Podcasts about somatic experiencing trauma institute

Ronald A. Alexander, PhD, MFT, SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner) is a Creativity and Communication Consultant, and an Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Santa Monica, California. He is the Executive Director of the OpenMind® Training Institute, a leading-edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in core creativity, mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness meditation. For more than forty-four years, Alexander has been a trainer of healthcare professionals in North America, as well as in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Australia. As a Mindfulness and Zen Buddhist practitioner, he specializes in utilizing mindfulness meditation in his professional and corporate work to help people transform their lives by accessing the mind states that open the portal to their core creativity.Alexander is a leading pioneer in the fields of Mindfulness Based Mind-Body Therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind-Body Therapies, Holistic Psychology, and Integrative and Behavioral Medicine. He is a long-time extension faculty member of the UCLA Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Entertainment, a lecturer in the David Geffen School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine Universities. Alexander received his SEP Certificate from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder Colorado. He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He personally trained with Ernest Rossi and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training's seminars in hypnosis and hypno-analysis. He trained with and was certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies.Dr. Ronald Alexander, PhD is a leading Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation. His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal, clinical, and corporate excellence and growth.Alexander's extensive training includes core creativity, conflict management, Gestalt therapy, leadership and organizational development, and vision and strategic planning. He pioneered the early values and vision-based models for current day leadership and professional coaching. He specializes in Mind-Body therapies and has been studying and teaching Mindfulness Meditation, Creative Visualization and Transpersonal Psychology since 1970. Alexander studied with and was influenced by noted leaders in these fields such as Ken Blanchard, Werner Erhard, Warren Bennis, Umberto Materana and Francesco Variela, and was one of the grandfathers of coaching along with Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.To learn more about Dr. Ron and his work, visithttps://ronaldalexander.com

Efu Nyaki, a Trauma Healer. Efu's book, Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing: Ancestral Wisdom from the Snail Clan of Tanzania (Healing Arts Press, November 7, 2023), explains how the author came to develop her system by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy. The journey to healing trauma is not always straightforward. As Efu Nyaki reveals in detail, the healing process is a complex ritual of energy movement on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Born and raised on Mount Kilimanjaro's slopes in Tanzania, East Africa, Efu explains how she came to develop her profoundly successful system for helping people heal trauma by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy. She shares how her journey to become a healer was initiated by her grandfather, who told her the legend of the sacred healing snail of the Nyaki clan. She explains how she discovered Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy and how combining these therapies created a powerful system for releasing cellular memories and healing the intergenerational and collective traumas hidden beneath the surface of suffering. Sharing stories from her healing work around the world, she presents action steps—such as meditations, breathwork, and creating a family tree—that readers can take immediately to regulate their nervous systems, deepen their awareness, and engage the personal healing process. Demonstrating how trauma survivors can transform their suffering into vibrant wholeness, the author shows how healing trauma is the result of bringing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of our lives into an integrated coherence. Interview Questions for Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki: 1.In writing your book, what lead you to choose Somatic experience (SE) as a main modality for trauma resolution? 2. You also came to use Family constellation system therapy ( FCST) as a modality that works symbiotically with SE, how did you get to this conclusion? 3. You have talked about depression as a fairly new and modern disease, can you speak more about this? 4. Is depression influenced by cultural values? 5. In your book you spoke extensively about the orders of love as one of the most important aspect of human life. Can you please say more about it? 6. How do the orders of love influence someone's spirituality? 7. In the chapter that you talked about sexuality, you mentioned that sexuality is part of the trans generation transmission pattern. Please speak a little more about it. 8. How can readers learn more about your trainings? 9. Many people speak of the online sessions or teaching being a difficulty and limited process of healing. In your book you mentioned how this has been possible for you and the process of healing trauma. Please say more about it. 10. Is there anything else that you feel like you wish to speak to that was not exposed enough in your book - May be this will be your in second book. About the Author: Efu Nyaki is a healer born and raised in Tanzania who works internationally facilitating trainings and workshops on trauma healing as well as conducting individual and group sessions on trauma healing both in person and online. The cofounder of AFYA, a women's holistic healing center in Brazil, she is a faculty member at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a professor of Systemic Family Constellations Therapy at the Hellinger Science Institute.

Efu Nyaki, a Trauma Healer. Efu's book, Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing: Ancestral Wisdom from the Snail Clan of Tanzania (Healing Arts Press, November 7, 2023), explains how the author came to develop her system by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy. The journey to healing trauma is not always straightforward. As Efu Nyaki reveals in detail, the healing process is a complex ritual of energy movement on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Born and raised on Mount Kilimanjaro's slopes in Tanzania, East Africa, Efu explains how she came to develop her profoundly successful system for helping people heal trauma by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy. She shares how her journey to become a healer was initiated by her grandfather, who told her the legend of the sacred healing snail of the Nyaki clan. She explains how she discovered Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy and how combining these therapies created a powerful system for releasing cellular memories and healing the intergenerational and collective traumas hidden beneath the surface of suffering. Sharing stories from her healing work around the world, she presents action steps—such as meditations, breathwork, and creating a family tree—that readers can take immediately to regulate their nervous systems, deepen their awareness, and engage the personal healing process. Demonstrating how trauma survivors can transform their suffering into vibrant wholeness, the author shows how healing trauma is the result of bringing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of our lives into an integrated coherence. Interview Questions for Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki: 1.In writing your book, what lead you to choose Somatic experience (SE) as a main modality for trauma resolution? 2. You also came to use Family constellation system therapy ( FCST) as a modality that works symbiotically with SE, how did you get to this conclusion? 3. You have talked about depression as a fairly new and modern disease, can you speak more about this? 4. Is depression influenced by cultural values? 5. In your book you spoke extensively about the orders of love as one of the most important aspect of human life. Can you please say more about it? 6. How do the orders of love influence someone's spirituality? 7. In the chapter that you talked about sexuality, you mentioned that sexuality is part of the trans generation transmission pattern. Please speak a little more about it. 8. How can readers learn more about your trainings? 9. Many people speak of the online sessions or teaching being a difficulty and limited process of healing. In your book you mentioned how this has been possible for you and the process of healing trauma. Please say more about it. 10. Is there anything else that you feel like you wish to speak to that was not exposed enough in your book - May be this will be your in second book. About the Author: Efu Nyaki is a healer born and raised in Tanzania who works internationally facilitating trainings and workshops on trauma healing as well as conducting individual and group sessions on trauma healing both in person and online. The cofounder of AFYA, a women's holistic healing center in Brazil, she is a faculty member at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a professor of Systemic Family Constellations Therapy at the Hellinger Science Institute.

Ronald A. Alexander, PhD, MFT, SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner) is a Creativity and Communication Consultant, and an Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Santa Monica, California. He is the Executive Director of the OpenMind® Training Institute, a leading-edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in core creativity, mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness meditation. For more than forty-four years, Alexander has been a trainer of healthcare professionals in North America, as well as in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Australia. As a Mindfulness and Zen Buddhist practitioner, he specializes in utilizing mindfulness meditation in his professional and corporate work to help people transform their lives by accessing the mind states that open the portal to their core creativity.Alexander is a leading pioneer in the fields of Mindfulness Based Mind-Body Therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind-Body Therapies, Holistic Psychology, and Integrative and Behavioral Medicine. He is a long-time extension faculty member of the UCLA Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Entertainment, a lecturer in the David Geffen School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine Universities. Alexander received his SEP Certificate from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder Colorado. He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He personally trained with Ernest Rossi and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training's seminars in hypnosis and hypno-analysis. He trained with and was certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies.Dr. Ronald Alexander, PhD is a leading Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation. His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal, clinical, and corporate excellence and growth.Alexander's extensive training includes core creativity, conflict management, Gestalt therapy, leadership and organizational development, and vision and strategic planning. He pioneered the early values and vision-based models for current day leadership and professional coaching. He specializes in Mind-Body therapies and has been studying and teaching Mindfulness Meditation, Creative Visualization and Transpersonal Psychology since 1970. Alexander studied with and was influenced by noted leaders in these fields such as Ken Blanchard, Werner Erhard, Warren Bennis, Umberto Materana and Francesco Variela, and was one of the grandfathers of coaching along with Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.To learn more about Dr. Ron and his work, visithttps://ronaldalexander.com

Aujourd'hui dans Cherchez le Garçon je reçois Eric Guenoun, thérapeute psycho-corporel, praticien en Somatic Experiencing, diplômé par le « Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute ». Il a 20 ans d'expérience dans la psychothérapie corporelle et sa vie est un roman (passionnant heureusement le roman, et donc l'homme).En janvier 2024, lors d'un teatcher training en kundalini yoga d'une semaine (très intensive cette semaine passé à Satnam Montmartre), j'ai rencontré Eric, alors le seul homme parmi une trentaine de femmes. Très rapidement je l'ai trouvé passionnant, et assez logiquement je lui ai proposé de passer dans le podcast.Dans cet épisode, Eric raconte une partie de sa vie au Brésil, ses études, ce qu'on attendait de lui, la rencontre avec le monde de la psychologie dans un pays qui la considère de manière différente de la France.On parle aussi de bouddhisme, de chamanisme, de somatic expérience, d'engagement dans son métier et enfin des hommes et de leur rapport à l'introspection (vous me voyez venir et vous avez raison).Merci Eric pour cet échange.Une dédicace toute particulière à Anne Bianchi, à Satnam Montmatre et à tout le Level 2 de janvier 2024 qui se reconnaîtra.Montage épisode par Alice Krief de Les belles Fréquences.Vous pouvez aussi suivre Cherchez le Garçon et Genre de Fille sur Instagram pour pouvoir découvrir d'autres interviews d'hommes et de femmes engagées

Today's conversation is with Pedro Prado. Pedro Prado, PhD, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been instructing Rolfing® SI for over 30 years. He is a member of the Advanced and Movement Faculties of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute®, as well as a Somatic Experiencing Instructor for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. He is a clinical psychologist and a former professor of Somatic Psychology. His signature approach to the work, to which he has devoted his clinical practice and research, explores the bridges among the Structural, Functional and Psychobiological perspectives. Since having become a Rolfer in 1981, Pedro has introduced Rolfing® and nurtured practitioner communities in his native Brazil and elsewhere in the world. He has taught throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Australia.   In our conversation today we talked about Pedro's history and how he came to Rolfing, how Rolfing came to Brazil, his experiences and work in the academic and clinical world, the importance of collective inquiry, exploring new concepts and teaching strategies, the importance of philosophy and science in the field of embodiment and much more. This was another one of those talks that just flew by and it felt like we just barely scratched the surface. Hopefully we will be in more conversations together as Pedro is a beautiful soul with a wealth of information and lived experiences.   You can learn more about Pedro and his library at https://pedroprado.com.br/   If you are enjoying and getting something out of these talks, we'd appreciate it if you would leave a positive review of the podcast and subscribe to it through the platform of your choice. When you do this it really helps other people find us, and we greatly appreciate your support.   You can find more about Andrew at http://andrewrosenstock.com and RolfingInBoston.com   Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

My guest today is Efu Nyaki, a healer born and raised in Tanzania who works internationally facilitating trainings and workshops on trauma healing. I first heard about Efu through my friends, Patricia Petersen and Thérèse Cator who were each members of the inaugural BIPOC-only cohort of Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner trainings. They recently graduated from that multiyear program and I couldn't be more delighted to congratulate them on this tremendously wonderful achievement!

