“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.”

Bessel A. van der Kolk

“The state of our nervous system forms the foundation of our experience of the world – understanding and regulating it is the key to healing.”

Stephen Porges

“Trauma is the hidden architect of our societies. When we understand and integrate it, we can unlock incredible human potential.”

Thomas Hübl

“The spontaneous movement in all of us is toward connection, health, and aliveness. No matter how withdrawn and isolated we have become, or how serious the trauma we have experienced, on the deepest level, just as a plant spontaneously moves toward sunlight, there is in each of us an impulse moving toward connection and healing.”​

Laurence Heller