We are used to needing to push forward and produce or “work on” things, even in therapy. Healing, however, occurs when we become passive. It is something we receive, rather … Read moreEpisode 57 – Passivity As A Means to Healing
Our organisms (bodies) respond to our environment automatically without our conscious awareness. The ways we do this make up various parts of our experience as human beings and even form … Read moreEpisode 55 – We Are Who We Are in Response to Our Environment
Trauma theory is helpful in understanding how our nervous systems respond in stressful situations. We can also learn to navigate the different levels of nervous system activation, even when dangerous … Read moreEpisode 53 – Trauma as A Portal
In his book In An Unspoken Voice, Peter A. Levine identifies four portals to spiritual awakening, as in the Buddhist and Taoist traditions. They are death, mediation, sex and trauma. … Read moreEpisode 52 – Portals to Spiritual Awakening
A Single Tree Podcast · 41 – Vulnerability and Non-Violence as Modes of Transformation We tend to look at others and focus on ways they can change, rather than practicing … Read moreEpisode 41 – vulnerability and non-violence as modes of transformation
A Single Tree Podcast · 39 – Developing Complex Responses to Fear in Racial Tensions We are in solidarity with those affected by violence and those who live in fear … Read moreEpisode 39 – Developing Complex Responses to Fear in Racial Tensions
A Single Tree Podcast · 38 – Moving Through A Pandemic: The Oil and the Water This coronavirus pandemic has presented us with prolonged exposure to stress and the realization … Read moreepisode 38 – Moving Through A Pandemic: The Oil and the Water
We seek to avoid that which resembles death: pain, trauma and the darkness within us. Our nervous systems alarm us of what seems dangerous, but our bodies are built to … Read moreEpisode 37 – Life and death: Navigating potentially Traumatic Experiences
We’re back with our first episode in a while, so of course, we’re talking about death! Without having a death wish, we can learn to accept and facilitate the little … Read moreEpisode 36 – Learning To Die
We experience difficult emotions when we encounter trauma, but then we further confound the process by judging our experiences as wrong or bad. Judgment and shame inhibit the natural process … Read moreEpisode 16 – Be Where You Are: The Power of Thoughtlessness in Resolving Trauma