Mind Space Mental Wellness

12/30/2025

You’ve made progress. Life may even look stable. And yet your body still feels on edge.

This post explores why the nervous system does not automatically register safety, how long-term stress and trauma shape this response, and what regulation actually looks like over time.

If your body remains on alert despite external stability, your nervous system may be responding to earlier patterns of stress or trauma. This article explains how safety is experienced physiologically, why the nervous system updates slowly, and what regulation actually looks like over time.

12/10/2025

I wrote a blog post to honor the people whose nervous systems are impacted by the holiday season.

Feeling overstimulated can lead to anxiety, irritability, and exhaustion. Learn what increases overstimulation and what gently helps calm the nervous system.

11/08/2025

Mind Space made the list!

Discover the top 8 holistic anxiety therapists in Boise, ID, offering personalized, mind-body approaches to help you achieve lasting relief and emotional balanc

10/16/2025

Learn five somatic micro-habits you can practice anywhere to regulate your nervous system and ease anxiety. These gentle, body-based tools help you release stress, restore calm, and build resilience one mindful moment at a time.

Learn five somatic micro-habits you can practice anywhere to regulate your nervous system and ease anxiety. These gentle, body-based tools help you release stress, restore calm, and build resilience one mindful moment at a time. Written by Mind Space in Boise, Idaho, this guide blends therapy and ho

09/25/2025

This Saturday, join us at the Thrive Festival. Jenn and I teach at 2pm.

I’m excited to announce that Jenn Crawford of Zen Riot Yoga Studio and I will be collaborating at the Thrive 2025 Community Wellness Festival ! Thrive is one of Boise’s most inspiring wellness gatherings, bringing together teachers, healers, and community members for a weekend of connection, mov...

09/25/2025

Discover why I work with teens and the benefits of therapy for adolescents. Learn how a safe space helps teens express themselves, build coping skills, and navigate life’s challenges.

09/24/2025

Discover how Brainspotting helps release trauma and anxiety by working with the nervous system. Boise therapist shares personal and client impact.

09/10/2025

I believe mental health care should be tailored. Everyone's story is unique, and that’s why I practice with intention, weaving together tools that meet you where you are.

I just wrote a blog about what it really means to be a holistic and integrative therapist. I’d love for you to give it a read.

- Ashley

Discover holistic and integrative mental health therapy in Boise. Evidence-based counseling with MCBT, DBT, Brainspotting, Polyvagal tools, and breathwork.

09/01/2025

Here's a new blog post about our NEW Women's Support Group co-facilitated by Ashley Betz and Jenn Crawford at Zen Riot. We have multiple meeting dates each month.

More info in the blog or signup here: https://momence.com/Zen-Riot-Yoga-%26-Wellness/Women's-Support-Group/120592994
**Look for the SHOW MORE DATES button to see all meeting times.

Join Radical Regulation’s women’s support group in Boise, co-founded by Ashley Betz of Mind Space and Jenn Crawford of Zen Riot. Hosted in the Zen Den at Zen Riot, this supportive container offers a somatic yoga approach to connection and nervous system regulation. Choose the support you need—...

08/21/2025

Healing doesn’t happen in just one direction.
You can talk it through and still feel it in your body. You can release tension in your body and still feel stuck in your thoughts. True healing happens when your mind and body work together. In my latest blog, I share how top-down and bottom-up approaches — like Talk Therapy & Brainspotting — create lasting change.

Have you ever noticed that even when you understand why you feel the way you do, your body doesn’t always get the message? Maybe you’ve told yourself, “I know I’m safe now” — yet your heart still races when something reminds you of the past. Or maybe you’ve worked through your anxiety ...

08/15/2025

NEW Blog Post & Announcement about Kosmik Mind: Kundalini + Cacao Ceremony.

Clients were learning the tools, but still feeling stuck in their bodies. That’s what led me to Kundalini Yoga—a breath-based practice that supports nervous system regulation naturally. In this post, I share why I added it to my practice, how it blends with my therapy work, and what our new Kosm...

08/05/2025

NEW Blog post about group therapy!

Join our 4-week Anxiety Management Group—a supportive, therapist-led space for adults in Idaho to explore mind-body tools, breathwork, and Polyvagal-informed strategies for nervous system regulation and anxiety relief. Heal in community and feel more grounded, calm, and connected.