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Discover how to expand your capacity for resilience and emotional regulation with our incredible guest, speaker and award-winning author Elizabeth Stanley, PhD. We discuss how her near-death experience, childhood adversity and a PTSD diagnosis led to the development of a groundbreaking mindfulness-based mind fitness training (MMFT). Liz explains how MMFT is a unique integration of mindfulness practices, warrior traditions and somatic-based trauma therapies to provide practical tools to build resilience and thrive. She offers profound insights into the distinct roles of the "thinking brain" and "survival brain", what the window of tolerance is, and why it's important to understand this optimal zone of mindbody and nervous system functioning. Learn the science behind the window of tolerance to stress arousal and how your life experiences shape your ability to function under pressure. We explore the intergenerational impact of trauma and PTSD, shedding light on cutting-edge research in epigenetics that reveals how parental stress can affect children's development. Liz also shares practical applications of MMFT in military and civilian contexts, and how her NDE informed her about the nature of awareness and identity, and the inclusion of spirit in the mindbody experience. Tune in to uncover how you can build a more resilient version of yourself!Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD. is a professor of security studies with joint appointments in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University. She is the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. MMFT research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, and in Time magazine amongst others. Liz addresses a variety of topics related to resilience, decision-making, political psychology, civil-military relations, military effectiveness and innovation, and international security. Her most well-known books are Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma and Paths to Peace. As a U.S. Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. She's also a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy.elizabeth-stanley.comLiked what you heard? Help us reach more people! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Start Energy Healing Today!Unlock your healing potential with our informative and fun introductory 10 hour LIVE online class in energy healing Our Flagship Training is Setting the Standard in Energy HealingThe next 100 hour EHT-100 Energy Healing Training is open for enrolment! LIVE & online - 12th October - 16th March 2025. Contact Field Dynamics Email us at info@fielddynamicshealing.com fielddynamicshealing.com Thanks for listening!
Lisa is joined by Elizath Stanley, Ph.D, the author of Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma. Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD, is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She is the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. MMFT® research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, and in Time magazine and many other media outlets. An award-winning author and U.S. Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. She's also is a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy.BOOK DESCRIPTION: Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another.This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change.With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
Hey, Sisters. Got trauma? You, too? We've all had some. Question is, have you dealt with yours effectively? Or, have you tried different approaches and modalities to heal from trauma which either don't help or even make matters worse? So many of us tell ourselves that our trauma doesn't "count" because there's always someone with a more tragic tale. This attitude does so much to increase our stress and impede our healing. It can prevent us from getting the help we need. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley gets all of this and so much more. Her book, "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma," was borne of attempting to heal from her own striking stress and trauma. She made it her professional mission to help others "widen the window" within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively, enabling us to activate our resilience and best selves. If you're interested in trauma, stress, and tips for recovery, you don't want to miss this episode. Abby and Julie open the episode discussing Abby's unique tailoring idea for her new jumpsuit. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D. is a professor of security studies with joint appointments in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government. Earlier in her career, she served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in South Korea, Germany, and on peacekeeping deployments to the Balkans, leaving service as a captain. She is the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT), tested through four neuroscience research studies with the U.S. military.
Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University and the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. In 2019, Dr. Stanley published "Widen the Window: Training your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recovering from Trauma" - a highly praised resource known for providing tools to heal and thrive. We are replaying this discussion we shared with Dr. Stanley in early 2022 as a reminder of the power of expanding our windows of tolerance and building resiliency. To check out the original show notes for Elizabeth Stanley's episode, click here! Resources related to Elizabeth Stanley Ph.D.'s Episode Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley's Website "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma" - Purchase "Mindfulness-Based Mind-Fit Training" - Online Courses "Optimizing the Caveman Within Us" - Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley's TedTalk Please join us today! By joining as a Patron premium subscriber, you get a dedicated ad-free feed, deeper dives into select content, and very unique study opportunities. Sponsors who help make these episodes free and available to all – support them to support us! Dipsea is an app that brings you socially responsible sexy stories made by and for those who identify as women. Women often have sexual trauma on top of hurtful cultural messaging around sexuality, sofinding a new product that can safely reconnect you to an important essence of yourself is very positive. Dipsea promotes sexual and sensual health via imagination in a way that is safe, discreet, and respectful. Reconnect to parts of you that might have been neglected, find things you didn't know you were into, or just gain more confidence in the bedroom, whether you have someone with you or not. Check it out totally free using our link – this gives you a full 30 days to explore what they are all about dipseastories.com/tu or just click HERE. Cozy Earth Bedding is made using the finest, premium viscose from highly sustainable bamboo. Their bedding is naturally-temperature-regulating, so you'll sleep comfy all year round. Plus, every Cozy Earth bedding item comes in a beautiful, reusable canvas bag! No gift wrapping is required! Cozy Earth also has a Luxurious LoungewearCollection from their ultra-soft lounge pants, tees, and pajamas for women... to their popular joggers, pullover crews, and hoodies for men -- Cozy Earth loungewear is designed to flatter every body type. And check out their premium plush and waffle bath towels... they'll love those, too. SAVE forty percent NOW on Cozy Earth bedding, loungewear, pajamas, and towels. Go to Cozyearth.com/TU Zocdoc can help you find therapists, psychiatrists, and doctors of all sorts and flavors that your family may need that are close to you, taking new patients, and even taking your insurance. Find the doctor that is right for you, and book an appointment, in person or remotely, that works for your schedule. Go to Zocdoc.com/TU and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. No more excuses not to take care of yourself – check it out and book now, many providers are available within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by, we hope the podcast (and these show notes) offer quality education and insight into interpersonal relationships. An entirely free way to support us is to simply rate and review the podcast on your favorite podcast player, and/or to simply share this episode with someone you think could use the free resources on the show!
Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University and the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. In 2019, Dr. Stanley published "Widen the Window: Training your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recovering from Trauma" - a highly praised resource known for providing tools to heal and thrive. We are replaying this discussion we shared with Dr. Stanley in early 2022 as a reminder of the power of expanding our windows of tolerance and building resiliency. To check out the original show notes for Elizabeth Stanley's episode, click here! Resources related to Elizabeth Stanley Ph.D.'s Episode Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley's Website "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma" - Purchase "Mindfulness-Based Mind-Fit Training" - Online Courses "Optimizing the Caveman Within Us" - Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley's TedTalk Please join us today! By joining as a Patron premium subscriber, you get a dedicated ad-free feed, deeper dives into select content, and very unique study opportunities. Sponsors who help make these episodes free and available to all – support them to support us! Dipsea is an app that brings you socially responsible sexy stories made by and for those who identify as women. Women often have sexual trauma on top of hurtful cultural messaging around sexuality, sofinding a new product that can safely reconnect you to an important essence of yourself is very positive. Dipsea promotes sexual and sensual health via imagination in a way that is safe, discreet, and respectful. Reconnect to parts of you that might have been neglected, find things you didn't know you were into, or just gain more confidence in the bedroom, whether you have someone with you or not. Check it out totally free using our link – this gives you a full 30 days to explore what they are all about dipseastories.com/tu or just click HERE. Cozy Earth Bedding is made using the finest, premium viscose from highly sustainable bamboo. Their bedding is naturally-temperature-regulating, so you'll sleep comfy all year round. Plus, every Cozy Earth bedding item comes in a beautiful, reusable canvas bag! No gift wrapping is required! Cozy Earth also has a Luxurious LoungewearCollection from their ultra-soft lounge pants, tees, and pajamas for women... to their popular joggers, pullover crews, and hoodies for men -- Cozy Earth loungewear is designed to flatter every body type. And check out their premium plush and waffle bath towels... they'll love those, too. SAVE forty percent NOW on Cozy Earth bedding, loungewear, pajamas, and towels. Go to Cozyearth.com/TU Zocdoc can help you find therapists, psychiatrists, and doctors of all sorts and flavors that your family may need that are close to you, taking new patients, and even taking your insurance. Find the doctor that is right for you, and book an appointment, in person or remotely, that works for your schedule. Go to Zocdoc.com/TU and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. No more excuses not to take care of yourself – check it out and book now, many providers are available within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by, we hope the podcast (and these show notes) offer quality education and insight into interpersonal relationships. An entirely free way to support us is to simply rate and review the podcast on your favorite podcast player, and/or to simply share this episode with someone you think could use the free resources on the show!
