Tuning In: February 2024

Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website.

Last month I finished a year long practicum in bring Somatic Transformation into the community. After completing Basic, Advanced, planning and attending an ST retreat, and this most recent practicum, I've been immersed in the ST community and learning from Sharon Stanley. for almost 6 years. 

As members of my cohort and I sat in a bar in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, we asked each other what's next? My friend, Chris, came up with the idea of starting a Somatic Transformation book club to read the books Sharon has recommended to us over the years. 

We are starting with Why Does Patriarchy Persist? by Carol Gilligan & Naomi Snider. 

I'm thinking about next steps in training. I have an interest in Internal Family Systems and other somatic trauma treatments. 

Hood Canal, Seabeck, Washington

Upcoming Events:

• ​February is Black History Month
• Valentine's Day is February 14th 
  
• President's Day is February 19th

 
Facilitating: 

• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Rare Chronic Illness  Support Group, Monday February 5th, 2024 at 4pm PST
• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Thyroid Eye Disease Support Group, Monday February 5th, 2024 at 6pm PST
• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Cystinosis Support Group, Tuesday February 20th, 2024 at 4pm PST​
• Center for Chronic Illness - Supporting Loved Ones of Those Living with Thyroid Eye Disease Web-Based Support Group, Tuesday February 20th, 2024 at 6pm PST​​​

Attending:

• Joy Harjo: A Conversation with the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate at Town Hall Seattle, Tuesday February 27th, 2024 at 7:30pm 

Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washington

Somatic Transformation Book Club: 

​What I'm Reading Related for Therapy: Why Does Patriarchy Persist? by Carol Gilligan & Naomi Snider 

"The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many―despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this? What is it about patriarchy that seems to make it so resilient and resistant to change? Undoubtedly it endures in part because some people benefit from the unequal advantages it confers. But is that enough to explain its stubborn persistence?" 

What I'm Reading for Fun: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
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"Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you’ve got the worst group of hostages in the world."

​(I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) 

Vintage Art: ​

Vintage Scooter Valentine

Encouragement: The work of a lifetime is moving through our protections to learn who we truly are and then letting our authenticity guide us on our journey. 

​Quote: "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston