Shame has a particular texture. It's not just guilt about something you did. it's a belief about who you are.
And it thrives in exactly one condition: silence.
When we don't name shame, it grows. It shapes how we move through the world, who we let close, what we allow ourselves to want. It tells us we're the exception. that other people can be messy and imperfect and still okay, but we cannot.
Paige's training in shame-informed care shapes almost everything that happens in the therapy room. Because underneath so much of what brings people in. anxiety, burnout, difficulty asking for help. there is usually shame doing its quiet, corrosive work.
You don't have to be doing it wrong to deserve support. You just have to be human.
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05/21/2026
Most people know stress is mental. Fewer realize how much of it lives in the body.
Tight jaw. Held breath. Shoulders braced for impact even when nothing is happening. A restlessness you can't quite explain. A tiredness that sleep doesn't fix.
These are your body's stress responses. not personal flaws, not laziness, not overreacting. They're patterns that developed because at some point, staying alert and contracted kept you safe.
Somatic tools work by giving your nervous system a different experience. not by telling it to relax, but by gently, slowly showing it that it's okay to let go.
This carousel shares 4 body-based practices to help you start releasing what's been stored.
They're small. They're simple. And they're a lot more powerful than they look.
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05/14/2026
This one is for the people who measure their day by what they got done.
Who feel a quiet guilt when they rest. Who have a hard time sitting still without justifying it. Who find it easier to help everyone else than to ask for a single thing.
Your worth was never in your output. It was never in how efficient you are, how much you hold together, how rarely you need anything.
You are allowed to take up space simply by being here.
That's not a productivity tip. It's not a mindset hack. It's something that needs to be felt in the body. and that's work. Real work. The kind therapy is actually for.
If self-compassion feels harder than it should, you're not alone. And you don't have to figure it out by yourself.
Free 15-minute consultation with Paige at anotherchapter.ca. virtual sessions available across BC.
05/07/2026
Grief doesn't follow a script.
Sometimes it shows up as tears. Sometimes as anger that feels bigger than the situation. Sometimes as a completely inappropriate laugh at a funeral. Sometimes as nothing at all. a numbness that worries you more than the sadness would.
All of it is grief. All of it is normal. And none of it has a timeline.
One of the things that complicates grief is the pressure to do it right. to be sad but not too sad, to move on but not too quickly, to feel whatever you're supposed to feel in the order you're supposed to feel it.
But grief doesn't work that way. It works in waves, in spirals, in silences. It comes back when you thought you were done with it. It asks to be felt, not managed.
If you're in a complicated season of loss and not sure what you're feeling or why. that's okay. You don't have to have it figured out to reach out.
Free 15-minute consultation at anotherchapter.ca
There's a reason you can know, intellectually, that you're safe. and still feel terrified.
Trauma doesn't live where logic does. It lives in the body. In the part of your brain that was shaped by survival, not reason. When something in your environment echoes what happened before, that part of your brain doesn't wait for you to think it through. it acts.
That's not you being dramatic. That's not weakness. That's your nervous system doing exactly what it was built to do.
Understanding this changed how I work with trauma. and it changes how clients experience themselves. When you know that your reaction is a biological response, not a character flaw, something shifts.
If you've been hard on yourself for the way your body responds to things, this one's for you.
Free 15-minute consultation at anotherchapter.ca. in-person in Kelowna, virtual throughout BC.
04/23/2026
Talk therapy is powerful. But some of what we carry doesn't live in our thoughts. it lives in the tension in our shoulders, the tightness in our chest, the way we brace before walking into a room.
Somatic experiencing works with the body, not just the mind. It helps your nervous system complete what it started. so instead of endlessly processing the same stories, you begin to actually feel different.
This carousel walks through 4 body-based practices you can use right now to resource your nervous system and create a little more room to breathe.
Start where you are. That's always enough.
Book a free 15-minute consultation with Paige at anotherchapter.ca
04/16/2026
Self-compassion isn’t weakness... it’s strength. Treating yourself kindly helps your nervous system feel safe again. 🌿
04/09/2026
Anxiety can look like constant worry or it can show up as restlessness, avoidance, or even exhaustion. 🌿 You are not alone in these patterns, and there are ways to soften their hold. ✨
Trauma isn’t just in your past, it can live in your body and shape how you respond today. 🌿 Awareness is the first step toward healing. 💙
03/30/2026
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