by Steve Haines | May 18, 2023 | Anxiety, Pain, TRE
There is a lot of pain around: In a huge study (Breivik et al 2006) across 15 European countries, 19% of people reported living with moderate to severe pain for more than 6 months. That’s 1 in 5 people in persistent pain states, the majority for many years. Holy moly.... 
by Steve Haines | Oct 19, 2022 | Anxiety
At the beginning of 2022, more than 400,000 children and young people were being treated or waiting to be treated for mental health problems in England – the highest number on record. So I’m pleased that my book, Anxiety is Really Strange was included in a new... 
by Steve Haines | Apr 6, 2022 | Anxiety
Anxiety is most commonly framed as a psychological problem, and helping people with anxiety has traditionally been seen as the territory of mental health professionals. However, through over 20 years of clinical experience as a bodyworker I’ve discovered how safely... 
by Steve Haines | Nov 18, 2020 | Anxiety
Understanding how anxiety is created by our nervous system trying to protect us, and how our fight-or-flight mechanisms can get stuck, can significantly lessen the fear experienced during anxiety attacks. I’m deeply curious about how minds and bodies interact. I am... 
by Steve Haines | May 11, 2020 | Anxiety, Safety
The amount you’re affected by an unprecedented event like this current pandemic depends on your resources and your relationship to health. We all do the best we can, given our history and current circumstances. Many of our responses are rooted in primitive reflexes... by Steve Haines | May 6, 2020 | Anxiety, Embodiment, Pain, Safety, TRE, Webinar Recording
Finding Safety: Trauma and the Body What is trauma? When your physiology is stuck, you are stuck. Trauma can be defined as being stuck in protective reflexes. Dissociation is a protective reflex most people are unaware of. In my experience, most people dissociate most...
