Resources and Reflections
from Peace by Piece Therapy
Why Your Nervous System Might Not Want a New Year’s Resolution
Every January we’re told to fix ourselves- to set resolutions, push harder, and become “better”. But for many nervous systems, this pressure creates more stress, shame, and disconnection. What if this year wasn’t about forcing change…but about listening to what your body actually needs? This is an invitation to explore team resolutions or not- and choose a path rooted in compassion, capacity, and self-trust.
Removing the Mask: Who Are You When You’re No Longer Performing?
Exploring the masks we wear and mindful ways to reconnect with the authentic self.
Quieting the Inner Critic: Meeting the Voice Behind the Mask
Mindfulness and creativity tools for softening the inner critic and dropping the mask.
The Dark Season Isn’t Something to Fear: Finding Strength in Shadow Work
Shadow work, grief, and mindfulness practices for healing during darker seasons.
Why Belonging Matters- Fitting In Isn’t the Same as Feeling Safe
Leslie Slemmons write in this blog about exploring the difference between fitting in vs. belonging, how stress and pain affect identity, and grounding practices like yoga, somatic movement, and reflection to help you feel rooted, safe, and authentically yourself.
From Scattered to Steady: Mindful Tools for Growing Inner Calm
Mindful tools and creative practices to move from scattered to steady and grow resilience.
Grounded, Not Just Busy: How Simple Rituals Help You Come Home to Yourself
Simple mindful rituals to regulate, ground, and reconnect with your authentic self.
What People Get Wrong About Inner Child Healing (and What to Do Instead)
Inner child healing isn’t about growing up. It’s about tending to your tender, vulnerable parts with compassion through IFS shadow work, and somatic yoga.
Healing Through Play: Why Your Inner Child Needs Joy, Not Just Shadow Work
Playful healing through mindfulness and creativity — reconnecting with your inner child’s joy.
Why Play is Missing from Modern Yoga- And How Joy Helps You Reclaim Your Whole Self
Discover why play is often missing from modern yoga and how bringing it back can unlock joy, healing, and your whole, authentic self.
What If Feeling Stuck Is Just Your Inner Child Saying, “Hey, Remember Me?”
Inner child healing through mindfulness and creativity to release stuckness and rediscover self.
Is Your Nervous System Silencing Your Voice? How the Vagus Nerve Shapes Self-Expression and Trauma Healing
Ever feel like your voice disappears when you try to speak up? Discover how the vagus nerve shapes self-expression, how trauma blocks your voice, and somatic tools to help you heal and reclaim your true self. Your voice deserves to be heard.
From Shame to Self-Expression: How the Body Holds Back- and How Yoga & Therapy Help You Speak Again
Shame impacts more than your thoughts- it shapes your body and voice. Learn how somatic therapy and yoga help you heal and express your authentic self. (pictured) Women releasing emotion through yoga practice and somatic healing.
When Sadness Hides: Why Repressing Emotions in Therapy Slows Healing
Somatic therapist helping a woman reconnect with her emotions during therapy
Why Mothering Yourself Feels So Hard When You Have Anxiety and Trauma
Struggling to mother yourself? Learn why anxiety, trauma, and nervous system dysregulation make self-care feel impossible- and how healing begins.
Why You Feel So Overwhelmed: Understanding Anxiety, Trauma, and Your Nervous System
Leslie Slemmons, LISW-CP and RYT200, looks at overwhelm and discusses how anxiety and trauma affect your nervous system- and how therapy and somatic practices can help.
Why Grief is Essential in Healing Trauma and Anxiety: How Somatic Yoga, Breathwork, and IFS Therapy Help You Move Through Pain
Leslie Slemmons, LISW-CP, RYT200 explores grief as a sacred part of healing trauma, and through somatic yoga, breathwork, and therapy, women can gently reconnect with their bodies and begin to transform pain into peace.
Mindfulness in Minutes: How Even 60 Seconds Can Shift Your Day (and How to Start Today)
Jessica Hooper, CYT 200, RMT 100, explores how even 60 seconds of mindfulness can create meaningful shifts in your well-being and shares simple steps to start your practice today.