A holistic method for resolving individual and intergenerational trauma• Explains how the author came to develop her system by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy• Shares stories from her healing work around the world, showing how this system can help resolve PTSD, depression, sexual trauma, addiction, and chronic illness• Presents action steps that readers can take immediately to engage the personal healing processThe journey to healing trauma is not always straightforward. As Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki reveals in detail, the healing process is a complex ritual of energy movement on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.Born and raised on Mount Kilimanjaro's slopes in Tanzania, East Africa, Efu explains how she came to develop her profoundly successful system for helping people heal trauma by integrating ancestral tribal wisdom with a fusion of two Western healing systems: Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy. She shares how her journey to become a healer was initiated by her Grandfather, who told her the legend of the sacred healing snail of the Nyaki clan. She explains how she discovered Somatic Experiencing and Systemic Family Constellations Therapy, and how combining these therapies created a powerful system for releasing cellular memories and healing the intergenerational and collective traumas hidden beneath the surface of suffering. Sharing stories from her healing work around the world, she presents action steps, such as meditations, breathwork, or creating a family tree, that readers can take immediately to regulate their nervous systems, deepen their awareness, and engage the personal healing process.Demonstrating how trauma survivors can transform their suffering into vibrant wholeness, the author shows how healing trauma is the result of bringing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of our lives into an integrated coherence.Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki is a healer born and raised in Tanzania who works internationally facilitating trainings and workshops on trauma healing. The co-founder of AFYA, a women's holistic healing center in Brazil, she is a faculty member at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and a Professor of Systemic Family Constellations Therapy at the Hellinger Science Institute. She lives in Brazil.https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/euphrasia-nyakihttps://www.instagram.com/efunyaki/?hl=enhttps://directory.traumahealing.org/practitioner/efu-nyaki/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2790919/advertisement

To learn more about Dr. Ron and his work, visithttps://ronaldalexander.comTo learn more about Dr. Ron's recently released book, Core Creativity: The Mindful Way To Unlock Your Creative Self, visithttps://ronaldalexander.com/core-creativityRonald A. Alexander, PhD, MFT, SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner) is a Creativity and Communication Consultant, and an Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Santa Monica, California. He is the Executive Director of the OpenMind® Training Institute, a leading-edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in core creativity, mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness meditation. For more than forty-four years, Alexander has been a trainer of healthcare professionals in North America, as well as in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Australia. As a Mindfulness and Zen Buddhist practitioner, he specializes in utilizing mindfulness meditation in his professional and corporate work to help people transform their lives by accessing the mind states that open the portal to their core creativity.Alexander is a leading pioneer in the fields of Mindfulness Based Mind-Body Therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind-Body Therapies, Holistic Psychology, and Integrative and Behavioral Medicine. He is a long-time extension faculty member of the UCLA Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Entertainment, a lecturer in the David Geffen School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine Universities. Alexander received his SEP Certificate from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder Colorado. He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He personally trained with Ernest Rossi and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training's seminars in hypnosis and hypno-analysis. He trained with and was certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies.Dr. Ronald Alexander, PhD is a leading Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation. His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal, clinical, and corporate excellence and growth.Alexander's extensive training includes core creativity, conflict management, Gestalt therapy, leadership and organizational development, and vision and strategic planning. He pioneered the early values and vision-based models for current day leadership and professional coaching. He specializes in Mind-Body therapies and has been studying and teaching Mindfulness Meditation, Creative Visualization and Transpersonal Psychology since 1970. Alexander studied with and was influenced by noted leaders in these fields such as Ken Blanchard, Werner Erhard, Warren Bennis, Umberto Materana and Francesco Variela, and was one of the grandfathers of coaching along with Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.

To learn more about Dr. Ron and his work, visithttps://ronaldalexander.comTo learn more about Dr. Ron's recently released book, Core Creativity: The Mindful Way To Unlock Your Creative Self, visithttps://ronaldalexander.com/core-creativityRonald A. Alexander, PhD, MFT, SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner) is a Creativity and Communication Consultant, and an Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private psychotherapy practice working with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Santa Monica, California. He is the Executive Director of the OpenMind® Training Institute, a leading-edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in core creativity, mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness meditation. For more than forty-four years, Alexander has been a trainer of healthcare professionals in North America, as well as in Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and Australia. As a Mindfulness and Zen Buddhist practitioner, he specializes in utilizing mindfulness meditation in his professional and corporate work to help people transform their lives by accessing the mind states that open the portal to their core creativity.Alexander is a leading pioneer in the fields of Mindfulness Based Mind-Body Therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Ericksonian Mind-Body Therapies, Holistic Psychology, and Integrative and Behavioral Medicine. He is a long-time extension faculty member of the UCLA Departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Entertainment, a lecturer in the David Geffen School of Medicine, and an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine Universities. Alexander received his SEP Certificate from the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder Colorado. He consulted with and received treatment from Milton H Erickson MD. He personally trained with Ernest Rossi and Steven Gilligan in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as well as with Daniel P. Brown of the Harvard Medical Cambridge Hospital professional training's seminars in hypnosis and hypno-analysis. He trained with and was certified by the Los Angeles Gestalt Therapy Institute and with Erving and Miriam Polster PhD of the Gestalt Training Center of La Jolla. He also received training and supervision in Contemporary Gestalt and Family Therapies, Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Relational and Object Relations Therapies.Dr. Ronald Alexander, PhD is a leading Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation. His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal, clinical, and corporate excellence and growth.Alexander's extensive training includes core creativity, conflict management, Gestalt therapy, leadership and organizational development, and vision and strategic planning. He pioneered the early values and vision-based models for current day leadership and professional coaching. He specializes in Mind-Body therapies and has been studying and teaching Mindfulness Meditation, Creative Visualization and Transpersonal Psychology since 1970. Alexander studied with and was influenced by noted leaders in these fields such as Ken Blanchard, Werner Erhard, Warren Bennis, Umberto Materana and Francesco Variela, and was one of the grandfathers of coaching along with Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.

This episode with Jonah Jensen will blow you away.  His down-to-earth wisdom coupled with his love of nature bring so much simplicity to the process of stress relief.  Using somatic experiencing to explore the wholeness of life, Jonah connects us with nature in ways that help us see that there is always support available for us.  Learning these skills and teaching them to children will have a dramatic impact on our ability to navigate stress.Jonah Jensen is the founder of Earthways Journeys. His background in trauma work, energy medicine and ancient healing is the well that he draws from to help others. Having graduated from The Colorado School of Energy Studies, The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, and The Southwest Institute of the Healing Arts, as well as direct learning from elders, healers and teachers across the globe, Jonah offers his skill, passion and presence from his connection with the spirit of the natural world.   You can find more about Jonah and his work on his website or on Instagram.Kids Mindfulness Expert Lindsay Miller wants to make your life easier.  She's spent several decades navigating really hard things like infertility, marital conflict, loss, moving, starting businesses, parenting, and managing a chronic illness just to name a few.  Her secret to making it through those experiences with her health and sanity intact is managing her physical, mental and emotional stress levels.  She's passionate about sharing practical tools for reducing stress so that you can use your precious energy to live your best life.  She firmly believes that when we teach kids how to manage stress we open up so many opportunities for them because we help them live from a place of courage instead of fear.  Lindsay has a degree in Child Development, hosts The Stress Nanny Podcast and teaches yoga and mindfulness courses to kids and adults to make regular stress reduction a way of life.  You can find out more about Lindsay on her website or on Instagram.

In this episode, Chris and Deb talk with Jonah Jensen.Jonah is the founder of Earthways Journeys. His background in trauma work, energy medicine, and ancient healing is the well that he draws from to help others. Having graduated from The Colorado School of Energy Studies, The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, and The Southwest Institute of the Healing Arts, as well as direct learning from elders, healers, and teachers across the globe, Jonah offers his skill, passion, and presence from his connection with the spirit of the natural world.Jonah currently guides (private and group) Nature-Based Healing and Trauma Resolution trips in Taos, NM as well as Somatic Experiencing for Trauma Healing through Zoom. In addition, Jonah is currently teaching Depth Mindfulness with a focus on Somatic Wisdom and Biodynamics in the healing process.Listen into all of the goodness he has to share about going to nature for healing and its guiding wisdom.John Muir quote from this episode:“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity, and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers but as fountains of life.” ~ John Muir, 1901Resources from this episode:Get in touch with Jonah -on Instagramat his site, or via email, earthwise10@gmail.comReach out to Chris & Deb - Chris @bucketyourself on InstaDeb @imperfectprogress.me on Instavisit their site gobucketyourself.comGet Deb's book HERE

Zoe Crook is a relationship therapist and coach specializing in relationship issues, anxiety, and trauma. She received her master's degree in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Zoe trained in Somatic Experiencing at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and takes a holistic and integrative approach. Zoe works with individuals and couples in her private practice who are struggling with relationship anxiety and attachment trauma. She helps her clients gain insight into their relationships patterns, resolve conflict, and work through fears around emotional and physical intimacy. Zoe lives in Lisbon, Portugal with her partner and two dogs where she sees clients remotely from around the world.   Topics we cover in this episode: Connecting intimately with self & partner through curiosity Why your relationships will not heal you, but YOU can heal your relationships Getting curious about your partner's inner experience Break the habit of seeking validation from others by trusting yourself If you are interested in learning more, Zoe has an online course that will come out next month on how to get out and stay out of toxic relationships.   CONNECT WITH ZOE Instagram: @zoecrooktherapy CONNECT WITH TISHA Instagram : @beautifullyunwinding Blog: www.beautifullyunwinding.com Click the subscribe button to the BEautifully Unwinding Podcast so you never missed one of these transformational and impactful conversations.  Thank you so much! 

Tuesdays, 9 pm Eastern, 6 pm Pacific: "Leading Edge Love," host Sumati Sparks: This week, her guest is Ariel Giarretto, LMFT, Somatic Sex Educator & senior faculty for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (ArielGiaretto.com). Sumati Sparks, The Open Relationship Coach, (www.SumatiSparks.com) offers coaching sessions via video conferencing, telephone or in person in the San Francisco Bay Area. SUMATI WORKS WITH: • Professional Married Men & Women who have little or no intimacy in their long-term relationship. • Single or Divorced People who do not wish to have another traditional relationship. • Couples who want to successfully open their relationship. • Singles & Couples who don’t know where to find other polyamorous people to meet & date. • Heterosexual as well as Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Intersex & Questioning Persons. COMMON CHALLENGES HER CLIENT'S FACE: • Frustrated and fed up with the loss of vitality that comes from being in a relationship with no intimacy. • Feeling like their partner would never go for it. • Confused, nervous and a little scared about how to open their relationship. • No idea where to meet other polyamorous people to potentially date. • Eager and hopeful but want to do it right. WHAT SHE DOES FOR HER CLIENTS: • Get CLEAR about what they want. • PREPARE to ask their partner for it, then SPEAK THEIR TRUTH. • CREATE the relationship of their wildest dreams. • Have FUN in the process. HOW SUMATI SERVES HER CLIENTS: With her signature program called:   ADDING MORE LOVE, PASSION & JOY!

More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net “The only way forward is through, together” - Nichelle Smith It is February 2021 which in the United States is also Black history month. With humility and respect we do recognize Black history is actually American history. This month serves as a reminder of that history and the contributions Black Americans have made; many of these contributions under challenging and impossible circumstances, and many of them unacknowledged and unappreciated at the time and still today. This is not something we only must do during the month of February, but every month. This week, we wanted to do an encore of a previously released podcast focused on the work of Resmaa Menakem, a healer, author, trauma specialist and podcaster. In this episode Resmaa shares his thoughts and insights about racialization as pedagogy and white body supremacy. In our conversation, we dive into: Key concepts about the impacts of racism on black and brown bodies The concept of white body supremacy as the standard by which all bodies of humanity are measured and why white people must get comfortable with that term How black and brown bodies can be harmed when white people seek validation and comfort from people of color The recent work Resmaa has done with author and speaker Robin DiAngelo about identifying and combating White Fragility How current policies and procedures allow white body supremacy to multiply Why Resmaa believes white people must engage in a longer-term, embodied process of work and self study to transform as individuals to better address the dismantling of white body supremacy Why white people must learn to create their own culture to better hold space for discomfort when discussing race Resmaa's creative ideas about how to leverage technology and other innovative fields to support anti-racism work In this episode: Resmaa Menakem Robin DiAngelo Resmaa Book, My Grandmother's Hands, Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies “Black History Month 2021: The Only Way Forward Is Through, Together” by Nichelle Smith More about Resmaa Manakem: Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; as a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; as a certified Military and Family Life Consultant for the U.S. Armed Forces; as a trauma consultant for the Minneapolis Public Schools; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan. Resmaa studied and trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, as well as with Dr. David Schnarch (author of the bestselling Passionate Marriage) and Bessel van der Kolk, MD (author of the bestselling The Body Keeps the Score). He currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice.

