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Antonia Kersting - Holistic Therapist

Supporting YOU to
🌀reconnect to your body
🌀heal trauma
🌀embody your potential

06/06/2026

Hot take: Winter is not just about “resting” 😬

We’ve been sold a version of cyclical living that says winter means turning the lights off and doing absolutely nothing.

But if you look at the land you live on, the earth - our wintering blueprint - isn’t asleep (especially in the southern hemisphere). It’s working.

Winter is the season of decay and root growth. It is the period where nature actively (if slowly) digests what died in autumn and transforms it into the rich, potent soil required for spring’s rebirth. The activity hasn’t stopped; it has just moved underground.

The same happens in our own experience. Of course the cold, shorter days and less sun often leaves us less active and even feeling tired or wanting to cosy up. BUT internally, in our own psychic underground a lot can be happening.

Many people feel very reflective and creative during this time and you might even feel energises or invigorated. Just be gentle with yourself and watch where you direct the energy.

It can be tempting to turn the internal expansion into external projects, goals and activities but this might feel draining as nature’s energy is not yet readily available to support.

Instead, try redirecting that energy toward your roots, not your blossoms. Work in the dark. Dream and vision. Build the foundation. Tend to your inner world with fierce, quiet dedication. Let this void be the fertile ground for your growth in spring. ✨

04/06/2026

Every pattern serves a purpose.

That doesn’t mean it’s healthy. It doesn’t mean it’s conscious. And it definitely doesn’t mean you should keep it.

But if a pattern keeps repeating, there’s a good chance it’s helping you meet a need in some way. And that is worth exploring before trying to just “get rid of” it!

Try reflecting on these questions:

✍️ When did this pattern first become useful? Or How old do I feel when I am repeating this pattern?
✍️ What does this pattern help me avoid feeling?
✍️ What would I have to face if I stopped doing it?
✍️ What does it help me feel? • Safe? • In control? • Connected? • Needed? • Loved? • Certain? • Protected?
Something else?
✍️ What is the cost of keeping this pattern?
✍️ What need is this pattern trying to meet?
✍️ What might be a healthier way of meeting that same need?

Often our most frustrating patterns began as intelligent adaptations.

The goal isn’t to judge them but instead to understand them well enough that we can choose something different.

📌 Save this for your next journaling session and share it with someone who feels stuck in a cycle they’re trying to break.

03/06/2026

So much of what we carry doesn’t belong to us…😮‍💨

Instead it belongs to the people who came before us. Parents. Grandparents. Ancestors.

Often, we take on emotions, behaviours and beliefs that were never ours to carry. Within us and our lives, these burdens turn into heaviness, stuckness and repeating patterns that we just can’t seem to shift.

The truth is that we do this out of love and loyalty to our family.
Out of wanting to make it better for others.
Out of our own need for survival, safety and belonging.

So if you feel like you might be carrying something that doesn’t belong to you, Family Constellations can support you to let it go and return it to where it belongs.

Listen to the whole episode to learn more about how this modality can support you!

Link in bio 🔗

02/06/2026

Your menstrual cycle is the blue print for creating magic ✨

With all the stigma, shame and stories most women hold around their menstrual cycle it’s not surprising that it keeps being forgotten, hidden or ignored. Despite the power it holds.

But the menstrual cycle is a micro-replica of the larger cycles that happen in nature- both on the physical and energetic level:

Birth, Growth, Full Bloom, Harvest, Decay, Death and Rebirth.

And while we often focus on the first 4, the decay, death and rebirth are equally as important. Without the void, without the letting go, the metaphorical death and release, we cannot create the space and foundation for creation.

So if you’re trying to call in more things that you desire, if you want to create something new, if you want to weave magic… you need to first connect with the letting go. With the shedding. The bleed.

Before you can birth the life of your dreams, a new version of yourself, a new project or career- you need to enter the void and surrender all the things you no longer serve you.

That is the original magic. And the blue print for it lives inside your cyclical body.

01/06/2026

Here’s how to find the perfect therapeutic fit for yourself ✨

The SIBAM model (Sensation, Image, Behaviour, Affect and Meaning) can offer a useful lens for understanding where you might naturally process experiences and where you might need additional support.

