When Sleep Feels Impossible: What Your Body Is Really Trying to Tell You
When sleep feels impossible, your body isn’t failing—it’s protecting you. Dr Sadie Laronde shares how sleepless nights often reflect a nervous system stuck in survival, and offers gentle, body-based tools to help you feel safe enough to rest again.
Why You’re Not Exercising—And Why It’s Not Because You’re Lazy
What if exercise didn’t have to be about discipline or guilt? Dr Sadie Laronde invites you to see movement as an act of care—one that honours your nervous system, builds trust with your body, and starts right where you are.
Guided by the Medicine Wheel: A Wholistic Approach to Healing Stress Naturally
Healing stress isn’t just about the mind—it’s about balance across the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Drawing on the Ojibwe Medicine Wheel, Dr Sadie Laronde invites us to reconnect with nature, movement, and the wisdom of our bodies.
Free Your Hips: A Holistic Guide to Healing Hip Pain & Unlocking Mobility
Your hips do more than move you—they hold your stories, your balance, and your freedom. This post explores the deep connection between hip pain, posture, and stored emotion, offering simple ways to release tension, rebuild strength, and move with ease again.
Maybe It Is All in Your Head: How Cranial Bones Affect Your Total Health
What if your chronic headaches or jaw tension weren’t “in your head,” but in how your head moves? This piece explores the link between cranial alignment, nervous system balance, and overall wellbeing—and how gentle, focused care can bring lasting relief.
Healing Trauma Through the Body: A Neuroscience-Based Approach to Empowerment and Restoration
Dr Sadie Laronde invites you to see trauma healing not as fixing yourself, but as reconnecting with your body’s wisdom. Blending neuroscience, somatic tools, and Indigenous teachings, she shares how gentle, body-based practices can calm the nervous system and restore a deep sense of safety and empowerment.
A Good Night’s Sleep: Supporting Rest Through Nervous System Healing
Sleep is more than a nightly routine—it reflects how safe and balanced your nervous system feels. Explore how posture, stress, and simple body-based practices can help your mind and body settle for truly restorative rest.
Finding Your Feet: A Holistic Approach to Foot Health, Function & Form
Our feet do more than carry us—they communicate with the nervous system and influence overall body function. Learn how proper alignment, gentle strengthening, and mindful footwear choices can support foot health and full-body wellness.
Reclaiming Rest: The Radical Healing Power of Napping
Rest is radical, not lazy. This post explores how naps support the nervous system, boost mood, and restore energy, showing that honouring your body’s need for pause is a powerful act of self-care and resistance.
Why Regulating Your Nervous System Isn’t Just About “Calming Down”
Dr Sadie Laronde explains that regulation is a practice, not a goal. Learn how understanding your nervous system and using gentle, body-led tools can help you feel safe, resourced, and free to respond rather than react.
You’re Not Broken—You’re Protecting Yourself: A Nervous System Lens on Healing
Your symptoms are not failures—they are your body’s way of keeping you safe. This piece explores a nervous system perspective on healing, showing how understanding, patience, and somatic practices can guide you toward regulation and resilience.
Healing Is Non-Linear: Embracing the Journey
Dr Sadie Laronde reminds us that healing isn’t about perfection or a set timeline. By honouring setbacks, celebrating small victories, and leaning on supportive communities, we can navigate recovery with patience, compassion, and trust in the process.