sonia | October Sundown Healing Arts Newsletter

When the nervous system is chronically irritated, it transmits sensations more strongly and is more likely to interpret strong sensations as pain.
Protect Your Irritated Nervous System

New book responses at Curious, Healing. Have you read these? Comments welcome!

"The Spell of the Sensuous" by David Abram
"The Art of Healing from Sexual Trauma" by Naomi Ardea - highly recommended

News

"Presence After Trauma", cover unveiled
"Presence After Trauma: Reconcile with Your Self and the World" is very close to complete. After a final editing pass, I'll upload it to LightningSource and order a proof. When everything looks right, I'll make it available for sale, sometime this month. Check the book's web page for updates. TraumaHealed.com/presence-after-trauma/

You can see my updated photo here: TraumaHealed.com

The Art and Labor of Maintenance article
I wrote The Art and Labor of Maintenance for The Recompiler, a feminist technology magazine. If you're curious about my other career as a software engineer, or you wonder how people keep those old systems running, check it out.

Curious, Healing is a blog, and you're welcome to comment there or here about the books. The articles don't have a comment section. You're welcome to comment here or send me email with any thoughts.

If you want the monthly newsletter in your inbox, along with news about my practice, you can subscribe here.