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The Slow and Steady Path to Healing: How to Come Out of Shutdown and Reconnect After Trauma
If you're living in trauma, you may be familiar with shutdown. This is a Polyvagal state where you feel immobilized and disconnected...
Trauma recovery: the Normal & Non-linear process of change
Trauma can leave a deep impact on an individual's mental and emotional well-being. The effects of trauma can manifest in various ways,...
Unstuck: Understanding Trauma & the Autonomic Nervous System
What does it mean to be "unstuck"? And what is the relevance to understanding trauma and the autonomic nervous system? I'll cover what it...
3 signs it's time to stop Trauma Work
If you are getting sucked into dysregulation and immobility and unable to tolerate it, then I recommend...
Don't wait for this before self-regulating
Something that I find frustrating - though understandable - is when people wait for things to be at their worst and then demand to know...
3 Tips to Reduce Fear of Trauma Work
I'm going to share a quick story, then connect it to fear. Then share three quick tips to reduce fear.
Yes, Unstucking can be scary
I was explaining to Annabelle about why she was feeling sudden bursts of intense anger and having impulsive thoughts. I doodled...
Dysregulation can come with Polyvagal safety
As you access more of your safety state, you will probably experience some of your stuck state getting unstuck.
How to know if you are ready for direct trauma work
Is it too far-fetched to say that every traumatized person wants to live a life that is free of a traumatized state?
What you're getting wrong in trauma recovery
Therapists, coaches and "self-healers" ignore one crucial aspect in trauma recovery and it could end up being disastrous and retraumatizing.
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