One of the first lessons in brain retraining programs like DNRS is deceptively simple: stop obsessing about your symptoms. Every time you scan your body for discomfort, react to a new uncomfortable sensation, or spiral into "what does this mean," you're reinforcing the exact neural pathways that keep you stuck in illness. This makes sense to most people pretty quickly, at least in theory. But the brain naturally gravitates toward whatever feels most pressing or unresolved, so

There is a word that doesn't get talked about nearly enough in the world of brain retraining: attunement. At its core, attunement is the state of being in harmony with, or responsive to, someone or something. In relationships, it is the ability to sense another person's emotions, validate their inner world, and adjust your own responses accordingly — ultimately making them feel seen and understood. It is the experience of feeling felt. When someone is attuned to you, they are

We had such a lovely discussion in one of my Recovering Together classes that I felt moved to turn the conversation into a blog and share it with a wider audience. We were discussing the balance between living life and working on healing. The idea of truly integrating the tools into your life, so that they become part of your life was brought up. And that to do this, we often need to change the "why" underneath using our tools, and shift from focusing on trying to fix ourselv