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What Is Intuitive Guidance?

Intuitive Guidance is a transformative process that invites you to release old wounds, reintegrate lost parts, and reconnect with your true self.

It holds to the premise that the body keeps the score. Simply put, what we don't or can't process manifests over time as illness, injury, psychological blocks, and stress. The good news is that by turning our attention inward, calming the nervous system, connecting with the body, and allowing it to express what has been held, release and healing naturally begin…

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Release Shame And Express Your Sexuality

Release shame and express your sexuality. Even just writing those words fills me with a sense of, well, shame.

There is an embarrassment that comes when you begin to contemplate who you are and what you want, both in and out of the bedroom. We seem conditioned to pull away from anything more than standard, vanilla, socially acceptable expressions of the self.

There is a narrative, born of tradition, education, religion, and media, that seems to suggest it is okay to like and do and be one set of things, but not others…

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Do I Need Therapy? Yes, Everyone Needs Therapy… Even You!

The simple answer is yes, you need therapy. But so do I, as well as everyone else. Everyone needs therapy. Asking yourself the question, ‘Do I need therapy?’ is one of the first steps towards a life of peace, purpose, and meaning. It is also one of the first steps towards acknowledging and accepting how fucked up the world is and in turn how such a world is impacting us.

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Hypersexuality After Abuse

One of the least discussed of the patterns we carry is hypersexuality after abuse, especially when it arises from the fawn response, a lesser-known trauma reaction. When fight, flight, or freeze aren't options, some individuals learn to appease. This coping strategy, often developed during or after abuse or neglect, can manifest later in life as hypersexual behaviour. While often misunderstood or judged, hypersexuality in this context is not about desire, it's about survival - at least on one level.

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A Moment Of Darkness Is The Opportunity For Light

What would happen if you were to make a practice of habitually injecting positivity into the darkest moment of your day? What if you believed and acted as if a moment of darkness is the opportunity for light?

What if instead of turning to scrolling social media, picking up the bottle, or doing any number of other less than ideal coping strategies, you instead reframed your thinking and actions towards your own long term good?

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