More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net  “The only way forward is through, together”  - Nichelle Smith It is February 2021 which in the United States is also Black history month.   With humility and respect we do recognize Black history is actually American history.  This month serves as a reminder of that history and the contributions Black Americans have made; many of these contributions under challenging and impossible circumstances, and many of them unacknowledged and unappreciated at the time and still today. This is not something we only must do during the month of February, but every month.  This week, we wanted to do an encore of a previously released podcast focused on the work of Resmaa Menakem, a healer, author, trauma specialist and podcaster.  In this episode Resmaa shares his thoughts and insights about racialization as pedagogy and white body supremacy.  In our conversation, we dive into: Key concepts about the impacts of racism on black and brown bodies The concept of white body supremacy as the standard by which all bodies of humanity are measured and why white people must get comfortable with that term How black and brown bodies can be harmed when white people seek validation and comfort from people of color The recent work Resmaa has done with author and speaker Robin DiAngelo about identifying and combating White Fragility       How current policies and procedures allow white body supremacy to multiply  Why Resmaa believes white people must engage in a longer-term, embodied process of work and self study to transform as individuals to better address the dismantling of white body supremacy  Why white people must learn to create their own culture to better hold space for discomfort when discussing race Resmaa’s creative ideas about how to leverage technology and other innovative fields to support anti-racism work In this episode: Resmaa Menakem Robin DiAngelo Resmaa Book, My Grandmother's Hands, Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies “Black History Month 2021: The Only Way Forward Is Through, Together” by Nichelle Smith More about Resmaa Manakem: Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; as a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; as a certified Military and Family Life Consultant for the U.S. Armed Forces; as a trauma consultant for the Minneapolis Public Schools; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan. Resmaa studied and trained at Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, as well as with Dr. David Schnarch (author of the bestselling Passionate Marriage) and Bessel van der Kolk, MD (author of the bestselling The Body Keeps the Score). He currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice.

Carah and I had such a powerful conversation based on the work she does in the world helping women heal from trauma, connect to themselves in a deeper way and live a life of freedom!In this episode:-Trauma and how to resolve trauma to find freedom-Somatic, yogic and energetic practices to reconnect with the wisdom of the body-Carah’s personal story transitioning from 15 years as a therapist, to now starting her own coaching practice called Body Wisdom Coaching-And so much more!About Carah “I obtained my Master of Arts Degree in Professional Counseling and have trained with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and the International Association of Trauma Professionals. As well as trained to become a Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Nidra & Second Degree Reiki Healer. I believe it’s important to integrate body-mind-spirit into my work with you to assist you in finding your way back to your true self and meeting your highest potential, in all areas of your life.” Connect with Carah on IG @Carah.ElizabethYoga teacher….YOU are needed now more than ever. The world is experiencing a collective trauma and this couldn’t be a better time for you to learn about how trauma-informed yoga can help your community.Register for February’s online Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training - https://www.taylorwrayyoga.com/trauma-informed-yttStay in touch and join the free Yoga Teacher Circle facebook group and community! Most YTC episodes are recorded live in the Yoga Teacher Circle FB group where YOU can join the trainings/conversations in real time and ask questions!Find me on Instagram @taylor_wrayyoga

This episode briefly explores Peter A. Levine's self-holding exercises. He is known for his emphasis on self-regulation during the treatment of trauma. Peter A. Levine, PH.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing and the Director of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. He has also worked for NASA as a stress consultant while the Space Shuttle program was being developed. He is the author of the best selling book Waking the Tiger - Healing Trauma. https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/ https://www.ptsd.va.gov/apps/decisionaid/compare.aspx --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xan0/message

  This week's episode is a little bit different. In the past episodes healers have talked about what gives them confidence as healerpreneurs.  There are many ways to build confidence and I wanted to focus this episode on using the body— our lived experiences to build our confidence.  And I couldn't think of a better person to talk about this than asking my very dear friend Victoria Ramos, to be this week's guest.  she has used her body her whole life as fine-tuned instrument, first as a dancer, swimmer, and gymnast.  As an adult, she became a yoga practitioner and  teacher.  She later became highly trained in many different spiritual and body-based therapies, including Somatic Experiencing a modality created by Dr. Peter Levine.  We examine confidence through her lens of Somatic Experiencing, and I asked her if she could lead a somatic-based process to build confidence. It's called, Access Confidence and it's about 15 minutes long, it's in the last 20 minutes of the episode. We will remind you to pause the recording before the Access Confidence guided process begins, don't listen to it while driving. Victoria is a painter and mix-media artist. In the healing arts, she has over 20 years of experience teaching vinyasa-based yoga and as a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing a modality created by Dr. Peter Levine.  In her private practice, she incorporates Shamanic techniques, yoga, psycho-spiritual counseling, Somatic Experiencing and Deep Memory Processing to offer a unique blend of imagery and movement which allows for many levels of expression in her client's therapeutic experience She is certified to teach trauma-sensitive yoga to populations that have experienced overwhelming events in life.  She has studied Jungian Depth Psychology and dreamwork. And she still assists in the Peter Levine training program for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. In her workshops, she weaves shamanic practices, dreamwork, and art to guide you to express the authentic essence of your unique being. I hope you enjoy Victoria's wisdom! Contact victoria: www.victoriaramos.net   Music: New Day by Tokyo Music Walker Stream & Download : https://fanlink.to/tmw_new_day​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0, Tokyo Music Walker: https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 , Produced and Edited by Sharmila Mali

Dr. Chris Walling, PsyD, SEP, C-IAYT has been an active leader in healthcare for nearly two decades. His work integrates the developmental, biological, and somatic aspects of the lifespan. His work in academic medicine has included the administration of multidisciplinary leadership teams in hematology-oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and geriatric psychiatry. He is a Clinical Research Fellow in the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute located at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Dr. Walling is the current President of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy, the hub of somatic psychology. His clinical focus in the behavioral sciences has examined the intersections of neuropsychotherapy, affect regulation, and somatic psychotherapy. Dr. Walling is the former Executive Administrator for the UCLA Longevity Center and Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. He currently serves as the Vice President of Education at the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation where cutting-edge research is conducted in geriatric integrative medicine. Dr. Walling is also a member of the Somatic Experiencing Research Committee at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Walling is a clinical associate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis and a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Carla Carreira is currently completing an M.S. in Sexology and a PhD in Psychology, honing her leadership skills as an assistant for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute practitioner's course in Belgium, evolving her movement theater therapy group classes, and writing a semi-autobiographical novel about intergenerational trauma, grit and resilience in a context of immigration and intercultural experiences. Somatic experiencing practitioner and sex and intimacy coach available for somatic- based therapeutic coaching, sex and intimacy coaching and translation and copywriting services. To schedule a free session go to www.carlacarreira.com Website: www.carlacarreira.com Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/carla-carreira- silver-spring-md/749459 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Carlamarinacarreira Instagram: www.instagram.com/conexion_consciente To schedule a call with me or learn more, go to talksexwithkayla.com

Carla is Currently completing an M.S. in Sexology and a PhD in Psychology, honing her leadership skills as an assistant for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute practitioner’s course in Belgium, evolving her movement theater therapy group classes, growing as a public speaker, and writing a semi-autobiographical novel about intergenerational trauma, grit and resilience in a context of immigration and intercultural experiences in different parts of the globe. She is a world traveler, soulful writer, intuitive spirit dancer and somatic experiencing practitioner and movement therapist Carla is available for somatic experiencing sessions online and in person, as well as other services. For more info go to www.carlacarreira.com

"One of the things I really noticed is that I loved working in communities. Being in the GLBTQ community, how much healing we got by being together. Like how instrumental being able to work in an organization that centered liberation and centered understanding power and centered young people and the multitude of diversity of their experiences. The ways we did that type of work back then have been so informative to my journey in life.""Often we are using different things to manage stress levels.""Depending on your varying degrees of privilege, you're interacting with a cultural schema that is basically, constantly trying to annihilate you, through all of its systems.""That's part of what I learned in trauma work - how important it is to not pathologize any substance abuse or disassociation as some sort of mental health disorder. Rather it's a strategic, incredible sign of resilience and coping with what is dealing with a tremendous amount of stress and threat.""We are in such a phenomenal moment of uncertainty.""The people who have endured marginalization over many years - queers, the POCs, the poor people, the people with larger bodies, the disabled population, there is a pretty epic, almost like, endurance.""It's just a very illuminating moment for what people have a lot of capacity and what people haven't built much capacity at all. People who have built a lot of capacity have only built that because they've had to deal, it has not been a choice. And there's a whole bunch of people have had a lot more choice around that because of their privilege. I think that's really interesting to watch people get disrupted.""We don't usually get the whole story about what's truly happening.""There is a lot of fear in the social nervous system right now.""How do we do micro-moments of just taking a breath, or just getting out for a two minute walk or like connecting for a five minute conversation just to help kind of down regulate our stress a little bit?""Never before in our lifetimes have we had a moment like this, that has been so disruptive, so systemically, globally disruptive.""There's an element of this which we can really make this an opportunity to get a lot clearer on what's important to us - individually.""Reacting is different than listening. And listening asks us to slow down. It asks us to drop in and feel ourselves a little bit. Which I  know is not really, maybe realistic for a whole bunch of people right now.""When trauma happens, it actually usually triggers many of our old traumas.""We're going to be living with this sense of 'is this over?' for a very long time.""There is always a good reason our body won't let us do something.""Feeling ourselves is revolutionary. When we feel ourselves and we allow ourselves to connect with a little bit of the intuition of the body, there is so much there for us."Cat de La Paz episode Portland Outright Brooklyn GojuCenter for Anti-Violence Educationhttp://embodiedliberation.comInstagramFacebookSage Hayes Bio:Sage Hayes (she/he/they) is a somatic practitioner exploring frontiers of embodied liberation. Sage is an anti-racist, trans and queer somatics practitioner with Embodied Liberation and a lead teaching assistant with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. Sage's work integrates biodynamic craniosacral therapy, systemic constellations, evolutionary biology, quantum physics, ecstatic dance, Somatic Experiencing and intuitive wisdom practices. As an educator, a community organizer, a healing arts practitioner, Sage is passionate about creative ways to create conditions for embodied liberation which interrupt and help us heal from the trauma of supremacy, binary thinking and marginalization, in both systems and in bodies. Sage lives on the ancestral lands of the Narragansetts and Wampanoags currently known as Rhode Island with her brilliant partner and travels around the world to support trauma healing. 

In this conversation, we talk about how the coronavirus and social distancing are affecting our work as therapists. We discuss practical details, such as how we use video-conferencing, as well as putting things in a larger context. Dave Berger, MFT, PT, LCMHC, MA, SEP is a senior faculty member of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute […]

“One sick elephant doesn't stop a circus; so figure it out.” More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net On today's episode we speak with Resmaa Menakem, a healer, author, trauma specialist and podcaster. Resmaa shares his thoughts and insights about racialization as pedagogy and white body supremacy. In our conversation, we dive into: Key concepts about the impacts of racism on black and brown bodies The concept of white body supremacy as the standard by which all bodies of humanity are measured and why white people must get comfortable with that term How black and brown bodies can be harmed when white people seek validation and comfort from people of color The recent work Resmaa has done with author and speaker Robin DiAngelo about identifying and combating White Fragility How current policies and procedures allow white body supremacy to multiply Why Resmaa believes white people must engage in a longer-term, embodied process of work and self study to transform as individuals to better address the dismantling of white body supremacy Why white people must learn to create their own culture to better hold space for discomfort when discussing race Resmaa's creative ideas about how to leverage technology and other innovative fields to support anti-racism work In this episode: Resmaa Website: here Robin DiAngelo Website: here Resmaa Book, My Grandmother's Hands, Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies: here More about Resmaa Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; as a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; as a certified Military and Family Life Consultant for the U.S. Armed Forces; as a trauma consultant for the Minneapolis Public Schools; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan. Resmaa studied and trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, as well as with Dr. David Schnarch (author of the bestselling Passionate Marriage) and Bessel van der Kolk, MD (author of the bestselling The Body Keeps the Score). He currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice.

