When your nervous system needs an off-ramp.
Grounding isn't woo. It's how you tell a body that's convinced it's in danger that, right now, it isn't. The truth is, when anxiety or a trauma response takes the wheel, talking yourself out of it rarely works — your thinking brain is offline. What does work is giving your body something concrete to do.
Kristen put this toolkit together for the moments you need to come back to yourself — at your desk, in the car, in the middle of a panic spiral at 3 a.m. Pick the ones that feel doable, keep them on hand, and practice them when you don't need them so they're there when you do.
5-4-3-2-1 and other senses-based resets
Body cues that say 'you've left the present'
What to reach for at 3 a.m. when nothing works
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Kristen HolmesMA, LPC
Whitefish Bay & virtual
If you look high-functioning on the outside but feel burned out, numb, or stuck in overthinking and people-pleasing, Kristen's work is built for you. She uses EMDR to help adults and teens (15+) process what's keeping them stuck and get their nervous system back to steady — and offers focused EMDR Intensives for people who've done the talking and want to do the moving.
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