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The fawn response: the trauma pattern behind people-pleasing and overgiving.
You cancel your plans because someone else is having a hard day. You replay that text before hitting send, just in case it comes off the...
Amy Cotterill
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Decision Fatigue: Why Your Brain Feels Overloaded and How Somatic Practices Can Help
Feeling drained before you’ve even touched the choices that matter? Discover how nervous system and body-based practices can free up your...
Amy Cotterill
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Why you can’t motivate yourself (and it’s not laziness. Your nervous system might be stuck in Freeze response)
If you’ve been feeling unmotivated, disconnected, or stuck, your nervous system might be trying to protect you. Unmotivated, unable to...
Amy Cotterill
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What is Polyvagal Theory and why it might finally make sense of your stress responses
Learn how polyvagal theory explains stress responses like fight, flight, freeze, and fawn -and how somatic work helps you regulate and move forward.
Amy Cotterill
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Why mindset work alone isn’t enough for change and the somatic tools I use instead
Mindset tools can only take you so far, but if your body’s in survival, change will feel impossible. Here’s how I help clients move forward by working with the nervous system, not against it.
Amy Cotterill
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How to Use Chakras for Balance, Clarity, and Navigating Life’s Challenges
Feeling stuck or unbalanced? Chakras are tools for clarity, confidence, and ease. Learn how to use them to navigate change in everyday life.
Amy Cotterill
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Coaching beyond the mind: how somatic coaching for change uses movement & breath to unlock true transformation
Coaching isn’t just about the mind - your body holds the key to real change. Discover how movement & breath unlock lasting shifts.
Amy Cotterill
3 min read
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Why Millennials Face Career Confusion Today
Millennials face a unique challenge. They must balance the traditional career advice they learned with new expectations for meaningful...
Amy Cotterill
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Redefining Career Success: What It Really Means to Feel Fulfilled at Work
For many of us, success is handed down as a checklist: climb the ladder, earn more, and keep pushing for that next promotion. We’re told thi
Amy Cotterill
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