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by Gillian Maddigan & Bianca Moeschinger

Why Fix Your Body and Not Your Mind? Reconnecting the Two for Growth

Author: Gillian Maddigan

December 2024


When I was first asked this question, it deeply intrigued me. For some time, I had been asking myself: “How did we become so disconnected from the unity of mind and body?”

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by people....

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Breath as a Gateway: Psychosomatic Insights into Balance

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

December 2024


Breathing is our first act of life, the moment we reconcile with gravity and the external world. This primal action is orchestrated by the diaphragm, a vital muscle located in the solar plexus chakra. The diaphragm acts as the body’s bellows,...

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The Psychosomatic Power of Breath and the Diaphragm

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

December 2024


Breathing is much more than a physical act. It’s an intricate process that shapes both our physical and emotional anatomy. The lungs occupy the chest cavity, extending down to the lower ribs. When we breathe in, our thoracic cavity expands in three...

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The Framework of Self: Exploring Identity, Personality, Character, Image, and Ego.

Author: Gillian Maddigan

December 2024


I’ve been mulling over the differences between identity and personality lately. As often happens when I muse, I found myself tumbling down the rabbit hole—grabbing at rising balloons of possibility, only to watch them pop, replaced by new...

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Conception to Adulthood: The Structure of Performance in Psychosomatic Therapy

Author: Gillian Maddigan

December 2024


What makes us who we are? How do our genetics, environment, and choices combine to shape not just our abilities but our physical and emotional patterns? Psychosomatic Therapy offers profound insights into this question, exploring how our mind, body, and...

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Healing into Wholeness: A Journey from the Inside Out

Author: Gillian Maddigan

December 2024


Healing isn’t a linear path but a deep, transformative journey that starts within. It begins with recognition: something is broken, something is weakened. This acknowledgement is the catalyst for a cycle of repair—a process marked by discomfort,...

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"The Face as a Mirror: Uncovering the Story of Your Life"

Author: Gillian Maddigan

October 2024


The face is much more than an expression of who we are—it is an autobiography of our life, a living testament to our experiences, emotions, and interactions with the world. Every feature, line, and expression tells a story. As we navigate life’s...

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"Understanding Psychosomatics: The Mind-Body Connection and Its Role in Healing and Wellbeing"

Author: Gillian Maddigan

October 2024


 

Psychosomatics is the intricate connection and communication between the mind and the body, a dialogue that shapes who we are as human beings. This connection underpins our emotional reactions, physical behaviours, and, ultimately, our experience...

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Dropping into emotions that have been rationalised or buried in the past

Author: Bianca Moeschinger - 11th November 2023


We all have a level of awareness around our emotions, some people more than others. Our first experience of emotions is when we are a child, they come out of us before we even know what is happening. Our tissue is soft, vulnerable and flexible,...

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The 'Art of Being' a therapist

Author: Bianca Moeschinger - 2nd November 2023

Psychosomatic Therapist and Emotional Release Bodyworker Series


There is an art to being a therapist. In the beginning I was unaware of this art. I simply knew I had a way, 'that way' used some of the knowledge that I had gained and a lot of my own...

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Our Layers of Being Human, Psychosomatically Speaking

Author: Gillian Maddigan - 29th March 2023


We, humans, are long-lived complex creatures with many layers to our being and our interactions.

From our physical bodies to our emotional and mental states, we are a culmination of our experiences and the way we have interacted with the...

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What is Psychosomatics, Psychosomatic Therapy or Psychosomatic?

Author:  Bianca Moeschinger - 15th March 2023


What is Psychosomatics?

Psychosomatics is the intricate connection and communication between the mind and the body, a dialogue that shapes who we are as human beings. This connection underpins our emotional reactions, physical behaviours,...

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