Podcasts Health & Fitness Alternative Health The Wellness Mama Podcast Its Not Your Fault: Why Childhood Trauma Shapes You With Alex Howard

Its Not Your Fault: Why Childhood Trauma Shapes You With Alex Howard

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 1 p.m.

b'

Episode Highlights With Alex

  • His personal story and how he got into the trauma healing work he does now
  • The definition of trauma and how he defines it to help people understand it
  • How small childhood experiences can shift how we relate to ourselves and our emotions
  • The core emotional needs of children and what happens when they aren\\u2019t met
  • Core emotional needs: boundaries, safety, and love\\xa0
  • What a maladaptive stress response is, how it happens, and what to do about it
  • Trauma is like an ECHO (events, context, homeostatic shift, and outcome)
  • How to help your nervous system feel safe again
  • Self love comes down to how we are in relationship with ourselves and how we are in relationship with our feelings and emotions
  • It often isn\\u2019t a question of if our parents loved us but if they were skilled at meeting our particular need for love in the way we needed
  • His advice for ways to make sure our children feel how much we love them and that our core needs are being met

Resources We Mention

'