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Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn: Working with 4 Phases of the Nervous System
In this video, you will learn the four phases of the nervous system response under stress and in safety, and a brief practice for each.


What Is Post-Traumatic Growth?
We've all heard of post-traumatic stress. But what about post-traumatic growth? Have you ever gone through something incredibly...


Trauma and the Unlived Life - Grieving What We've Lost
My tween years were filled with adventures, made invaluable by my close-knit and friendly circle. I remember spending a whole summer at an o


Hypervigilance vs Healthy Vigilance: The Trauma of Marginalization
You’re a woman in her early thirties, dressed nicely, and on the bus coming home from work. It’s about 7pm, and dusk is arriving. You take y


Developmental Trauma vs PTSD: Getting a Sense
When I was born, I was given up for adoption. It would take me nearly thirty years to understand how much this has affected me. Speaking as a fellow sufferer and an enthusiastic researcher, I know that developmental trauma comes with challenges not necessarily faced by those enduring adulthood shock trauma. It has taken me nearly five years of working with Somatic Experiencing (SE) to become regulated enough to write such a blog post. In SE and several other forms of somatic
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