Of course, no modality works with just one part of the system, but here’s a rough guide:

👤 Sensation (Body sensations- from within the body)
When you struggle to feel, tolerate or make sense of what’s happening in your body.
• Somatic Experiencing
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
• Breathwork

🖼️ Image (Interpretation of the 5 senses- input from outside the body; mental images)
When mental images or external sensations seem difficult to access.
• Art Therapy • Sandplay Therapy • Guided Imagery • Expressive Arts Therapy • Hypnotherapy

🏃 Behaviour (Actions and patterns)
When you find yourself repeating behaviours you know aren’t serving you.
• CBT and ACT
• Motivational Interviewing • Family Constellations • Adventure Therapy • Behavioural Activation

💙 Affect (Emotions and feelings)
When emotions feel overwhelming, inaccessible or difficult to regulate.
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Somatic Therapies
• ACT
• Gestalt Therapy
• Compassion-Focused Therapy

🧠 Meaning (Thoughts, beliefs and interpretations)
When you’re stuck in self-criticism, shame, confusion or trying to make sense of your experience.
• Psychotherapy and Psychology
• Narrative Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

🌳 Working Across Multiple Parts of the System
Some approaches naturally touch several aspects of SIBAM at once:
• Family Constellations
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• EMDR
• Gestalt Therapy
• Somatic Experiencing
• Equine Therapy

The goal isn’t to find the “best” therapy. It’s to find the right support for what needs attention right now.

Which part of SIBAM feels strongest for you? And which part feels hardest to access?

📌 Save this post for future reference and share it with someone who is exploring their healing options.

27/05/2026

If you’re trying to heal from trauma, you need to know this ‼️

Every experience we have moves through this cycle.

A cue or stressor is detected → your brain analyses for danger → your body launches a survival response → you act accordingly → your brain then uses the outcome of that experience to shape future responses.

Trauma occurs when this cycle becomes interrupted or stuck:
• the brain may misread safety as danger
• the body may stay mobilised long after the threat is over
• behaviours that once protected us may no longer serve us
• or we may struggle to accurately receive feedback from our environment and relationships

And an important note: when I use words like “incorrect” or “inappropriate,” I don’t mean your responses were wrong. Trauma responses are often deeply intelligent adaptations to overwhelming experiences but they just may no longer be needed now.

The hopeful part? Because trauma exists in a loop, healing can happen at many different points in the cycle too.

Follow along for part 3 where I explain how different therapeutic modalities work with different parts of the trauma loop (and how to know which modality might be best for you!)

If you want to explore the model more deeply now, I’ve created a free download called “Nervous System First Aid” explaining the loop in more detail — link in bio.

26/05/2026

Trauma isn’t just “stored” in the mind or the body 😅

It’s actually a dynamic loop between the brain, nervous system and body, with each influencing the other.

Different healing modalities work with different parts of that loop, which is why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to healing.

Follow along for part 2 where I break down the loop more deeply, and if you want to learn more now, I’ve created a free download explaining the trauma loop in more detail — link in bio.

21/05/2026

This post is not about “men being bad” or “women being good”. Nor is it an invitation to abandon nuance, discernment or thoughtful conversation.

It’s simply an invitation to notice the systemic patterns that can emerge when women speak about harm. The external conditioning, but also the internal responses many of us have inherited and embodied without even realising.

Sometimes we rush to minimise, defend, question or silence not because we are malicious, but because sitting with another person’s pain can bring us closer to our own. And that can feel deeply uncomfortable.

My hope with this post is not to create more polarity, blame or division, but more reflection. More curiosity. More capacity to stay open-hearted in difficult conversations.

I’d love for this to be an invitation to gently reflect within ourselves:
💭What happens in me when women speak about pain, anger, harm or injustice?
💭And what might become possible if I responded with just a little more openness, warmth and curiosity?

11/05/2026

Sometimes, I can’t help but feel immensely grateful 🥲

So many of us begin our healing journey because something inside us knows there must be more than just surviving.

More than constantly feeling anxious, disconnected, overwhelmed or alone.
More than abandoning ourselves just to get through.

And often, it begins with the quietest voice:
the part of you that knows life doesn’t have to feel this hard.

So you begin searching.
Following the breadcrumbs.
Listening to your body a little more.
Softening.
Remembering yourself piece by piece.

And somewhere along the way, something shifts.

You realise the safety you longed for…
the gentleness…
the protection…
the reassurance…
the love…

Is slowly becoming something you can offer yourself.

Not perfectly. Not all at once.
But steadily.

There’s something deeply profound about growing into the person you once needed.

About becoming the safe place, the steady presence, the loving adult your younger self was waiting for.

And maybe that’s part of healing too: Realising that the rescuer never arrives from outside of us. We become them.

What’s a quality you now embody that your younger self deeply needed? Let me know in the comments 🤍

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