Elizabeth Orrigo on Healing Chronic Pain, Avoiding Toxic Wellness Traps & Working with Your Body

What if you can't remember your trauma clearly, but your body still reacts like it's happening? In this Q&A, Britt Piper, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, explains why remembering isn't the same as recovering, how to care for yourself when painful anniversaries come around, and a simple practice for growing your emotional container. Then she turns to relationships: what's underneath a fear of commitment, and how to move from protectiveness toward openness without forcing it. Because yo...

Sometimes the moment you start to enjoy yourself is the moment you remember what hurts. In this guided somatic practice, Britt Piper, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, gently explores what it's like to let a small, good moment in while grief is still present. You won't be asked to revisit painful memories, produce gratitude, or feel anything in particular. Instead, you'll orient to the room around you, find one detail that feels neutral or a little supportive, and practice letting your atte...

Your grief doesn't have to end before your life can open up. In this personal episode, Britt Piper, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, lets you into the ordinary days underneath a really big announcement. Britt shares how she and her co-parent are choosing to remain a family even as their marriage changes. She talks through the decision to sell the Montana land, and the difference between being capable of something and having the capacity for it right now. She also shares the friendships tha...

Missing someone doesn't automatically mean you belong with them. Anxiety doesn't always mean danger. And exhaustion doesn't always mean you made the wrong choice. In this Q&A episode, Britt Piper, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, helps you build a little more space between what your body is feeling and the story your mind tells you it means. She answers your questions on where to begin if nervous system work is brand new, how to support yourself as an anxious passenger, what actually h...

You know exactly why you react the way you do. You've done the therapy, read the books, and can explain your triggers with real precision. And your body still reacts before any of that knowledge gets a chance to step in. If you've ever said "I know better" and felt your chest tighten anyway, this episode is for you. Britt Piper, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, unpacks why understanding a pattern doesn't always change it. She introduces procedural memory, the body's "memory of how," and ex...