“One sick elephant doesn’t stop a circus; so figure it out.”  More information can be found at www.socialchangeleaders.net  On today’s episode we speak with Resmaa Menakem, a healer, author, trauma specialist and podcaster.  Resmaa shares his thoughts and insights about racialization as pedagogy and white body supremacy.  In our conversation, we dive into: Key concepts about the impacts of racism on black and brown bodies The concept of white body supremacy as the standard by which all bodies of humanity are measured and why white people must get comfortable with that term How black and brown bodies can be harmed when white people seek validation and comfort from people of color The recent work Resmaa has done with author and speaker Robin DiAngelo about identifying and combating White Fragility       How current policies and procedures allow white body supremacy to multiply  Why Resmaa believes white people must engage in a longer-term, embodied process of work and self study to transform as individuals to better address the dismantling of white body supremacy  Why white people must learn to create their own culture to better hold space for discomfort when discussing race Resmaa’s creative ideas about how to leverage technology and other innovative fields to support anti-racism work In this episode: Resmaa Website:  here Robin DiAngelo Website:  here  Resmaa Book, My Grandmother's Hands, Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies: here More about Resmaa Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; as a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; as a certified Military and Family Life Consultant for the U.S. Armed Forces; as a trauma consultant for the Minneapolis Public Schools; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan. Resmaa studied and trained at Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, as well as with Dr. David Schnarch (author of the bestselling Passionate Marriage) and Bessel van der Kolk, MD (author of the bestselling The Body Keeps the Score). He currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice.

Carah is a trauma-informed Psychotherapist with a Master of Arts Degree in Professional Counseling and training with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and the International Association of Trauma Professionals. She has also trained as a Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Nidra and Second Degree Reiki Healer. She believe it’s important to integrate body-mind-spirit into my work with women to assist them in finding their way back to their true selves and meeting their highest potential, in all areas of life. It is her belief that behavior does not define a person, however is a symptom of a deep-seated concern. She is passionate about helping women heal through unearthing and resolving these concerns so that they may grow into their true self and wellness. In this episode, you will learn: The integration of mind-body-soul skills to support the healing journey through trauma Why inner child work and getting to the root of trauma is the key to healing Counseling vs coaching and ending the stigma You can find Carah on Instagram @carah.elizabeth Thanks for joining us on the Think Yourself Healthy Podcast! Don’t forget to leave a review and make sure you share that you’re listening to this episode on the gram and tag myself @nutritionvixen and @thinkyourselfhealthy_ so we can share! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heather-deranja/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heather-deranja/support

If you are as in love with Somatic Experiencing (SE) as I am OR if you hear me talk about it constantly and would like a better idea of what I am speaking about, THIS is the episode for you. It was a privilege to sit down with Dr Abi Blakeslee, a multi faceted individual gifted and well versed in SE trauma therapy and a valued member of the faculty staff of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. Abi is a researcher as well as a therapist and faculty member, teaching SE all over the world. I am lucky to have her as my instructor in Somatic Experiencing training, and this conversation delves into some of my favorite topics including nervous system regulation, simple strategies to begin practicing, orienting to pleasure, and the role of implicit memory in healing trauma and why this can be significant for recovering alcoholics. If you are interested in learning more about why bottom up therapies are effective in healing trauma and overwhelm, I know you will enjoy the calm expertise Abi brings to the table in our conversation. Helpful Links for SE & Abi: Traumahealing.org somatics4healing@yahoo.com www.abiblakeslee.com More about Abi: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is faculty at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. She is additionally Dr. Peter Levine’s legacy faculty at Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee holds a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her dissertation, with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel, generated original research on the role of implicit memory in healing trauma. Dr. Blakeslee integrates SE with clinical research, secondary trauma interventions, and the psychobiological principles of attachment and shock trauma. She treats individuals, couples, children and families in her clinical practice. Dr. Blakeslee teaches and consults world wide. She lives in Bozeman, MT with her husband and enjoys the snow, mountains, and rivers with her three young children.

Trauma is not a life sentence. We are rapidly learning what works to reverse the effects of stored injuries and today we will explore one treatment version of that, called Somatic Experiencing.  First a shout out to a listener who connected us to our guest today, Ali Capurro – thank you! And to everyone else please note that we love these kinds of connections are always open to hear from you on who you think would deepen this conversation of earning security. In This Episode of Therapist Uncensored, co-host Sue Marriott explores Somatic Experiencing with Dr Abi Blakeslee. This interactive deep-dive takes you into the Somatic Experiencing process and provides hope and confirmation that healing trauma is possible through integrated treatment of the brain, the body, and the mind! The Foundations of Somatic Experiencing (SE) Founded by Dr Peter Levine – author of best-selling books “Waking the Tiger- Healing Trauma”, and “In an Unspoken Voice” SE is based on the study of how animals in the wild process and recover from stress and trauma. Focuses on working directly with the nervous system to help people reorganize the non-conscious survival adaptations developed by the sub-cortical or lower brain Definition of Somatic Experiencing the experience of body in the present moment. What SE Looks Like in Practice Present-centered because the healing happens in the here-and-now. It’s a process of following what is is happening in the body and taking a pause from the trauma content to down-regulate the amygdala to a state of safety before moving forward. “The trauma’s not in the event. It’s in the nervous system.” The Nervous System Getting “Unstuck” – Healing Trauma Through Body Awareness Pendulation – Peter Levine defines that as the expansion of contraction of all things moving between expanded States and contracted States. Orienting Exercise The Biological Model of the Threat Response Cycle Wild Animals Versus Humans During Threat Cycle:  Orient – aware of something in environment Defensive Orienting – sense threat Moving Into Social Interaction – Moving Into Fight and Flight – these are active defense responses Increased sympathetic arousal, burst of movements, Moving Into Freeze – passive defense response Heart rate goes into a slow state like for hibernation. Digestion slows down, hello heart rate variability circulation. There’s nothing pumping to the arms and the legs, so everything shifts into this near death state Back to Exploratory Orienting Working With the Nervous System Tracking Sensation – describing sensations happening in the body as they are happening Noticing Movement Patterns – acknowledging the shifts that occur Completion of Defensive Responses – allowing the body to carry out the response desired (runnint, punching, kicking, etc) but VERY SLOWLY Sympathetic Discharge When Coming Out of Freeze or Down From High Sympathetic Charge Impala and the Baboon Video Grounding Exercise Neuroception vs Interoception Neuroception is the lower brain assessment of safety/threat in the environment. Interoception is the awareness of one’s own internal states and can be learned over time. Who is Dr Abi Blakeslee: Dr. Abi Blakeslee is faculty at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. She is additionally Dr. Peter Levine’s legacy faculty at Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee holds a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her dissertation, with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel, generated original research on the role of implicit memory in healing trauma. Dr. Blakeslee integrates SE with clinical research, secondary trauma interventions, and the psychobiological principles of attachment and shock trauma. She treats individuals, couples, children and families in her clinical practice. Dr.

Trauma is not a life sentence. We are rapidly learning what works to reverse the effects of stored injuries and today we will explore one treatment version of that, called Somatic Experiencing.  First a shout out to a listener who connected us to our guest today, Ali Capurro – thank you! And to everyone else please note that we love these kinds of connections are always open to hear from you on who you think would deepen this conversation of earning security. In This Episode of Therapist Uncensored,co-host Sue Marriott explores Somatic Experiencing with Dr Abi Blakeslee. This interactive deep-dive takes you into the Somatic Experiencing process and provides hope and confirmation that healing trauma is possible through integrated treatment of the brain, the body, and the mind! The Foundations of Somatic Experiencing (SE)Founded by Dr Peter Levine – author of best-selling books “Waking the Tiger- Healing Trauma”, and “In an Unspoken Voice” SE is based on the study of how animals in the wild process and recover from stress and trauma. Focuses on working directly with the nervous system to help people reorganize the non-conscious survival adaptations developed by the sub-cortical or lower brain Definition of Somatic Experiencingthe experience of body in the present moment. What SE Looks Like in PracticePresent-centered because the healing happens in the here-and-now. It’s a process of following what is is happening in the body and taking a pause from the trauma content to down-regulate the amygdala to a state of safety before moving forward. “The trauma’s not in the event. It’s in the nervous system.”The Nervous SystemGetting “Unstuck” – Healing Trauma Through Body Awareness Pendulation – Peter Levine defines that as the expansion of contraction of all things moving between expanded States and contracted States. Orienting Exercise The Biological Model of the Threat Response CycleWild Animals Versus Humans During Threat Cycle:  Orient – aware of something in environment Defensive Orienting – sense threat Moving Into Social Interaction – Moving Into Fight and Flight – these are active defense responses Increased sympathetic arousal, burst of movements, Moving Into Freeze – passive defense response Heart rate goes into a slow state like for hibernation. Digestion slows down, hello heart rate variability circulation. There’s nothing pumping to the arms and the legs, so everything shifts into this near death state Back to Exploratory Orienting Working With the Nervous SystemTracking Sensation – describing sensations happening in the body as they are happening Noticing Movement Patterns – acknowledging the shifts that occur Completion of Defensive Responses – allowing the body to carry out the response desired (runnint, punching, kicking, etc) but VERY SLOWLY Sympathetic Discharge When Coming Out of Freeze or Down From High Sympathetic Charge Impala and the Baboon Video (https://youtu.be/UN-9aljzsFg) Grounding Exercise Neuroception vs InteroceptionNeuroception is the lower brain assessment of safety/threat in the environment. Interoception is the awareness of one’s own internal states and can be learned over time. Who is Dr Abi Blakeslee (http://www.abiblakeslee.com/) :Dr. Abi Blakeslee is faculty at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and Foundation for Human Enrichment. She is additionally Dr. Peter Levine’s legacy faculty at Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee holds a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her dissertation, with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel, generated original research on the role of implicit memory in healing trauma. Dr. Blakeslee integrates SE with clinical research, secondary trauma interventions, and the psychobiological principles of attachment Support this podcast

Earth Centered Therapy for Modern Day Growth and Healing Andrea Bell, LCSW joins the EatMoveLive52 Podcast to talk about how nature, even in the midst of an urban environment, can promote healthy personal growth and a healthier planet! Listen to the EatMoveLive52 Podcast Want to get the EatMoveLive52 Podcast delivered to your phone, tablet, or computer automatically? Subscribe to the podcast via your favorite podcasting service using the links at the bottom of the page, and let them take care of the rest!  About Andrea Bell, Ecotherapy, and Somaticwise About Andrea Bell, LCSW The primary focus of Adrea's therapy practice is the treatment of trauma and its aftereffects. Along with Somatic Experiencing, she ncorporates aspects of other therapeutic modalities, including humanistic, behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. Andrea is also an ecotherapist, which means that she supports healing the relationship between nature and humans. She helps people access and experience their love for nature, and how nature supports self-regulation (and feeling good!). She also support people in moving through the grief and pain of eco-anxiety, including engaging in giving back to nature. Andrea serves as an Assistant for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, where she organizes and helps teach SE to clinicians at SE trainings in Los Angeles, Orange County, and internationally. Topics with Andrea Bell You are an MFT  (Marriage and Family Therapist) and SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner), how did you become interested in eco-therapy? Are there any defining experiences, say from your childhood that you think prepared you for this path? Can you share with our listeners what ecotherapy and ecopsychology are? Who practices them and where are their roots? Does eco-therapy involve just being in nature or gardening or conservation? What are the benefits of being in nature? Short term and long term? Both physical and psycho-emotional? Can you speak a bit about eco-anxiety? Why do people often choose to do nothing to help the environment? When we do our part to clean up the environment, how does that help us feel better and impact our health? What does a typical eco-therapy experience look like and feel like? What have you noticed in yourself and others as a result of the practice? If you live in a city, what is the best thing to do to support your health? Will a park do? Or do you have to drive farther so you can be away from noise and pollution? To enjoy the benefits of eco-therapy do you have to be alone, or can you be in a larger group? Do we gain or lose something by being alone or in a group? What activities can people do for the Earth that have the biggest impact on their wellbeing? Roland shares that daily recycling really blends in, while the city clean-up makes him feel great. If people want to know more about you and what you do, where can they find you and what resources do you recommend for the eco-curious?   Andrea Bell, Ecotherapy, and Somaticwise Links and Resources   Find out more about Andrea. Andrea Bell - SomaticWise.net Andrea's Email - Andrea (at) SomaticWise (dot) net Andrea's YouTube Channel Watch Andrea's "Urban Biodiversity Oasis" on YouTube More... Recommended Ecotherapy Book Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind, by Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist Listen to Andy Fisher talk Ecopsychology This conversation is a wide-ranging exploration of the new field of ecopsychology. It includes discussions of how the lived body and Buddhist psychology figure in this field, as well as the radical implications of reconnecting our minds to nature. https://somaticperspectives.com/fisher-andy/ Love the show? Subscribe and Review the EatMoveLive52 Podcast Reviews help spread the word, big time! It only takes a minute to leave a quick review. Just try ten words and see how fast it goes! Oh, and subscribing to the show brings each episode to you and your phone automatically! Subscribe or review on Apple/iTunes Subscribe or review on Podbean Subscribe or review on Stitcher Subscribe or review on Google Play Use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast app Our podcast theme music is "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. Talk soon, Roland & Galina  

