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Fawning (Please/Appease) autonomic nervous system childhood trauma fawn response people pleaser trauma trauma trigger traumarecovery Mar 04, 2024

Fawning

I continue to recognize this survival pattern, noticing more subtle ways it is still functioning in my life. I also see it is very common in many people. (everyone to some degree).

At the...

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Working with body awareness from a trauma informed perspective (part 2) autonomic nervous system awareness embodiement healing mind body trauma informed trauma sensitive traumahealing Feb 19, 2024

Click here to read part 1 of the blog.

Re-sensitizing and connecting back the body:

Embodiment work is focused on - 

  • Appreciating that the body is the royal road to what’s out of...
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Navigating Practitioner Boundaries autonomic nervous system childhood childhood trauma embodied processing healing melbourne practitioner trauma informed trauma sensitive traumahealing Feb 06, 2024

In the challenging world of somatic (trauma) therapy, practitioners often find themselves facing complex dynamics that require a healthy balance between client support and self-preservation and...

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Trauma Healing Beyond the Mainstream: The Efficacy of Embodied Processing autonomic nervous system embodied processing somatic trauma trauma therapy traumahealing traumarecovery underlying pain Oct 17, 2023

In the context of trauma healing, there is a common assumption that professionals with degrees or tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Psychiatry, Counselling, and Social Work possess the...

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Understanding Narcissistic Tendencies and Addiction addiction addictionrecovery autonomic nervous system belief system embodied processing embodiement narcissist traumarecovery Sep 18, 2023

Narcissistic tendencies often coexist with addiction, as both can be driven by a self-centered mechanism for survival and self-regulation.

Unfortunately, this can lead individuals to disconnect...

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The Overwhelmed Nervous System anxiety autonomic nervous system capacity distress overwhelm Jul 25, 2023


OVERWHELM

The signs, the causes & how we can tip the scales in our favour.

Free class by the creators of Embodied Processing, Matt & Ryan.

States of overwhelm have almost become the norm in...

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Breaking Free from the "Good Girl Syndrome" autonomic nervous system childhood trauma fawn response good girl syndrome nervous system people pleaser May 29, 2023

 

The Good Girl Syndrome - often described as "People Pleasing", refers to the societal expectation for people, regardless of gender, but often times women, to be agreeable, self-sacrificing,...

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Divine Autonomy: Childhood and the Loss of Authenticity – Part 2 authenticity autonomic nervous system autonomy childhood childhood trauma consciousness trauma informed traumarecovery Jan 09, 2023

In Part 1, I wrote about how we become disconnected from our power, authenticity and autonomy as children.

We explored the parent/child relationship and several social and collective dynamics...

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