Trauma & The Physical Body with Buffy Curtis
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Today Chad\'s sister Buffy joins the conversation today as we discuss how we can define and experience trauma AND how that can be manifested through our physical bodies. Buffy shares some background about her time working with trauma, some ways that she has seen trauma show up in the physical body, how this relates to basically every single person who has lived through the last year (2020) and a really great, simple piece of advise/action that we can engage with to bring ourselves into a better awareness and presence with our body.
\\n"Trauma is a normal reaction to abnormal events."
\\nThe Body Keeps a Score - Bessel A. van der Kolk
\\nOpposite Activation (DBT) - we discuss specifically the use of this skill when we find ourselves mindlessly escaping via social media, food, alcohol, Netflix, etc. Instead choose the opposite, choose to engage in something that requires your full attention, preferably something that involves a tactile skill (i.e. needlework, bread making, painting, etc)
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