shift as we worked with what she was holding and created a different internal experience of safety.
A few days later: "I haven't thought about — or craved — sugar for several days now. How weird is that?"
Weeks later she placed one small piece of candy in a bowl on her counter. Not to eat it — as a reminder of how far she'd come.
Elena came months after an injury that had left her system shaken — tension, migraines, memory issues, low mood. After one session, her migraines eased significantly. She slept deeply for the first time in months.
A couple of weeks later she brought up something she hadn't shared before. Years ago, during a medical procedure, she hadn't felt safe. That experience had stayed in her body long after.
In session it surfaced while we were working near an area that still held tension. We paused and stayed with what was present. I explained that energetic imprints from difficult experiences can remain in the body — and that with permission, they can be released.
She paused and said:
I smiled. "Sometimes it is. But it doesn't require forgiveness. It simply asks: do you want to keep carrying this? If not, we can let it go."
She said, absolutely.
That week she felt effervescent. Her creativity began returning. A month later — the scar that had always brought the memory back with it was fading.