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The Quiet Echo: Healing the Legacy of the Emotionally Immature Parent
As I sit here in my practice on the unceded territories of the Musqeum, Squamish and Tseilwaututh peoples, I am struck by how often my clients experience the "felt-sense" of their struggles. This may be the experience of feeling a tight chest when a boss gives feedback, a sudden "lack of capacity" when a partner asks for more, or a chronic sense of being a "fraud" and "not enough". These feelings trace back to the ancestral and developmental roots of childhood and perhaps eve

Christina Niven
Mar 86 min read


Your Body is Not Broken; It’s Protective: A Clinical Perspective on Healing
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), I often meet clients who arrive in my office feeling exhausted by their own internal reactions. They describe a sudden "hot" flash of anger during a minor disagreement, or desire to “run” after making a mistake in a work meeting, or a "cold" sense of numbness during a family dinner. Most often, they apologize for these reactions, labeling themselves as "dramatic," "unstable," or "broken." If you have ever felt this way, I want to off

Christina Niven
Feb 155 min read
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