Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

Teresa Eggleston is a Marriage and Family Therapist with a somatic and holistic focus. She believes we can heal trauma by learning to feel our bodies and connect our hearts and minds again. Teresa lives in Spokane with her partner, four kids, dog and lots of chickens!

On today’s episode, Teresa talks about how she got into the field of therapy and where it has taken her. She shares her thoughts on trauma and how we can move towards a place of healing from the trauma we have experienced. Teresa focuses on somatic healing and gives us good things to think about in regards to healing the whole self. We also talk quite a bit about Domestic Violence and how to help ourselves or someone around us. Another good episode to bring more awareness to DV!

Today we talk about abusive relationships and domestic violence so please know that if you are in a DV situation or know someone who is, there is help. Go to www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233

If you are interested in learning more about Teresa, check out her website www.embodied-psyche.com or find her on Instagram at @embodied.psych or @alchemy.hillyard

Topics Teresa mentions:

* Sound healing and sound baths can help heal the nervous system. Find more HERE

* Domestic Violence awareness is important, especially learning how to be more supportive of those you think might be in a DV situation. Find more information at https://ncadv.org/

* Supporting survivors of DV can be as simple as offering to babysit to give them time to rest

* Change in temperature can help regulate your nervous system

* Journaling is another idea to help get the hard stuff out

* Teresa and her partner have opened a healing center in the Spokane Area called Alchemy Hillyard. You can check out more about it HERE

* Teresa uses the modality Lifespan Integration in her therapy, Audio Visual Entrainment, and BioFeedback

* Teresa recommends the following resources for healing: breathwork, water and finding a healing center and try to get connected with safe people to start healing

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