WHAT DO WE DO WHEN OUR BODY NO LONGER FEELS LIKE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE?
Chronic illness, pain, trauma, grief, and prolonged stress can leave us feeling disconnected from our bodies. For many people, their body stops feeling like home.
I know this experience personally. For years, I lived with chronic pain, serious illness, and fatigue without realizing how deeply disconnected I had become from my own body.
Today I work as a somatic practicitioner specializing in nervous system regulation for people navigating chronic illness, pain, burnout, and nervous system dysregulation.
My work is grounded in the science of the autonomic nervous system and focuses on helping people better understand what their body is doing, why it may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsafe, and how to begin building a different relationship to it.
Above all, I want to help people befriend their body again - especially after comfort, trust, or safety has been taken away, or perhaps never existed at all.
No two nervous systems are the same. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach, I aim to bring warmth, curiosity, and evidence-informed tools to help you find what genuinely supports your system.
what is tre?
Tension and Trauma Release Exercises are one of the cornerstones I use to help people regulate their nervous system and begin to feel at home in their body again. Regardless of the reason someone has ended up in a persistent state of fight-or-flight or shutdown, one of the primary physical manifestations of that is tension in the body. TRE is a simple practice that unravels this tension and can have a variety of other positive effects. My philosophy when it comes to nervous system regulation practices is that if you find the right tools, you can weave them into the fabric of your life and recovery doesn’t have to feel like a chore.
FROM PEOPLE I’VE WORKED WITH…
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Morgan F
“When I first started working with Nate, it felt like I was drowning in symptoms and no one had any answers for me. Perhaps the worst part was the crippling fatigue - a small amount of exercise or a busy day, and I’d be laid flat for multiple days in a row. It’s interesting to think about this now, less than a year later, when all that fatigue is gone. Nate somehow manages to combine deep empathy and optimism that things can get better without any of the toxic positivity I’ve found in so many other places.”
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Nate E
“During my first session with Nate I gradually felt access to parts of my body I haven’t felt engaged for years! The healing process didn’t stop there, but it was a huge first step in understanding what part of the problem really was. Since working with him a few times I have been equipped with tools to heal myself and I couldn’t imagine life without these techniques now!”
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Katie J
“I took expensive swim lessons from the ages of 4-12 and I never got it. I couldn't ever dive or swim like the other kids. After our last session I decided to go in the pool to cool off and I was able to do things with my body in the water that I hadn’t before. I began doing laps around the pool and I cried with a smile on my face. I have been trying to swim for so long and I think since I was so relaxed and not forcing anything, the water became my friend. It was wild.”