Did you know that there are organizations out there that offer holistic healing treatments for Veterans who are suffering from physical as well as mental health challenges? In this episode, we talk to Eva M. Belanger, a decorated captain of the U.S. Air Force, with over nine years of service and wartime deployment. She currently serves as a fully licensed marriage and family therapist out of her own private practice in San Diego and is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit Warriors Live On. Warriors Live On: https://warriorsliveon.org/ Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute: https://traumahealing.org/ Organic Intelligence: https://organicintelligence.org/ San Diego Veterans Coalition: http://sdvetscoalition.org/ San Diego Woman Veterans Network: https://sdwvn.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youroxygenmaskfirst/support

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode I speak with a major thinker and pioneer in the field of trauma and recovery and author of the seminal "Waking The Tiger", Dr. Peter Levine.We talk:- The concept of re-enactment and why it's so important to understand for personal and business relationships- How memory formation works and what we mean by implicit and explicit memory- Why trauma is still so taboo- How Dr.Levine first discovered the natural mechanisms we can use to recover from trauma- What we can do within businesses to acknowlege and benefit from understanding traumaEnjoy!Links:www.traumahealing.com - home of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode I speak with a major thinker and pioneer in the field of trauma and recovery and author of the seminal "Waking The Tiger", Dr. Peter Levine.We talk:- The concept of re-enactment and why it's so important to understand for personal and business relationships- How memory formation works and what we mean by implicit and explicit memory- Why trauma is still so taboo- How Dr.Levine first discovered the natural mechanisms we can use to recover from trauma- What we can do within businesses to acknowlege and benefit from understanding traumaEnjoy!Links:www.traumahealing.com - home of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/In this episode I speak with a major thinker and pioneer in the field of trauma and recovery and author of the seminal "Waking The Tiger", Dr. Peter Levine.We talk:- The concept of re-enactment and why it's so important to understand for personal and business relationships- How memory formation works and what we mean by implicit and explicit memory- Why trauma is still so taboo- How Dr.Levine first discovered the natural mechanisms we can use to recover from trauma- What we can do within businesses to acknowlege and benefit from understanding traumaEnjoy!Links:www.traumahealing.com - home of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute

  Reita Johnston shares her journey of self-love through this practice of Forgiveness as she paid off a ton of debt and set herself to live from a place of Freedom.    This transformed her to become a Life Coach, a Reiki Healer and has studied at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. She guides her clients to this same freedom she has given herself with the act of forgiveness.    During this Episode, Reita Johnston shares her wisdom and experiences of Forgiveness.  You will learn the . . . .    The layers of forgiveness, self, other, and for the things we may not know  How to create safety within the body and environment to be able to invite forgiveness How forgiveness can break generational trauma Most common places forgiveness lives within the body  How to take baby steps within the forgiveness practice  How to not force forgiveness but flow with it  Speaking your truth about trauma and forgiving self How to teach the next generation to give forgiveness    Other things you will lean from Reita is these two key things of healing within forgiveness.    "When you Feel you Heal" "With this Trauma work, You can never go to slow with healing with forgiveness but you can go to fast."    For more information to work with Reita Johnston www.reitajohnston.com   Newsletter for tips and support on healing the past, reaching your goals and stepping into your best life:  offers.reitajohnston.com       Anna Willard invites you to this type of practice with a FitnessForgiveness Challenge Oct 21-28th.     During this Challenge you will receive:    Daily emails with insightful steps towards the flow of forgiveness How to videos on self massage with yoga therapy balls opening you your body and releasing the tension  Body Weight yoga-ish movements to help strength these new found open positions through your body  A Private Facebook Group  for a safe community to voice how we are creating love through forgiveness within our bodies All you need is an open heart, a willing spirit and a peaceful mind. The only equipment you will need is some type of self-massage either a yoga tune up ball or a lacrosse ball or tennis ball.  See you Oct 21-28th!!! Till then enjoy more Episode on this topic of Forgiveness    For more inspiration check out Anna Willard's book Spark Your Youth: A 21-Day Fitspirational to give you hope and the power to believe.    Thank you for joining! Anna Willard is excited to take this journey with you! If you enjoyed what you heard, subscribe to receive future episodes and share your love with a great review and 5 Stars.   To train with Anna Willard with Kettlebells head to www.annawillard.com Let's Get Social  Instagram Facebook LinkedIn YouTube  

If you’re reading this then you’ve probably taken the ACE Survey but if you haven’t then you can download it here. If you even just scored a 1 on the ACE Survey then this article is definitely for you. The higher your ACE score the more likely you are to have health problems as an adult due to what you went through as a child. Additionally, if you feel like you’ve been doing everything right with your diet, exercise, sleep, managing stress levels etc. but you just can’t get well, then you probably haven’t addressed your ACE’s.  This article will give you the tools you need and cover how to heal adverse childhood experiences. In a previous article I discussed the connection between ACE’s and autoimmune disease, more specifically Hashimoto’s disease where I cover some of the best research on ACE’s. This article will focus on all the things you can do to overcome your ACE’s and start feeling the best you’ve ever felt. Let’s jump right in and cover all the different therapies you can do. A large portion of the recommendations and quotes below come from the book, “Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal” by Donna Jackson Nakazawa. I highly recommend you read this book if you have an ACE score of 1 or more. Somatic Experiencing Somatic Experiencing was started by Dr. Peter Levine to help people overcome trauma. According to Dr. Levine, humans have difficulty recovering from trauma compared to animals because our traumas are stored in the brain and nervous system. Animals can easily shake off their trauma but humans get stuck in a trauma loop and dissociated for their bodies. Somatic Experiencing helps you slowly reintegrate with your body without having to relive your trauma. Specific exercises are recommended by skilled therapists to get in touch with your body again which eventually lets the trauma go. I have personally done Somatic Experiencing for my own trauma and it has been extremely useful in my healing journey. I’m more in touch now with my feelings and my body and things that used to bother me don’t get to me anymore. Somatic Experiencing is one of the most common therapies I recommend to my patients who are trying to get well. You can find a practitioner on Dr. Levine’s website the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute at https://traumahealing.org/. EMDR EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps you overcome trauma by thinking about negative memories while rapidly moving your eyes back and forth similar to REM sleep. This is done staring at a device with lights that rapidly move back and forth while holding a device in each hand that vibrates. Research has found that doing this will result in the dissipation of emotions and stress reactions that are associated with these memories. I have done EMDR before and I found it very useful and helpful for overcoming trauma. As with any therapy, the key is finding a skilled therapist in EMDR. Just like meditation, EMDR has been shown to decrease the firing of the amygdala and increase the size of the hippocampus. EMDR is one of my top choices for healing childhood trauma. Psychotherapy Traditional psychotherapy is always a great place to start when you’re trying to heal. There is nothing better than a third-party objective view of your life and your feelings. Many people make the mistake of using a priest, friend or family member as the person they talk to. There is no substitute for a mental health professional trained in psychotherapy who can give you the best treatment. Unfortunately, our society still views seeing a therapist as a weakness and it certainly isn’t given the funding or attention it deserves. I hope that in the future, everyone works with a mental health professional even when they are feeling well. Your mental health is the bedrock of everything about you and how you feel so it must be the number one priority for everyone.

Jaiya is a somatic sexology expert, working with people in various forms for over twenty years. She has created a unique system for one's "erotic blueprint," which can help explain different needs, wants, and communications personally and interpersonally. She joins Zed for a conversation about her work and inspirations, and shares her most recommended resources. Thanks to Jaiya for being our guest! Find out even more about her and her work at ~jaiya.love~ Here are some of the resources that Jaiya mentioned: Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute; Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine; Body Mapping on Embody Pleasure; Rapid Transformational Therapy; The Relationship Skills Workbook by Julia B. Colwell Take the quiz to learn more about your personal Erotic Blueprint, Jaiya’s unique breakdown of systems of arousal at eroticblueprint.com Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

