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What The Tranquilized Bear Says About Trauma Work
There's an image Peter Levine uses that I think about almost every week. If there's a bear in the wild, especially an endangered species, and the team needs to move it somewhere safer, they'll shoot it with a tranquilizer dart. And you'd think the bear just goes still and flops over. But that's not what happens.
Why Your "Mindset" is a Big Fat Fraud
You have the information. You've mapped it out. You know exactly what to do. So why does something stop you before you even start? It's not a knowledge gap, it's a state living in your nervous system that hasn't gotten the news yet. Here's what it actually takes to change.
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What does it mean by “the body keeps the score”?
How our body remembers and holds on to trauma.
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It's Nice to Say No
Learning how to better set boundaries for yourself.
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The Science Behind Trauma I How Trauma Differs from Stress
A deeper dive into how trauma differs from stress.
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Working with Shame
Helping your clients push past feelings of shame.