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trauma therapist,
empathy teacher,
exploring & sharing how to create the quality of connection where bodies and hearts relax together
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18 days ago

You're Exporting Your Responsibility Onto Me" — A Live Relational Repair
I asked him to be more real with me. He didn't take the bait👇

In this unscripted moment, Mike admits he's been quietly asking Danny to change instead of owning his own pattern — and Danny doesn't take the bait. He hands the responsibility back, warmly, with zero defensiveness. This is what "recovering people-pleaser" work actually sounds like in real time.

Watch the full conversation — "Rooted But Still in Relation: A Live Repair Between Two Teachers" — link in bio. by @dcohenj

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2 months ago

How to Be Direct Without Losing Connection (A Somatic Demo)
My biggest fear about being direct? That it makes me cold. Then I felt this instead. 👇

A live, in-the-body demonstration of the difference between abrasive directness and rooted, warm honesty — the kind of "soft power" that lets you say no without closing your heart.

Watch the full conversation — "Rooted But Still in Relation: A Live Repair Between Two Teachers" — link in bio. by @dcohenj

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2 months ago

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3 months ago

A raw, unedited look inside an active relational simulation. Moving directly from internal tracking into a live role-play, we demonstrate how to navigate a demanding childcare request without falling into the classic traps of defensive withdrawal or people-pleasing. Watch as we model how to become a "resonance body" for each other's experiences, showing how a recovering people-pleaser can stand nonviolently but assertively for their own boundaries without needing to micromanage or perfectly smooth over the other person's discomfort. by @dcohenj

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4 months ago

Standard modern textbooks teach us that human nature is fundamentally rooted in narrow self-interest and calculated getting. In this deep dive, we upend this cynical framing by exploring Charles Eisenstein's notion of “Living in the Gift” and Bill Plotkin’s psychology of soul-level belonging. Watch as we break down how human beings are actually deeply, organically wired to find their highest fulfillment not by transactional trading, but by contributing their unique gifts to the collective whole. by @dcohenj

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4 months ago

When a loved one repeatedly demands your time or energy without checking in, do you find yourself getting instantly tense or judgmental? In this unedited somatic exploration, we look at what Eugene Gendlin called the "felt sense" and the “philosophy of the implicit”—the living shape of an experience before it is articulated. Watch as we slow down, step out of the cognitive mind, and track the internal "automatic no." We reveal how this protective response is often a healthy survival mechanism trying to shield an autonomy that feels threatened, uncovering the hidden "yes" to another need right behind it.
🔗 Watch how this deep somatic mapping led directly into our live relational role-play simulation. Full episode link in bio!
#somaticexperiencing #mindfulness #selfawareness #emotionalintelligence #nervoussystem #eugenegendlin #focusing #boundaries #innerwork #nonviolentcommunication by @dcohenj

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4 months ago

Is it time to upgrade your "Relational Operating System"? 💻🌿

Most of us communicate from a "power-over" paradigm without even realizing it.

When we do, we trigger the body’s survival states—fight, flight, or freeze. In those moments, our capacity for empathy and collaboration goes offline. 🛑

To truly change, we have to move from the theory of connection into the lived competence of it.

In the Art of Communication Level 1, we don’t just learn new words. We practice shifting our internal state so a naturally relaxed inclination can emerge—even when things get "sticky."

The 10-week Journey covers: ✅ Relational Dynamics & Tension ✅ Nervous System Regulation ✅ The Language of Life (Universal Needs)

Join a circle of people practicing a new story—one rooted in connection and care.

🗓 Starts June 23

🔗 Link in bio to register: https://artofcommunication.life/foundations

Registration closes June 15

We’d love to have you with us for this "sacred movement" of rehumanization. ✨ by @dcohenj

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4 months ago

A new culture of care 🌿

What if we normalized a culture where we could meet each other in our rawest moments?

It doesn't have to be the job of a therapist alone. This is the art of relational hygiene.

✨ Foundations starts May 26.
🔗 Link in bio to join the cohort: https://artofcommunication.life/foundations/ by @dcohenj

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6 months ago

Why self-care isn't enough 💊

You can hit every PR or KPI and take every supplement, but without deep relational nourishment, we still suffer. There is simply no substitute for real relation.

Prioritize your relational hygiene.
🚀 Next cohort starts May 26.
🔗 Apply at the link in our bio: https://artofcommunication.life/foundations/ by @dcohenj

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6 months ago

Knowing that we matter ❤️

When we don't feel "felt" by others, our distress is compounded by a "sheath of aloneness."

Learn the skill of "making care explicit" so you can move from isolation to connection.

🌱 Foundations begins May 26.
🔗 Link in bio to apply: https://artofcommunication.life/foundations/ by @dcohenj

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6 months ago