It's easy to ignore or not notice the impact of stress and trauma on your body, but this can have a devastating impact on you physically emotionally and also on your relationships. Guest Dr. Elizabeth Stanley knows stress reduction - she had developed a program used by the US military called Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training. Co-host Dr. Ann Kelley and Dr. Stanley discuss practical strategies that will help you build resilience, recover from trauma, heal and thrive. Find show notes and more episodes at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode, I am joined with Dr. Elizabeth Stanley. She is the author of the acclaimed book, "Widen the Window." Elizabeth had developed a program used by the US military called Mindfulness -based Mind Fitness Training. She talks about how to widen your window for stress tolerance, how stress and trauma affect the mind and body and how to support and train your brain for resilience. You can connect with her work here: https://elizabeth-stanley.com For Trauma informed Coaching with Monique The Healing Trauma Podcast https://www.thehealingtraumapodcast.com
Liz Stanley is a Georgetown University professor and the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, referred to as MMFT® for short. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is a professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She speaks, teaches, and writes about resilience, political psychology civil-military relations, and international security. She is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace (2009), about the domestic politics of war termination, and the international bestseller Widen the Window (2019), about the neurobiology of stress, trauma, and resilience. Earlier in her career, she served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Asia, Europe, and on two peacekeeping deployments in the Balkans. MMFT has been tested through four neuroscience studies with the U.S. military and taught to many thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments, to help people build their resilience. Liz is a longstanding mindfulness practitioner and a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy. About Liz's newest book Widen the Window “I don't think I have ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing that is simultaneously based on both on the author's own personal experiences and journey into health, as well as on a thorough scientific understanding of the underlying issues about the ways that mind, brain, and body are affected by traumatic stress.” Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score https://elizabeth-stanley.com/ Music by Tim Moor - https://pixabay.com/users/18879564-18879564/ Support the show
From early development to culture - how we process and manage our traumas plays a great role in the way we navigate the world around us. Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley has dedicated years to understanding her own traumatic experiences and extended her knowledge to others through teaching and her creation of the Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®. Follow along as Co-host, Dr. Ann Kelley and Dr. Stanley discuss how stress and trauma actually lie along a continuum, and break down the tools of resilience to help you heal and thrive.
Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma With Dr. Elizabeth StanleyAired Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM ESTIf there is one gift that's emerging from the toll the last two years have taken on us, it's a growing understanding of how unbalanced modern day living has become––the way we've constructed our society, the value we put on doing rather than being, making more money, chasing success, acquiring more possessions, racing to get where we feel we must be by the time we retire so we can then do our being in the security of greater luxury and comfort… We see the distortion reflected in the soaring rates of stress, anxiety, depression, uncertainty and suicide, which were rising dangerously even before the emergence of covid, and will remain a danger to our health and wellbeing long after covid becomes part of our history. So what can we do about it?ELIZABETH A. STANLEY, PHD is a professor of security studies at Georgetown University, an award-winning author and U.S. Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe who holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. A pioneering researcher who knows a lot about chronic stress, anxiety and trauma and has used her personal and professional experience of it to create an effective solution to training your brain and body to thrive during stress and recover from trauma, Elizabeth Stanley joins Sandie this week to talk about her book Widen the Window, which gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive .Connect with Dr. Elizabeth at https://elizabeth-stanley.comVisit the What Is Going OM show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/what-is-going-omConnect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.com#DrElizabethStanley #WidenTheWindow #SandieSedgbeer #LifestyleSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/
Join Mary and her very special guest, Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD. Liz is a professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She speaks, teaches, and writes widely on a variety of topics related to resilience, political psychology, civil-military relations, and international security. She is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive during Stress and Recover from Trauma. She is the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. MMFT® research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, and in Time magazine and many other media outlets. A U.S. Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT. She's also a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy. ON THIS EPISODE WE WILL DISCUSS… - How chronic stress affects the brain and physical body - Why the hustle culture is hurting us all - What is the “window of tolerance” and how to widen it - How to recover from trauma & stress and create resilience - How to gain agency over our emotions - Ways to support yourself when you get triggered - Why finding a sense of “safety” is critical for recovery - Adding the MMFT® method to your emotional toolbox - And more! — SEASON 3: In this 8 part series we will be talking about Feeling To Heal in order to Live Fully Alive --- Liz's Website: https://www.elizabeth-stanley.com Text Me: https://maryhyatt.com/text Follow Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryghyatt/ Full List of Episodes & Show Notes: https://www.maryhyatt.com/show Subscribe to My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/maryhyatt
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another.With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain.
