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My husband and I didn’t make it into the finals for the Americas Favorite Couple contest, so I’m back to regular Somatic content. Thank you to everyone that helped us get to #4 though!

It was a lot of fun. And, something almost as exciting happened yesterday…after fighting with Google for almost a year my business listing is finally updated and I’ll show up in searches. If you’ve ever been on my table I would love a review if you haven’t left one already.

Thank you 🙏 🩷

Amber Cook, LMT · 5.0★(9) · Massage therapist 8532 SW St Helens Dr ste 250, Wilsonville, OR 97070

My husband, Logan and I are still in the running America's Favorite Couple 🙏

Here’s a part of the story NOT in our contest profile…the link in my bio 💕

When we met over 18 years ago, we both had very dis-regulated nervous systems. He had been through a short but rough marriage and I was living in fight or flight 24/7 as a single mom with PTSD.

And, the “funny” part was, we both had already been through lots of therapy…and thought we were all healed up and ready for new love 🤣

While we were dating he was so scared to move forward and struggled with depression. I wondered if I had it in me to be in a relationship with someone who was struggling like that…while also raising a pre-teen.

And, I remember early on when he told me, “you’re not thriving, you’re surviving”. I was so offended….cause I was someone who helped others feel better and thrive. How could this be true!?!

But, it was….very true. And, because he loved me and I trusted him, I let him see the truth. And, he saw it before I did.

That was just the beginning. Boy, did life really test us - individually and as a couple!?!

YEARS of ups, downs, and lots of sideways - really piling it onto our already fragile nervous systems.

We both actually broke (I suffered a nervous breakdown and he got a temporary debilitating illness). But our marriage grew stronger because we worked together - lifting each other up into healthier, stronger and more resilient individuals and life buddies.

Healing our nervous systems and growing our connection wasn’t easy and it takes daily commitment to each other and ourselves. But the reward for our hard work is a deep, loving, vulnerable, lifelong connection…everything both of us dreamed about in a romantic partnership.

If this is your dream too, and you haven’t gotten there yet, there is hope. Keep working on yourself and be vulnerable. If the thought of this sets your nervous system on fire with fear though, then nervous system healing is step one.

If we’ve inspired you please help us win this so we can share our love and healing story with more people. The link to vote is in my business bio or you can use the QR code.

Logan and I have made it to the top 10 🎉 Thank you! Please keep voting daily to help us get to the top 5. We’re #7 right now America's Favorite Couple.

Link to vote is in the QR code and in my business bio 🙏🩷

Our daughter Daphne (who turns 15 in a couple days) wants to be a nurse and winning this contest would help us help her accomplish that. Read about it in our contest bio. Link is in the QR code or in my Instagram bio.

Thank you for helping us get here! Keep the votes coming 🙏 .

Meta has blocked me from posting any reels, videos, or the link to vote until after the contest is over. So that’s going to make this even harder for us since we’re just regular people without an influencer following.

Ai doesn’t understand the posts and claims the link is phishing (it is absolutely not)….and of course I can’t get any human help. But, we’re not giving up! This is nothing compared to the hurdles we’ve been through together.

Please help us get to the next round and eventually to #1 in spite of this ridiculous technology hurdle.

The link to vote is in my business bio . Please vote and share 🩷