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Turning Toward & Learning To Self-Soothe
With Rachelle Tersigni
A common way individuals seek to improve their current state is through distraction and avoidance. While both distraction, avoidance and fleeing difficult experiences and emotions have their place, when we rely too heavily on these strategies, we do not learn the skills that allow us to transform the underlying hurts that continue to resurface. As Carl Jung said, 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.' Turning toward yourself in moments of dysregulation, insecurity and fear is a way that we go through instead of around. The only way out, is through. By going through our despair, anguish, our deepest fears and shame, we can cultivate deep self-insight into courageousness that acts as a tether to self-trust. This course will teach you skills to turn toward yourself in difficult moments and build a branch that you can reach for in times of challenge.
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5 Days
1.5k students
4.9 stars
19 min / day
Compassion
English
4.9 (29)
Recent Reviews
Tuija
February 4, 2026
Journey to within with knowledgeable guide was just perfect for my active body and mind. Hopefully I am steadily recovering from long covid.
Narali
December 10, 2025
Thank you so much for this wonderful course.
Laura
January 25, 2025
This course made me aware of The different states of the sympathetic nervous system, and how that system can react or overreact without conscious effort. This was a critical gap in my understanding of how my body reacts to stress. I could feel the exhaustion and other effects after a reaction, but could not control the reaction. The awareness has empowered me to be mindful when I’m feeling a physical response to stress to determine what state I’m in, determine the trigger, and shift my mindset. Thank you for putting this out there so others can learn this valuable practice.
Lisa
January 2, 2025
This course was exactly what I needed. I am so grateful for your valuable teaching Rachelle. Your voice is soothing to listen to and your insights provided me with new ways to connect with myself through the sympathetic, dorsal and ventral systems, by recognising which one I am in and to show compassion towards myself. Thank you so much 🙏💫💗
Danielle
April 4, 2024
What a gift! Thank you so much for offering these practices.
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