Elizabeth Stanley – Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from TraumaAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 18 March at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 25 March at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTIf ever someone was born to write a book, that person was trauma survivor Elizabeth A Stanley. And the book was Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.And the most important things Elizabeth wants readers to know are: One, she has skin in the game, and two, whatever you have experienced, there is a solution to your suffering.“There's nothing in Widen the Window that I haven't grappled within my own mind and body and no tool or concept I teach that hasn't personally helped me and thousands of other people,” explains Elizabeth. “I've experienced a lot of stress and trauma in my life, from childhood abuse and family alcoholism to rape to military deployments (including a near-death experience after I stopped breathing while deployed in Bosnia), to sexual harassment. For many years, I coped by powering through, compartmentalizing, and denying these experiences. My body bore the burden of that denial, which manifested in a range of physical illnesses, depression, and PTSD. It finally took losing my eyesight to see that there's an easier way.”Widen the Window grew from Elizabeth's own healing journey and from teaching the resilience program she created—Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT®), which has been tested through rigorous neuroscience research and published in top-tier science journals. To date, MMFT research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and many other media outlets. She has also partnered with Sounds True to create an online version of the MMFT course.A professor of security studies at Georgetown University, Elizabeth A Stanley is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.Dr. Elizabeth Stanley joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to share her story and the tools that she has subsequently taught to thousands in high-stress environments, including corporate leaders, first responders, healthcare workers, diplomats, military service-members, and members of Congress. Connect with Elizabeth at https://elizabeth-stanley.com Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#ElizabethStanley #WidenTheWindow #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast
Elizabeth Stanley, PhD is an Associate Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University. She is a military veteran and the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT). This week, Dr. Stanley joins the Fight for Good team for a conversation about her book, “Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.” She shares about the prevalence of PTSD and trauma, our understanding of them, the practical choices people can take to regain some semblance of balance, the essential traits in dealing with stress and trauma, and what she means by “Widen the Window.” ... Connect with Dr. Stanley: https://elizabeth-stanley.com "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma:" http://bit.ly/widenthewindow
This episode is all about stress, trauma and resilience in leadership. We are joined by Georgetown University professor, Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D as we explore the neuroscience of stress and how leaders can develop greater resilience for themselves and the organizations they serve.
Summer is another beautiful soul that Gem has met on Instagram. Last year Gem and Summer had the treat of meeting each other in person at a conference in the Midwest. Summer is a caring and wise listener and teacher and we can’t wait for you to learn from her today.Summer is an Anglican priest, spiritual director, homeschool mom of three, and still madly in love with her high school sweetheart. She comes alive listening to people’s hard and holy stories and setting the table for them to spend time in the Presence of God. Her mission? Sharing tools to help people go from anxious to resting in God.Neuroscience, attachment and spiritual practices – this is where we’re headed today on the Unhurried Living Podcast.Links to the books and resources Summer mentions in this episode:Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi KolberWiden the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma Hardcover by Elizabeth A. Stanley PhDThe Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Dr. Stephen W. PorgesAnatomy of a Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships by Dr. Curt ThompsonMindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Dr. Daniel SiegelEvery Breath We Take: Living in the Presence, Love, and Generosity of God by Dr. Terry WardleJoyful Journey: Listening to Immanuel by Dr. E. James Wilder III, Ms. Anna Kang, Dr. John Loppnow, and Dr. Sungshim LoppnowPDF for Immanuel Journaling by Summer Joy GrossConnect with Summer:Her website http://athirstforgod.com/InstaGram @revsummerjoyFacebook @SummerGross and @ThePresenceProject
Sue Bethanis hosts Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., an award-winning author, veteran, and pathfinder. She is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University, jointly appointed in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department. She speaks, teaches, and publishes widely about resilience, decision-making under stress, civil-military relations, military effectiveness and innovation, and international security. Liz served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Asia, Europe, and on Balkans deployments, leaving service as a captain and created Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, which she’s taught to thousands in high-stress environments. Her book about the neurobiology of resilience, Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive during Stress and Recover from Trauma, is based on her teaching in these high-stress environments. MMFT research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and many other media outlets. She has given several MMFT-related plenary keynotes at major conferences, including the Departments of Defense/Veterans’ Affairs National Suicide Prevention Conference and the International Trauma Conference. She has also presented MMFT research during Congressional testimony and at the White House. Liz and Sue discuss: - How to find resilience and well-being in times of coronavirus - The relationship between stress and trauma - How to train survival brain agency
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. In Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma (Avery Press, 2020), Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice–even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. In Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma (Avery Press, 2020), Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that’s stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice–even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction. Beth Windisch is a national security practitioner. You can tweet her @bethwindisch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In these times of global lockdown as the novel coronavirus sweeps through the world, it’s more important than ever for us to understand how stress impacts us and how we can mitigate its effect on our health. In this conversation with Elizabeth Stanley, Ph.D., we explore the relationship between stress and trauma, the two parts of the brain that are involved in the stress/trauma response and how mindfulness can help us resolve past trauma and mitigate the effects of stress. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D., is associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University, jointly appointed in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department. She speaks, teaches, and writes about resilience, decision-making under stress, enacted systems, civil-military relations, military effectiveness and innovation, and international security. She served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Asia, Europe, and on Balkans deployments, leaving service as a captain and created Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)®, which she’s taught to thousands in high-stress environments.
Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma SHOW GUEST: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. In Widen the Window, Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that’s stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America and how we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice–even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her new book WIDEN THE WINDOW: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.
Today on the Yogahealer podcast, Dr. Gary Kaplan, D.O. joins me to chat about the various impacts of stress and sleep deprivation on the brain and overall health. What you’ll get out of tuning in: What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome What causes brain inflammation and how it impacts our quality of life Why sleep is so crucial for long-term health How Yoga treats pain Why meditation is so effective for sleep and pain disorders Why sleep apnea is so dangerous for your overall health What really causes Lyme disease What is EDS and how does it impact the body on a deeper level Links Mentioned in Episode: Have a conversation The Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine Total Recovery: Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Pain and Depression Epworth Sleepiness Scale Order Cate Stillman's new book "Master of You" Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma by Elizabeth A. Stanley PhD May Cause Happiness: A Gratitude Journal by David Steindl-Rast Show Highlights: Dr. Gary explains how to determine if you have brain inflammation Cate and Dr. Gary discuss what optimal sleep is, and give advice on how to get it. Cate and Dr. Gary rap on the many benefits of meditation for physical and mental health. Dr. Gary spells out the different forms of Lyme Disease and how to treat them. Timestamps: 4:00 - 9:00 Stress and inflammation in the brain 9:00 - 17:00 Optimal sleep and sleep disorders 17:00 - 24:20 Sleep Apnea 25:30 - 29:30 Disease in adolescents and belief systems 29:30 - 36:00 Meditation, processing emotions and gratitude 36:00 - 40:30 The benefits of habits on overall health 40:30 - 46:00 Lyme disease and EDS Favorite Quotes: “Deep sleep is essential because that is when the brain detoxifies” - Dr. Gary “As you start to get sleep deprived (less than 6 hours), after a week of that, your performance level is the same as being drunk” - Dr. Gary “If you wake up feeling behind, there is something wrong, and it’s lifestyle based” - Cate Stillman “Deep sleep and deep meditation have a lot of similar abilities to detoxify the mental and emotional buildup of activities (the thinking and emotions) that get packed into our day.” - Cate Stillman “Our habits are creating the disease” - Cate Stillman “Taking care of ourselves should be our first, second, and third priority, then we are much more effective at everything else we want to do.” - Dr. Gary “Meditation, we can’t start early enough. We should be teaching meditation in grade schools. We should be teaching yoga in the grade schools.” -Dr. Gary “What are our belief systems that are driving our habits? What are our belief systems that are forming our lives? That’s when doing things like meditation where you are really sitting and listening to yourself, you are aware of what is going on that you begin to understand where you can get better.” - Dr. Gary “Meditation is a pain in the ass. Because meditation is sitting and being with what is and not judging it. Sometimes with what is is painful. Fear. It’s about what else is there.” - Dr. Gary “Building these habits, these habits that help us be healthy changes us physiologically. They change our brain, they change our immune system, they change our health.” - Dr. Gary Guest BIO: Gary Kaplan, D.O., is the founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, and author of Total Recovery: A Revolutionary New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression. A pioneer and leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Kaplan is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine. He is board-certified in Medical Acupuncture and has studied and practiced Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Herbal Medicine. In response to growing numbers of patients presenting with heavy metal toxicity, Dr. Kaplan received certification in the science and practice of chelation therapy, by The American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM). A clinical associate professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Kaplan was one of the directors of a $1.7 million NIH grant that funded an educational initiative to incorporate complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine into Georgetown’s medical curriculum. In 2013, Dr. Kaplan was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC). The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS through the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues related to ME/CFS. In 2015 Dr. Kaplan established the Foundation for Total Recovery in order to provide support and find a cure for all who suffer with chronic pain and depression by educating patients, building an online community of patients, doctors and researchers, partnering with leading researchers, academics and innovators, and studying data to find a baseline approach to diagnosing and curing neuroinflammation.
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Every week, we provide you with interviews with top experts in their field to support you in living your most beautiful, inspired and joyful life, with a focus on physical health, wellness, meditation and spirituality and personal empowerment.I'm your host, Kimberly Snyder, founder of Solluna, New York Times best-selling author and nutritionist. I'm so grateful and honored we found each other!I am so excited to have my very special guest, Elizabeth A. Stanley, who is an award-winning author and U.S. Army veteran, an associate professor, the creator of Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training, and a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing.
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