Daring Greatly by Brene Brown “Every time we are introduced to someone new, try to be creative or start a difficult conversation, we take a risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings – we strive to appear perfect. But in a powerful new vision Dr.…
Book Review: Salt by Nayyirah Waheed
Salt by Nayyirah Waheed “Salt is a journey through warmth and sharpness. This collection of poetry explores the realities of multiple identities, language, diasporic life & pain, the self, community, healing, celebration, and love.” (ref Amazon) “Waheed tackles some important and tough subjects like the African diaspora, motherhood, the ways in which feminism can benefit…
Book Review: Waking The Tiger – Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
Peter Levine: Waking The Tiger – Healing Trauma. “Nature’s Lessons in Healing Trauma… Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question- why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely…
Book Review: The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
Babette Rothschild: The Body Remembers “This book shines a bright light on the impact of trauma on the body and the phenomenon of somatic memory. It is now thought that people who have been traumatized hold an implicit memory of traumatic events in their brains and bodies. In essence, the body of the traumatized individual…
Book Review: The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps The Score – Mind Brain And Body In The Transformation Of Trauma “The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world’s experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and…
What You Need To Know About Trauma
Three Excellent Trauma Books I recommend reading about trauma and recovery. Everyone can benefit from understanding trauma; what it means, how it affects us and how we heal and recover. With so much of our news and information coming from social media sources it is important to find reliable and well written information based on…
20 Grounding Habits To Manage Anxiety
Grounding – A Natural Remedy for Anxiety Feeling ungrounded can be alarming state. When you are overwhelmed with stress, you suddenly notice you are operating on autopilot: ‘I don’t remember driving here?’ ‘What happened to the last hour/day?’ ‘Time seems to be flying by, I can’t keep up.’ In this article we describe 20 exercises…