Tag Archives: healing from trauma

On Developmental Stress and Trauma

Developmental Trauma and Survival Styles This 2-hour video is well worth watching. Dr. Larry Heller talks about developmental traumas and how children survived them by creating survival strategies that become ways of being and acting in the world as adults. … Continue reading

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Stress and Trauma and Healing Power of Pets

How a Dog Saved a Vet with Trauma and PTSD In this 7-minute video, an ex-Marine talks about his PTSD and how a dog saved his life. This video is inspiring and full of heart. Enjoy. “ ~ It is … Continue reading

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Is PTSD Common?

PTSD can happen to you if you have ever been through a trauma. Trauma is a stressful event that happened to you, or you saw it happen to someone else, that was shocking and scary. Usually, you had no control … Continue reading

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Pain Expert Talks About Mind-Body Benefits

Reprinted from NIH Report, March 29, 2013 What happens in your brain when you experience pain? Can mind-body approaches really help ease pain? Dr. M. Catherine Bushnell, scientific director of NCCAM’s Division of Intramural Research, tackled these topics when she … Continue reading

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Washing Away the Trauma of Birth

Just being born is a trauma for a baby as it leaves the warm, moist comfort of the womb and enters the glaring lights and abrasive sounds of a new world. This video shows how a newborn’s raw nervous system … Continue reading

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What Stress Does in the Body

How Stress and Trauma Cause Autoimmune Illnesses Book Review: The Missing “First Domino” In Autoimmune Conditions: Nervous System Dysregulation This eBook by Dr. Lori A. Parker is an excellent resource for understanding how the body reacts to stress. She uses … Continue reading

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Beyond Sandy Hook: How Somatic Experiencing Can Help Us Heal

What Happens During Trauma? This follow blog was sent to me by THE SETI STAFF on FEBRUARY 12, 2013. I was given permission to share it with you below. The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, … Continue reading

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Why You Won’t Get Rid of Your Stress or Trauma

Fear, Stress, and Trauma What would your life look like if you had no fear? Would you finally be be able to say “I love you” to someone? Or maybe you would be able to leave someone you should have … Continue reading

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Falls and Trauma

How a Fall Can Cause Trauma It’s obvious that a fall from a ladder or down a flight of stairs can have serious consequences physically. But what about the more subtle effects they may have years later  on the mind … Continue reading

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Preventing Early Childhood Medical Trauma

How Early Childhood Medical Traumas Can be Helped and Prevented. If you have ever been hospitalized as a child, had one of your own children undergo medical treatment, or know of a child who will undergo medical procedures, this video … Continue reading

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