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10/19/2026

“Just take a deep breath.”

We've all heard it. And sometimes, it really does help.

But what happens when it doesn't?

For some people, focusing on their breathing can feel uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or overwhelming.

And that's worth paying attention to.

Breathwork isn't one-size-fits-all. What feels settling for one person might not feel supportive for someone else.

In trauma-informed practice, the question isn't simply which breathing technique to use.

It's also whether that practice feels appropriate for the person, in that moment.

Sometimes that means noticing the breath.

Sometimes it means leaving the breath alone.

And sometimes it means offering another option entirely.

**The goal isn't to force calm. It's to make room for choice.**

For practitioners interested in exploring breathwork through a more nuanced, trauma-informed lens, learn more about The Embody Lab's Breathwork & Movement Therapy Certificate through the link in our bio.

**Have you ever been told to “just breathe” when that wasn't actually what you needed?**

10/18/2026

What might a somatic practitioner notice that goes beyond the words someone says?

A change in breathing.

A shift in posture.

A moment of stillness.

A change in the pace of a conversation.

Or what someone begins to notice in their own body when they have the space to pay attention.

But here's an important distinction:

**Noticing isn't the same as knowing.**

A practitioner can't determine what someone is feeling simply by observing their breathing, posture, or movement.

The work involves curiosity, context, collaboration, and listening to the person's own experience.

Because the body can be part of the conversation without becoming something we need to decode.

For therapists, counselors, coaches, and helping professionals interested in deepening their understanding of body-centered approaches, explore The Embody Lab's Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate.

🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.

**Practitioners, we're curious: What's one thing your training has taught you to pay closer attention to?**

10/17/2026

You can have the BEST time with your friends and still be thinking about how good it's going to feel to get home. 😂

You laughed. You caught up. You genuinely enjoyed yourself.

And now?

You would also genuinely enjoy taking your shoes off and not having another conversation for the rest of the night.

It doesn't mean you didn't have fun.

It doesn't mean you're antisocial.

Sometimes you can enjoy connection and still be ready for a little space.

**Okay, which friend are you?**

🏠 The first one ready to leave

😂 The one convincing everyone to stay for one more hour

👀 The one who quietly disappears when it's time to go

Tag the friend who always wants to leave first.

10/16/2026

“Everything happens for a reason.”

“At least they're no longer suffering.”

“Stay strong.”

Most of us have heard these words. Some of us have said them.

Usually, they come from a place of wanting to help.

Because when someone we care about is grieving, it can be incredibly difficult to know what to say.

We want to ease their pain. We want to offer comfort. We want to make things a little less unbearable.

But grief isn't something we can talk someone out of.

And sometimes, the words we reach for can unintentionally make someone feel like they need to find a positive meaning in their loss before they're ready.

What might support look like instead?

It might sound like:

💬 “I'm so sorry.”

💬 “I'm here if you want to talk.”

💬 “Would it help if I brought dinner this week?”

And sometimes, it looks like sitting with someone without trying to fill the silence.

There isn't one perfect thing to say to every grieving person.

But there is something powerful about being willing to listen, acknowledge their experience, and remain present.

**For practitioners, learning to support grief with greater depth and sensitivity is an essential part of the work.**

The Embody Lab's Integrative Grief Counseling Certificate explores grief through neuroscience, somatic practice, therapeutic dialogue, ritual, and relational healing.

The live program runs November 3–December 17, 2026.

🔗 Explore the certificate through the link in our bio.

💬 What's something someone said or did that genuinely helped you feel supported during a difficult time? Share only if you're comfortable.

10/16/2026

Avoidance gets talked about like it's always something to overcome.

But it's not quite that simple.

Sometimes we pull away because something isn't right for us.

Sometimes because we don't feel ready.

Sometimes because something is unfamiliar, uncertain or vulnerable.

Sometimes because we've learned to expect a particular outcome.

And sometimes we need more information before we know what the response is about.

Discomfort can give us information without automatically giving us instructions.

That means we don't necessarily have to push through every impulse to step back.

And we don't necessarily have to treat every impulse to step back as a stop sign.

Sometimes the first step is simply noticing:
What am I responding to here?

What do you think:
Have we become too quick to label avoidance as something that needs to be “worked through”?

10/15/2026

Not every loss has a funeral.

We grieve people, yes.

But we also grieve relationships.
Health.
Homes.
Communities.
Versions of ourselves.
Childhoods we didn’t get to have.
Futures we thought were certain.

Some losses are publicly recognized.

Others are carried quietly.

That doesn’t make them less real.

This Sunday, October 18, join Dr. Scott Lyons, Megan Devine, and Dr. Albert Wong for a FREE 90-minute live preview of The Embody Lab’s Integrative Grief Counseling Certificate.

We’ll explore grief beyond stages, timelines, and the pressure to “move on,” and look at what changes when we understand grief as something that can live in the body, nervous system, relationships, identity, and meaning.

Sunday, October 18
2:00–3:30 PM ET
Live online · Free to attend

Reserve your spot through the link in bio.

10/15/2026

There is cancelling plans.

And then there is the entirely different experience of someone else cancelling the plans you were secretly hoping would get cancelled.

No awkward message to send.

No decision to make.

No guilt spiral about whether you should still go.

Your evening has simply been returned to you. 😂

We're conducting more extremely serious research:

What's another weirdly specific kind of relief?

The meeting ending early?

Realizing tomorrow is a holiday?

Finding out everyone else also forgot the thing?

👇 Give us yours.

10/14/2026

We've gotten very good at asking:
How do I calm down?

Sometimes that's exactly what we need.

But calm isn't the only state a body is supposed to experience.

We get excited. Angry. Alert. energized. Nervous. Curious. Restless. Focused.

Our internal state changes because we're responding to a changing world.

And not every increase in energy, emotion or sensation automatically means we've become “dysregulated.”

Sometimes there's another question worth asking before trying to change what you're feeling:
What is my body responding to right now?

Maybe the response needs support.

Maybe it needs action.

Maybe it needs time.

Maybe it doesn't need anything at all.

Not every sensation has to become another thing to fix.

Has “calming down” ever felt more like an expectation than something you actually needed?

10/13/2026

There are two kinds of people.

And then there are those of us who somehow switch sides depending on the day. 😂

Reading the menu before you even leave the house?

Getting to the airport early enough to watch the previous flight leave?

Rehearsing a phone call before pressing dial?

None of this is a personality test. We’re not diagnosing you based on your airport arrival time. Promise.

We’re just fascinated by the oddly specific ways humans move through everyday life.

So, for completely unscientific research:
Are you mostly A, mostly B, or somehow both?

And more importantly, which slide called you out the most? 👇

10/11/2026

Your body can have some very strong opinions about extremely ordinary situations.

A text that says “can we talk?”

Someone saying your name when you weren't expecting it.

Those three little typing dots.

Walking into a room when everyone else is already sitting down.

Nothing necessarily happened.

And yet your body has already joined the group chat.

😂

So we're curious:
What's your weirdly specific one?

Not the biggest thing that stresses you out.

The oddly specific, completely ordinary thing that gets an immediate reaction from your body.

👇 Tell us in the comments.

And we're serious: we may use the best answers for Part 2.

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