One of the most important things that you can develop in your life, and in your relationship, is your resilience - the way that you bounce back from the challenges that life throws your way. How do you recover in a way that leaves you even stronger, more connected, more inspired than before? In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dr. Peter Levine, creator of Somatic Experiencing, author of the bestseller Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, and co-author, with Maggie Kline, of Trauma-Proofing Your Kids. Peter and I explore exactly how to build your own resiliency - and how to also help your partner, and your kids become more resilient.  Please enjoy this week’s episode, with Dr. Peter Levine, on Relationship Alive! We’ll show you how to tap into the language of sensation, which gives you a window into the deepest parts of your brain and body. We’ll explain how to show up for others in your life, to support them in the most effective way possible. And you’ll discover how to help children access their innate ability to heal as well. Resources: Here is a link to Relationship Alive episode 29, my first conversation with Peter Levine: How to Heal Your Triggers and Trauma Peter’s author page on Amazon FREE Relationship Communication Secrets Guide Peter Levine’s website Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (to locate certified SE practitioners) Relationship Alive Community on Facebook Amazing intro/outro music graciously provided courtesy of:  The Railsplitters - Check them Out Transcript: Neil Sattin: Hello and welcome to another episode of Relationship Alive. This is your host, Neil Sattin. How do you foster resiliency in yourself and in your partner and if you have kids, in your kids? When it comes to relationship and how we are in the world, there's perhaps nothing as important as how resilient we are because let's face it. Life sometimes sends problems our way or things that are challenging. And if you're expecting everything to be a cakewalk, then life is going to be really hard for you. Neil Sattin: On the flip side, if when things go wrong, you think, "Oh, my goodness, it's over now," then things are also going to be hard for you. In order to get through anything that happens to you and come out the other side stronger and more vibrant and to bring that same quality into your relationship and to bring that same quality to, if you have kids in your life, the way that they respond to the world. That is what we are going to talk about today. Neil Sattin: In order to do so, we have brought back one of our most esteemed guests to the Relationship Alive podcast. His name is Dr. Peter Levine, and he is one of the world's experts on how to heal from trauma. He was first on the show back in Episode 29 and if you're interested in checking that out, you can go to http://www.neilsattin.com/trauma and you can hear all about how to heal your triggers and trauma in relationship. Neil Sattin: We're not going to cover much of that material. We're going to try to cover new ground here. I invite you to listen to Episode 29. In the meantime, it's not a prerequisite for today's conversation and we are going to dive deep on the topic of resiliency. If you want a transcript and guide for this episode, you can visit http://www.neilsattin.com/levine as in Peter Levine and that's spelled L-E-V-I-N-E or you can text the word "passion" to the number 33444 and follow the instructions and I will send you a link where you can download that show guide and transcript. Neil Sattin: In the meantime, Peter Levine, thank you so much for joining us today. It's great to have you back here on Relationship Alive. Peter Levine: Thank you. It's good to be back. I enjoyed the last time. Neil Sattin: Well, it's always exciting to be able to chat with you and you are someone who has been on the forefront of figuring out how we heal the things that keep us stuck. And there's nothing that I think defines resilience more than the ability to get unstuck when you're going through something. Peter Levine: Indeed, I like that. I think that's right on it. It's about when we get stuck, somehow knowing we can handle it because of an inner sense in our bodies, in our organism and that we can also receive and give support at times that are really challenging. Neil Sattin: Yeah. I'm inspired by in your book, Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past, which I happen to have here right in front me. You talked about this location in the brain where resides our capacity for wanting to persevere through adversity. Peter Levine: Wow, you obviously have actually read it. Yeah, that is central to healing from trauma, and also for being able to stay in a supported intimate relationship. There amazingly are areas in the brain, specific areas that appear literally to be involved with the will to persevere in the face of significant obstacles. Peter Levine: If you think about it, it makes sense because we wouldn't be able to survive as a species if we didn't have that capacity. I don't say it's the same as resilience but it's a big important component of resilience. In working with people who have been traumatized for 45 years, and I think back on it, I think really my job is to help them enlist that capacity, connect to that capacity and by doing that being able to move forward in difficult times. But I think they're very closely related, this will to persevere and resilience. Peter Levine: I also see resilience as an autonomic exercise and what I mean by that is when we're in states of fear, our autonomic nervous system gets activated in particular ways and that really affects our whole perception of the world and our cognition really because it's strong ... But it's a foundation for many perceptions. And if we're able to experience ourselves, for example, our heart rate increasing and then experiencing it decreasing, we're doing an autonomic exercise. Peter Levine: This is something that couples can do with each other by just being present when one of the members is feeling frightened. “It's okay, and so what happens now and what happens next? And is there anything about that? Is there anything else about that?” To be there with the person, to help them move through the stuck places is a great gift and I really believe that in one way or another, most, maybe even all successful couples have some degree of this capacity. Neil Sattin: Yeah, and in the interest of increasing that and maybe even getting a little bit more detail about what you were just mentioning, I'm thinking now because as I mentioned before we jumped on the interview, I just read your amazing book, Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience. One of the things that I loved about the book was not only feeling way more resourced in terms of how I show up for my own children but also you stressed the importance for parents of being able to understand the language of the body so that you can have those communications with your children and help them understand the language of the body. Neil Sattin: But one thing I'd love for you to talk about is how there's this way of communicating about sensation that is how these deeper parts of our brain actually perceive the world that's not about ... Because I think the temptation, if I were sitting with my partner would be, if I were saying “what's next” and “what happens next” we would be caught in these zoo of thoughts and feelings. I love bringing it down to the deeper level of sensations. Can you talk a little bit about that and why it's so important to develop a vocabulary around sensation in your body? Peter Levine: Yeah, for sure. All of our emotions have sensation-based components. Indeed many emotions, particularly difficult emotions, are a combination of physical sensations and cognitive thoughts or beliefs. And together, they drive an emotional state such as fear or rage and if we are able to become aware of the sensations that actually underlie those emotions, then we are able to allow the sensations to change, to transform and also noticing the thoughts that are involved, and doing that has the sometimes miraculous way to actually change our emotions. Peter Levine: Because one of the things about difficult emotions - called negative emotions - is they just have a tendency to keep going and keep going as much as we can understand them or understand our thoughts about them. Really, it's difficult to change them and I really believe my experience is that again, the way that we can change the ... One of the ways that we can change these difficult emotions is by the alchemy of working with these sensations, the underlying sensations and also sensations of goodness. Peter Levine: In my major book, In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, the key is in both. And restoring goodness also is a sensation, a feeling of felt sensation of resilience. When I say goodness, I don't mean like a good child, a good spouse, a good so forth and so on. I mean, more of the Buddhistic understanding of goodness - that it's a feeling of wholeness and a feeling like this, like wholeness, are some of the most important antidotes again for these difficult emotions and sensations, that allow us to move through them because we have this innate capacity to heal. Peter Levine: Originally, I studied this in animals and how they rebound in the aftermath of prey animals and predation but it's led me to a more general understanding that there is this profound instinct similar to the instinct to persevere - they're related, I'm sure, to heal - that we yearn healing. And in a way, in relationships, I'm sure as you and many of your speakers have noted that we tend to pick people with similar traumas or complementary traumas. At first, we're very much in love, which is often the first phase of a relationship, but then what happens when the stuff hits the fan, how do we deal with that in a collaborative way, in a corrective way? Peter Levine: Again, this is so important in restoring resilience because co-regulation is tremendously important. I'm looking forward to it and later this month, there's a big Evolution of Psychology conference in Anaheim and I'm on a panel with Sue Johnson. I think you've interviewed Sue and if any of your readers don't know, Sue is the leading person in understanding the emotions that go on in couples' dynamics and really has a strong emphasis on co-regulation. Peter Levine: What I'm saying is that we need both co-regulation, of course, but we also need the tools for our own regulation, for our own building of resilience. I see the two blending together very nicely. Neil Sattin: Taking a step back, I guess just to- Peter Levine: Let me go back, one other thing. Neil Sattin: Yeah, go ahead. Peter Levine: We're talking about with our children. By learning to read their bodies and helping them connect with their sensations, we are building a tremendous reservoir of resilience that they will add skills that they will carry for their whole lives. Again, one of the things that as parents that we need to be able to do is when there's ... In the inevitable fall or God knows the ride to the emergency room, we need first to take care of our own sensations and emotions because children are incredible mimickers. They will pick up the emotion of the parent. Peter Levine: You know, anybody who's flown in an airplane in the last 25 years, what do they call them? The cabin personnel, they make the announcement that in the unlikely event of depressurization, the oxygen mask will come down. If you have a child or somebody infirm next to you, put the mask on your face first and then put the mask on the child. In other words, calm yourself first so that the children are not picking up the fear. Or very often, the parents override the fear with anger and they're very angry at the child. Again, children will pick this up. Peter Levine: If we learn to take care of ourselves, self-regulation, we then can impart that capacity or support that developing capacity in our kids. When I work with kids when there's been a relatively acute trauma, sometimes, it just takes a few minutes of play and they go right to the place where they are stuck in their bodies. I just help them move through that and then, they're off back to play again. Peter Levine: These tools are tremendously important and probably a quarter of the book or the eighth of the book, I guess, probably is about exercises to help the parents maintain this resilience in the face of the catastrophes that will befall the children and the parents. It's a given. Kids, especially when they get into the more active phase around 18 months, 2 years where they're just scooting everywhere and climbing and falling and pulling flower pots down on their sweet little heads. They get terrified but again, if we hold our own center and then help the child contain those difficult emotions and sensations, they will calm often surprisingly quickly, sometimes in a matter of minutes. Peter Levine: The way you support children, it's age-dependent. The way you support a baby who's tremendously upset is way different than the way you support a four-year-old. With a young child, you're going to be holding the child and rocking the child. With the four-year-old, you're going to sitting by child's side and maybe placing your hand as we suggest in the book, on the child's back until the breathing reestablished itself, the spontaneous breathing reestablished itself. Peter Levine: The amazing thing, I think, the side effect of this is that kids start doing it for themselves and many of the children that I've worked tell me how they've done it in their school when something happens to one of the students. They sit there and they're with the student in that way. Actually, when I was designing the cover of the book with North Atlantic, I wanted it to be red. It has a picture of children in the middle. This is not red, but the rest of the cover is red and the idea, please forgive me, is Mao Zedong and the way he wanted the red book, well, he insisted that the red book be in the hands of everybody in China that had his sayings. Peter Levine: The idea here is that every parent could have this book and could share it with other parents. One of the things that I think geopolitically is that when we're in a fearful state, any leader, and we've had ample evidence of this, who says there's an enemy out there. They want to attack us. They want to humiliate us. They want to take our jobs away and I am the only person that can protect you. No names mentioned. Peter Levine: That's going to grab a lot of people. But if you're not in a fearful state, then you don't buy into that. You really think about it. I'm hoping also that this book in the next generation will give us more citizens, more democratic citizens allowed to or what's the word I'm looking for? Empowered, really, to make effective action. Neil Sattin: Yeah, as I was reading the book for one thing, and actually this brings me to a question because I was reading it and I was, of course, thinking, "Wow, I wish I had read this before my kids were born." I want to fill in a gap or two but perhaps before we do that, I'm just going to ask you this question which is, let's say, my son. He's going to turn 11 in a couple of months, but there are things that I remember having happened with him. When he was two and tumbled down the stairs or three or four years ago, he jumped off a swing set and ended up breaking his arm. These are some traumatic events in his life. I'm wondering, and this is obviously going to have some bearing for adults as well. How do I know if those things are lodged within him as trauma? And if so, what's a way to invite him into releasing that? Peter Levine: Well often, you'll see it, 11 is an age where you can really also talk to the child- Neil Sattin: Definitely. Peter Levine: And sometimes, we're sitting around. We'll say something like ... Maybe even if we're at the top of stairs or something like that and I would just maybe sit down with the child and saying, "Gosh, I remember when you fell down these stairs when you were two years old. Do you remember anything about that?" If the child very quickly says no, then you have a good indication there's something there. Or, if they say yes, if they reflect and then say yes, then it's an opportunity, really a wonderful opportunity to explore that. Peter Levine: What I sometimes will do is, for example, if the child was falling, I'll hold the child or put my hand on the back of the child and hold the child and let them fall into my hand gradually and then to see what happens as they have this controlled fall. Because again, you have your hands, they're not going to fall. But they have the feeling, the sensations of falling. That may bring up images or sensations that were associated with the earlier event when they tumble down a flight. I guess, it was a flight of stairs. I think that was just an assumption I made. Peter Levine: In games, in play, in just talking, 11-year-old, you were able to say again, "Remember, a couple of year ..." When was it that happened, a couple of years ago? Neil Sattin: Well, that and the stairs, that was a long time ago, but I know he remembers it because it's come up before in conversation. Peter Levine: Well, I would again make a game at it with a falling game. Sometimes, I'll do it just holding them with my hands, letting them slowly fall backwards, for example, or forward. You can do either one, and then I'll put a really big, super big pillow or combination of pillows and then they can begin to ... I'll let them down part way and see if they want to play the game where you release them and they fall into the pillows. Peter Levine: At first, there may be some fear. You might see it in their eyes or their heartbeat might increase. They might tense a little bit, but you see when you continue with this controlled falling and they're falling into the soft cushions, the kids love it. And very often, it's something simple like that which is all that's needed. Something simple like that. Neil Sattin: Where would it come in, for instance, just using my son as an example. Let's play a game. Let's do this thing, and let's say I notice something in him, where would it come into ask him or to invite him to name the qualities of sensation that he's feeling within him? Peter Levine: Well, again, if you talk to him, "I wonder if you remember the tumble you took down the stairs when you were really little, when you were about two years old." If the child says yes, then the sensations are going to be right there. If they're not remembering it, you can say, "Well, when you just even think about that, think about how it might have been for you. Is there any place in your body that you can actually feel that?" Again, most children will point to some part of their body. Peter Levine: Then, you take it to the next step. "Okay, and you feel that sensation. Does it have a shape? Does it have a size? Does it have a color? What does it feel like?" And so forth. You start asking these what I call open-ended questions. Neil Sattin: What is it about naming those sensations that's so important? Peter Levine: Well, of course, the most important thing, of course, is feeling the sensations, being in contact with the sensations. But naming them is also important, because that's a way that the child can reference them in the future. It's kind of like a flag attached to the sensation. "Okay, this sensation has a name. The next time I have this sensation, I have a name and when I have the name, I can also notice the sensation." You're shifting back and forth. Neil Sattin: Yeah, and that reminds me of how important it is for all of us really to have the experience of moving through - which is part of what contributes to resiliency - is knowing that the pendulum swings the other way. Peter Levine: That's right. Yeah, I call that pendulation, because no matter what we're feeling ... What we tend to do when there's been a difficult sensation is we recoil from it. We try to push it away and by pushing it away, it actually makes it seem stronger. That which we resist persists. If you have a sensation that's coming up, imagine your hand moving upwards and your hand is in a fist, your arm moving upwards and you take the other hand and you put it over that hand that wants to move up. Well, then it's going to push harder against your upper hand and then your upper hand is going to push harder against it. It then seems like this is going to be overwhelming and we lose resilience. Peter Levine: However, when we're able to experience the sensation and that it moves through, that it increases and it decreases, that it contracts and it expands. It contracts and expands and expands and expands. This is the expansion, which I talked about when I say goodness or wholeness. Again, I think it's very deeply related to resilience. I think we're talking about many, many, many of these different states and processes that increase a resilience. Neil Sattin: When a child is able to get related to that inner sensation, and I think this is true for adults as well that when we're sitting with our partner and able to say, "Okay, like right now, I'm feeling this constriction in my chest and this heat in the palms of my hands. There's tension behind my eyes like I almost want to cry." When you can get really related to that sensation, then you can- Peter Levine: I'm sorry, to which sensation? The sensation of? Neil Sattin: To all of those, I guess, like those things that are happening in your body. Like one, just like you were saying earlier, when you feel those states again, it can remind you like, "Oh, I've been here before," and “I know what's going on” so there's that. But then, there's also ... And you talk about this in terms of pendulation, if you can get acquainted with the sensations of goodness and what that feels like in your body as well. Peter Levine: That's right. Neil Sattin: Then that really connects you with that full range of experience and how you move from one to the other. Peter Levine: When you experience goodness, it stays with you and it really helps you get that whatever you're feeling, whatever the sensations are, they will change. But the bigger reservoir of goodness we have, the more resilient. A study was done, oh, gosh, I don't remember by whom or when. I think Bessel told me about it, Bessel van der Kolk, that if a person, a child has had tremendous trauma in their lives, neglect and abuse, that child will actually fare okay - in other words, you'll be able to work with that person - if one adult in their lives has cared about them and loved them unconditionally. Peter Levine: In a way, that's amazing. Again, I think that's something that contributes to that reservoir of goodness and resilience that somebody really reflected our feelings and our states and imparted upon us that gift of being seen, of being known, of being cared for, of being loved. It's very important. Peter Levine: Again, most people that you see have had, I believe, one encounter with that reservoir of goodness and so, sometimes actually with adults but possibly also with children, to remember together that person. When you remember that person, how does it sense in your body? How does it feel in your body when you see the picture of grandma and how she would, when you were sick, she would come and put her hand on your forehead and reassure you. These are valuable. These are lodestars that help us return to our own capacity for resilience and wholeness. Neil Sattin: One thing that strikes me too is that that is why relationship can be so profoundly healing and allow people to reach new levels of their own thriving in life is if you're able to find that in partnership or your partner is willing to see you unconditionally and hold space for you and accept you in your vulnerable moments, then that allows your system to do what it needs to do to evolve past the things that- Peter Levine: Right, right. Yeah. Well, unconditional love is not necessarily a given. Neil Sattin: That's true. Peter Levine: Hopefully, it's a given between a parent and a child. But I think that just being sufficiently centered and caring can catalyze healing. I don't think there's any question about that. I think it's really important that couples sort of work out a ritual of sorts where if one person needs something, that they can communicate that. And then the other person, their job is to try to be there for that person. And it should be relatively equal. Each person should have a relative number of things. Peter Levine: Although, particularly, I'm thinking about couples where one of the spouses is coming back from Afghanistan or Iraq. They're very, very traumatized and it's very likely, and hopefully that their spouse, their partner is going to be able to be there for them in those difficult times. I can't tell you how healing that is. It's not easy because a lot of times, because of the fear, the spouse becomes like the enemy. It's almost like you're expecting them to throw a hand grenade at you. So, it's tricky. Peter Levine: If people want, they can go to ... It's on YouTube, and it's called Ray's Story, Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing, where I work with a young marine who was blown up by two of these IEDs and then lost ... I think his best friend died in his arms just before that, and how we worked with the shock of that. And then, how we worked together with he and his wife and their new child. And at that time, it was really helping her develop the skills to be with him and to not pursue him when he really needed to withdraw. Peter Levine: I think it's a short documentary. It's about 20 minutes. I recommend looking at it because it really talks a lot about this. Because when you're highly traumatized, your resilience is very, very low and vice versa when your resilience is higher, the trauma has less of a corrosive effect. But then again, I think it's also important that there'd be some kind of equality that ... I guess I'm saying that one person doesn't become the therapist for the other person, that there's reciprocity - which you have to have in a relationship, of course. Neil Sattin: Yeah, I have some faith in the pendulation in relationship as well where that reciprocity may not have to all be at the same time, that most likely if one partner is having their moment where they really need to be attended to, the other partner will have their moment at some point down the road. Peter Levine: Yes. You can pretty well be assured of that. Neil Sattin: Yeah. And even when people aren't coming back from war zones, and I think the fact that your work is so helpful for people who are suffering such severe trauma, that's like a testament to just how powerful your work is. And at the same time, when you're hijacked and kind of triggered by your emotions and whatever is happening with your partner, you're going to feel like your partner is out to get you. I think that one of the biggest things for partners to realize is to establish like, "Oh, I'm actually safe with you," like, "You're not out to get me or get something from me." Sometimes, there are some reckoning that has to happen for that to actually be true- Peter Levine: Indeed. Neil Sattin: For people to renegotiate how they even come together in partnership. Peter Levine: Absolutely. Again, the idea of making a ritual out of it and because of pendulation, no matter what we're feeling, it may transiently ... It may temporarily feel worse but if you're able to stay with it and maintain an observing presence, it will shift. And often, this observing presence is fostered by the support that we get from our partners. Neil Sattin: Yeah. Can we talk for a moment about what that looks like? Because I think there's a danger in being the witness whether it's with your partner or with your kids of maybe intervening too soon. What does that process actually look like where something stuck gets resolved? Peter Levine: Well, let's just say it's a heterosexual couple. The husband comes in and he's had a difficult day at work. It's not a trauma per se, but he failed to get a promotion. The person got the promotion who he felt didn't deserve it, and he's really angry. And he comes home, and there were toys gathered all over the floor, no different than any other day when he would be returning home. He's angry, and he yells at the kids, "Dammit, pick these toys up! You always leave toys in the middle of the room," something like that. Peter Levine: Let's say the spouse is able to maintain her center and then she can approach her husband and say, "Yeah, it seems like something is upsetting you. And I'd like to just offer myself of just being here so that you can feel what you're feeling." But again, this has to be a pre-agreed upon ritual that you give the permission. You empower the other person to do this for you. Again, because when you're angry, sometimes the tendency is to snap at the partner, not just the kids but the partner. Peter Levine: Again, we have to find a way that we have some rules and regulations built into it. Neil Sattin: Yeah. I like a code word sometimes in a time like that. Peter Levine: Sure. "Okay” or “leave me alone right now." Neil Sattin: Right. I was thinking more like something even kind of like one partner comes in and says, "This is a ..." I'm just going to make something up here. "This is a Oriole moment," or "This is a Blue Jay moment," or, "We're in code Cardinal for Red" Peter Levine: Oh, I see. I didn't know what an Oriole moment is back then. Neil Sattin: Right, just a way like some pre-arranged designation so that the partner doesn't have to say, "Wow, you seemed really triggered right now." Peter Levine: Oh, got it. Got it. Okay, good idea. Neil Sattin: If I can say, "Code Cardinal," then the other partner, "I would love to hold space for you right now. I would love to just hear what's going on with you." Then - takes a little bit of the edge of. Peter Levine: Right. "Can I just be there with you?" Neil Sattin: Yeah. Peter Levine: No, code word is a good idea because each person probably knows what word is most likely to work for them and not be reactive to it. Neil Sattin: Good point. Peter Levine: Yeah. I think that's an idea. I think that's a great idea. I know some couples, when the other couple is really like anxious and getting ready to, in their perception to snap at them, I had couples that just say, "Eggshells." That's it, and often, they laugh together but not always. You're concerned. You're noticing that you are walking on eggshells. Maybe that's useful. Peter Levine: But anyhow, let the person pick their own. That's the one that's more likely to work and nothing is going to work all the time. That's another given. There are times when it won't work and you don't want to be discouraged by that. That's just the nature of- Neil Sattin: Resilience. Peter Levine: Resilience, of building resilience. It doesn't happen all at once. It doesn't always seem to happen “increase, increase, increase” because sometimes, you're feeling more resilient and then, something happens and it feels like you're less resilient. But the overall movement is towards greater resilience. Again, I think that's just part of how we are built. That's part of our evolutionary advantage, is to have this kind of resilience. Neil Sattin: Right. And yet so often, it doesn't happen. People do get stuck in trauma or couples get stuck in a pattern of how they interact with each other. I'm curious getting back to our example of the husband who comes home, the partner says, "Could I hold some space for you?" What's likely to happen next? Peter Levine: Well, let's say a favorable outcome what I've seen many times. Again, let's just say it's heterosexual couple. The husband is coming home and he's obviously activated. Just by being there and being present and saying, "I'm here," saying it verbally and non-verbally, "I am here. I am here for you." Often, the tears will just start flowing from the spouse's eyes, from the husband's eyes, tears of relief and tears of gratitude. And that's another part that's really important in resilience, is not the belief in gratitude but the inner experience of gratefulness, of gratitude. Peter Levine: Again, that's something that we can cultivate together because it's really what we want. We don't want to be angry and withdraw and isolate ourselves and become more angry. We want to be able to move through it. If people are in a relationship, they're committed to a passionate relationship. If you are committed to that, then you have to be able to work with these difficult emotions. Otherwise, there won't be the passion. The passion will die as these emotions get more and more suppressed. Peter Levine: I think if people are committed to a passionate relationship, then they also are committed to being there for each other with these difficult emotions. Neil Sattin: Tears are normal to experience? Peter Levine: Tears, even sometimes, you'll see shaking and trembling and spontaneous breaths. Sometimes, there'll be even, of course, sobbing. When they're sobbing or even when there's just the tears, very often if the spouse or the partner says, "Can I hold you?" Or, "I'd like to hold you." And they give some kind of a non-verbal cue that it's okay, just holding the person when they're in that emotional pain. God, how liberating that can be to be literally held? Neil Sattin: Right. And this really challenging because sometimes when your partner is in pain, it's hard to know, like to know what am I supposed to do in this moment. Being willing to make an offer like that. How would I know if I'm holding space for my partner and they're crying and shaking, like how do I know if everything is okay versus like things are not okay? Peter Levine: Again, no matter what the emotion is, if you're helping to hold the space including holding the person, and I'll put in the question like, or statement like this, "I'd like to hold you. Just nod if that's okay." So, they don't have to think because they will, "Is it okay if I could hold you now?" Well, then the person has to start thinking about it, which takes them out of the feeling. But if you're able to do something like that I just described, "I really would like to hold you. If that's okay, just nod or just look at me for a moment." Peter Levine: Then, to be held ... Because almost all of us who have been traumatized have not been held in those critical times when we should have been held - but it's never too late to have a resilient childhood. It's never too late to have a happy child because the child not only lives within us but that child's ability to rebound, to be resilient also lives within us. Neil Sattin: Yeah, and I'm wondering, what does it look like? Like how do these things ... How would it typically resolve? Because I think one thing that a lot of us can feel a lot of fear going into tears and I want to offer this because if you're listening to the show, and maybe you're thinking like, "Oh, God, I got some tears to shed," or like I want you to have a sense of, that there is another side like what does it look through when you get through the tears? What does it look through like if you feel yourself starting to shake? What's on the other side of the that and how do you know when you're getting there? Peter Levine: Yeah. Again, almost any sensation where the person … It's in a safe enough situation and the person is able to stand back enough to observe them. I can barely ever think of a sensation that didn't become more good, more glad, more whole. It's just our nature, and it's a skill. You have to practice. It doesn't happen all at once, so a couple shouldn't feel frustrated if it doesn't work at once. And if the spouse that's in the distress barks at you, just to feel your own body, of course, and remind yourself that you're not the target, that they're angry at somebody else. Peter Levine: And then again, sometimes, the partner will say something like, "Maybe it seems like you just want to be alone right now, and if you need me, I'm here. And so, let's just talk a little bit later," because again, a lot of times and again, I know this is like stereotypic but it's also true. A lot of times, the men don't want to deal with it then. We need some more time just to be with ourselves and then we can reach out for support and help. It would be great if it didn't happen that way, that we're always open to support but we're not. We're not. We need also to acknowledge and respect that. Neil Sattin: Right. Peter Levine: Again, to know because if you have ... As your relationship grows and as trust continues, those skills really build. And I've seen clients, where they're just really angry at each other at one moment and then boom. They're in love with each other again, and again, and again. It does take practice. It does take appreciating that nothing is going to happen perfectly. Nothing is going to happen all at once. That it's a gradual process of deepening as relationships are about deepening the connection and deepening our skill to be with ourselves and to be with the other. Neil Sattin: In the How to Trauma-Proof Your Kids book, Trauma-Proofing Your Kids, you talk about offering children the opportunity to tell the story of what happened. Peter Levine: Well, that's usually after you've gone through first the bodily reactions. Neil Sattin: Yes. Peter Levine: The crying, the shaking, the trembling, the spontaneous breaths, and leaving time for that to settle. And then, I know a number of parent who told me and say that happens like just before dinner. Well, then they'll have the family dinner together and then afterwards to sit by the child and say, "Wow, you know, when you fell off your bicycle, that really scared me. God, I bet it really scared you. Do you remember? Do you remember what it was like to fall off?" And then the child, if they want, can then start talking about the content of how scary it was, about how they couldn't get their breath, but then they could get their breath when they were crying just then. Peter Levine: Yeah, it's fine to talk about it but again to at least separate it in time with moving through the shock part of it and moving towards a more beneficial sensations, more supportive sensations. Neil Sattin: Right. You've moved from shock. Maybe even numbness into really tuning into the bodily sensation and the things that are uncomfortable in a moment- Peter Levine: That's right. Neil Sattin: And by being there, it initiates the process. I think this is what you're talking about that by attending to that sensation, there's a natural mechanism at work that invites it to evolve to a place of release, which is going to feel good in the end. Peter Levine: Yeah. We will always, always open, almost always open to release given an adequate amount of support. Neil Sattin: Right. What I loved too is you talked about the importance of time in between questions, so when you're asking like what are you sensing or what comes next to just leave space there. Peter Levine: Yes, that's right. Adults tend to be linear time, this, then that, then that, then this, then that, then this, then that, like a long straight trajectory. Kids don't do that. They're much more with what the so-called aboriginal people called circular time. And children are like that. They get up in the morning. They have their breakfast. They go to school. They come back. They have milk and cookies, milk and Oreos. They go out and play. The parents call them for dinner. They come and they eat. They play. They go to sleep. They wake up. They get dressed. They have breakfast. They go off to school. It's a very different relationship of time. It's a much more right brain way of relating to time. Peter Levine: Yes, adults will often tend to rush things when you need pauses, and the children will give you clues about that. One of the case examples I give or the examples I give in Trauma-Proofing your Kids is a play where with Sammy who had a fall, cracked his ... had to go to the emergency room for stitches and so forth. And then, we were playing the game of rescuing Pooh bear. Pooh bear was in the hospital. Each time, he would give us very clear signals of what he needed then, and our children give us these cues if we're paying attention. And in order to pay attention, we have to be able to be relatively comfortable within ourselves. Again, this is something that the parents can practice with each other, and it just spreads to the child, and it spreads to the child's playmates, and it spreads to the whole village as it were. Neil Sattin: Peter, you've been so generous with your time and your wisdom as before. I have one more question for you, if you don't mind that, that just sprang in with what you just said, which is ... For one thing, I'm impressed by your faith in our ability to heal, to get to a place of goodness and wholeness. And what you said about the children, that they can communicate to us exactly what they need if we're willing to pay attention and offer space. And I'm thinking as an adult, how do we recognize the signs within ourselves of what we need in a given moment? Peter Levine: Well, that takes practice because again, when we're in a scary or a vulnerable moment, our early pattern may be to withdraw. But again, we can unlearn that and learn new ones. When you talk about faith, well, I guess I could kind of relate to that. I could relate to that, but it's also 45 years of experience in seeing this happen thousands of times. Neil Sattin: Yes. Peter Levine: I guess I know it because of experience. I guess if you want to call that faith, okay, we have to call it faith, but it's just ... The human being never ceases to amaze me. I think we're all like this meadow of different colored flowers, and there were all moving from our roots to our stems, to the flower, to the bud, to the flower and opening and opening and opening. And I think opening is basic human need, a basic human drive. Peter Levine: I think Anais Nin said something like this, "When the pain of tightening into a bud becomes more than the pain of opening as a flower, then we will open." And there's some truth to that, of course, but I don't think it's just pain that brings us towards opening. I think it's just this innate capacity, the desire to open, to be fully alive, to be able to say, "I'm alive, I'm here, I'm real. I'm here, I'm alive and I'm real. I'm alive and I'm here." That's what everyone wants. Peter Levine: Again, faith, it's observation. I was trained as a scientist and a lot of that is about observation. Yogi Berra said it this way, "You can observe a lot just by watching." And I would say that. Again, in the book, we give a number of different exercises for the parents to help them get more in contact with their inner sensations and their own resilience. Neil Sattin: And I would like also, following on your metaphor, I would love for this conversation to plant the seed, that pain isn't required to get you to this place of blossoming. That knowing that it's possible to blossom will hopefully help you invite your partner, invite your children, invite yourself into that experience. Peter Levine: Exactamente as they say in Brazil. Exactly. Neil Sattin: Well, Peter, thank you so much for being with us today. Your books, Trauma-Proofing Your Kids, Trauma and Memory, Healing Trauma, Waking the Tiger, so many classics that are just completely inspiring, both in the level of recognizing what's possible but also understanding what is happening within us and in the world around us. It's such an honor to be able to talk to you and to share your work with the world. Neil Sattin: As a reminder, if you want the show guide and transcript for today's episode, you can visit neilsattin.com/levine, as in Peter Levine. You can also text the word passion to the number 33444 and follow the instructions. And we will have links as well to Peter's work, to his books. Peter, what do you think is the best way for people to find out more about what you're doing in the world? Is there a particular website you'd like them to visit? Peter Levine: Yeah. There's the website of my training institute. It's www.traumahealing.org. And there are lists of therapists and you can find that, for example, therapists that specialize with children or with relationships. And then I have a website with different information of where I might be giving a public lecture or something like that or some videos that are available. That's www.somaticexperiencing.com, or dot org, I think. Peter Levine: Yeah, you can get material there. And apparently, although, I've never seen them, people tell me there are a number of interviews or lectures that are available on YouTube. So, I guess if you just YouTube my Peter A. Levine, it will come up with a bunch of stuff. Neil Sattin: Great. I think- Peter Levine: And it's delightful to talk with you again, Neil, really. I so much appreciate what you're doing because really we are designed to be in relationship, and to keep our relationships alive. That's the real task. It sure is for me. Okay. Neil Sattin: Thank you, and your work has been so helpful in my life. And I know the thousands upon thousands of listeners who listened to our first conversation together. So, really exciting to talk to you. Thanks, Peter.  

