What if the next health revolution isn’t a pill… but a skill?

This question has been living inside me for years, and on December 9th, I’ll have the chance to share it on the Red Rug stage — a TEDx-style event here in Asheville bringing together voices who are rethinking what’s possible in "Embracing the Mess."

For decades we’ve been taught that trauma is something that happens to us — an event, a circumstance, a moment in time.

But what I’ll be sharing from the stage is something far more hopeful:

Trauma isn’t the event.
It’s the way the psyche registers a sudden, distressing, isolative shock.
And when we understand that, we can finally resolve the sensory snapshot at the root — we can interrupt the very process that leads to PTSD and illness.

In just six minutes, I’ll be opening a window into the biology of how we register danger, why some moments imprint and others don’t, and what becomes possible when we know how to guide the body and brain back into safety.

This is what becomes possible when you realize your biology isn’t your fate —it’s something you can shift, with a skill you carry in your own hands.

It’s the message at the heart of the B.R.A.I.N.S. Technique™ — a simple, body-based approach that interrupts the stress-to-illness cycle and restores clarity, calm, and resilience.

And it’s a message I’ve never been more honored to share. If you’re local and want to join, I would love to see you there. If you’re tuning in from afar, I’ll share reflections afterward — including a free one-page guide to the core concept I’ll be teaching on stage.

Here’s to a future where healing isn’t mysterious or unreachable…but in our own hands.