by BRITTANYKRIPPNER | Feb 20, 2026 | Mental Health Education
How Early Relationships Shape Nervous System Safety We often think of safety as something external — a locked door, a steady paycheck, a calm home. But long before we had language for those things, our bodies were already learning a deeper question: Am I safe with...
by BRITTANYKRIPPNER | Feb 17, 2026 | Mental Health Education, Therapy for Anxiety, Therapy for Trauma
Attachment Styles Through the Polyvagal Lens Attachment theory helps us understand why we relate the way we do. The Polyvagal Theory, developed by Stephen Porges, helps us understand what our nervous system is doing underneath it. When we bring these two frameworks...
by BRITTANYKRIPPNER | Feb 6, 2026 | Therapy for Trauma
Why Talk Therapy Alone Isn’t Always Enough for Trauma Healing For many people, talk therapy is the first — and sometimes only — approach they try when healing from trauma. And for good reason. Having a safe, attuned professional witness your story can be profoundly...
by BRITTANYKRIPPNER | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
How Trauma Lives in the Nervous System, Not Just the Mind For decades, trauma has been framed as something that lives primarily in our thoughts: distorted beliefs, painful memories, or unresolved emotions. While the mind absolutely plays a role, this perspective...
by BRITTANYKRIPPNER | Jan 16, 2026 | Therapy for Depression
Depression and the Dorsal Vagal Shutdown: Understanding Emotional Numbness Depression isn’t always loud.Sometimes it doesn’t look like sadness or tears or despair. Sometimes it looks like nothing. No motivation.No spark.No sense of connection—to others, to joy, or...