"It's ethically questionable at this point to use trauma as a focus for work or traumatic sensations or focus on traumatic emotions. There is a better way. There is a more humane way or integrating way. That's what I am trying to get across to therapy…" - Steve passionately talking about the work he sharing with healers. Steven Hoskinson, MA, MAT, is the Founder, CEO and Chief Compassion Officer of Organic Intelligence® and the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Organic Intelligence Outreach Institute. Steve has created the Human Empowerment And Resiliency Training (HEARTraining®) based on Organic Intelligence, which is a positive psychology, fractal method known for its implicit exposure approach in treatment.  Since 1999, Steve has mentored and trained thousands of professionals in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in the art of ethical and compassionate treatment for trauma. As a leader in the Somatic Psychology field, Steve was Professional Training Faculty for the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute for 17 years and in addition to his OI work, is also Adjunct Faculty for JFK University’s Somatic Psychology program. Steve is a founding member of the Northern California Society for Integrative Mental Health and the International Transformational Resilience Coalition. He also served on the Global Training and Education Council for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, and hosts the upcoming Podcast series, “The End of Trauma”. www.organicintelligence.org www.thejadavideo.org More information about me, Nicole Lemaster (Coley) and my podcast and YouTube project Coleyology: www.coleyology.weebly.com #organicintelligence #OI #outreach #healer #humanempowerment #resiliencytraining #positivepsychology #fractalmethod #arousalcycles #implicitexposureapproach #JFKU #somaticexperiencing #global #endthetrauma #transformation #selforganizing #enjoyment #paradigmshift #holistic #systems #suffering #biology #strategicreinforcement #healer #youtuber #podcast #coleyology

Play Episode 75 Here There's a hope amongst many of us that if we can just "get this to Pendulate" than the task will be done - we can then sit back and watch the magic happen. I don't offer an exhaustive list of why that's a fantasy or incomplete appreciation of what we're doing but I can assure you it is. In a informal-podcast-kind-of-way I say as much in this episode. Mentions: In the close of this episode I recommended Brad Kammer's webinar introducing Larry Heller's developmental trauma model NARM. I attended this 2 hour program with Brad recently and was appreciative of NARM (and Brad's) ability to distinguish between Shock and Developmental trauma. There are more introduction webinars coming and I find them reasonably priced. Here's a link to the registration page on Brad's site. I also saw that the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute is doing another round of short programs on the Foundations of Disaster Response. I'm just saying...I think that's a really great thing. The locations and dates are all listed on this page.

Join Jean,  Rick, and their guest Paige Bartholomew. Paige Bartholomew is a “love-worker” with a mission to help people make the shift into true comfort and peace. She is currently earning her master’s degree in individual, marriage and family therapy at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.  In addition, Paige is specializing in the healing of Trauma through her studies at the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. She has been a devoted student of Sufism for 14 years, where she earned the station of Sufi Master Teacher in the Shadhuliyya Order.  She is a long-time spiritual healer, certified hypnotherapist and passionate writer of healing and spiritual issues.  Paige’s life’s work is about moving toward worldwide awakening and peace through the healing of the individual heart. She currently offers traditional counseling, holistic coaching and spiritual hypnotherapy sessions.

Today my guest is the inspiring Michele Solloway, PhD.Michele is a nationally certified healing arts practitioner with training in somatic therapy, polarity and craniosacral therapies, and energy medicine. She is on the board of directors for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, an organization founded by Dr. Peter Levine and dedicated to the development, training and dissemination of somatic therapy. ---First though, a giant thank-you to my sponsor today, Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute (SETI)!Trauma may be a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Somatic Experiencing is a psychobiological method of addressing clients’ physical and emotional trauma conditions, and helps to give voice to their experiences without a need for them to retell the story.SE was founded by Dr. Peter Levine, author of the bestseller Waking the Tiger, who developed Somatic Experiencing based on explorations of how animals deal with threat, nervous system overwhelm, and traumatic experiences on a daily basis.For more information regarding Somatic Experiencing and the SE professional training program, please visithttps://traumahealing.org/kser---Michele Solloway has a particular interest in working with professional service providers who are at high risk for secondary or vicarious trauma. She also has over 25 years’ experience as a health services researcher with a focus on child and family health, vulnerable populations, federal and state health policy, and most recently childhood trauma and integrative medicine. Her practice is based on core values of service and living her passion.In This EpisodeSomatic Experiencing WebsiteMichele Solloway on the SE websiteSE on FacebookThe Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment, Alaine D. Duncan, Kathy L. Kain Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, Laure van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie BurkPeter A. Levine booksSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.

Joshua Sylvae has been involved in Somatic Experiencing® since 2004. His study of nervous system regulation has incorporated inquiry into many disparate fields including ecology, philosophy, and neurobiology. Joshua holds an MA in clinical psychology (with an emphasis in somatic psychology), a PhD in Higher Learning and Social Change, and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. His clinical practice is grounded in SE™, and he also integrates psychodynamic perspectives, mindfulness approaches, a systemic orientation, and a good deal of humor in his work.Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute:A big thank-you to my sponsor for this episode, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.Trauma may be a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Somatic Experiencing is a psychobiological method of addressing clients’ physical and emotional trauma conditions, and helps to give voice to their experiences without a need for them to retell the story. For more information please visit: https://traumahealing.org/kserJoshua’s background includes participation in social change efforts, movements for social equality and ecological sustainability, and he maintains a passion for encouraging and assisting communities working toward the creation of a just and healthful society. Joshua envisions Somatic Experiencing becoming an integral part of healing and transforming our world, and feels greatly inspired when helping professionals integrate these simple principles for treating and transforming trauma and distress.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.

I’m excited to have Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute sponsoring the podcast this month. As part of that, I invited Sara Moser on the podcast, to talk about her experience both as a clinician, as the Admissions and Community Engagement Manager for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. Sara is currently training with the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at the Justice Resource Institute in their Trauma Center - Trauma Sensitive Yoga program. She is in practicum for her Master of Arts in Counselling where she provides individual counseling at the University’s clinic and she co-facilitates group therapy for adolescents in kinship placement and those in the foster system.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.