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What role does our ancestral history play in our attachment styles, and mental health as a whole? Joining us on the show to help answer this question is Dr. Jennifer Mullen, a psychologist, educator, and author of “Decolonizing Therapy!”

Traditional therapy focuses on the individual, but decolonizing therapy puts forth the concept that understanding one's historical trauma and the current socio-political context can lead to deeper healing. And without a safe place to explore these traumas, affected populations don’t have the same opportunity to heal themselves and their relationships.

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Mullen dives into the impact colonization and our ancestral wounds have on our attachment, sense of belonging, and emotional expression. She covers topics like migration trauma, separation from your ancestral lands (referred to as the original attachment wound), and how our current culture perpetuates deep-seated intergenerational traumas that have a profound effect on the body and nervous system.

Curious to learn more? Tune into our full conversation on decolonizing therapy now!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The trauma of separation from family and land

• How societal and cultural beliefs shape our attachment

• What drove her work in decolonizing therapy

• Sacred rage and how to safely process it

• The importance of emotional expression

• Migration trauma and attachment wounding

• Colonization and its emotional components

 

Connect with Dr. Jennifer Mullen:

https://www.instagram.com/decolonizingtherapy/
https://linktr.ee/decolonizingtherapy

 

Books mentioned in this episode:

Native American Postcolonial Psychology by Eduardo Duran and Bonnie Duran

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy a Degruy

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery by Na'im Akbar

The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave by Willie Lynch

Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King

 

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As we dive deeper into applied neurology and the immune system, we’re joined by the founder of Stop Chasing Pain, Dr. Bruce Perry. He helps us explore the link between emotion, pain and its impact on the immune system.

In this episode, Dr. Perry shares his personal experience with polyautoimmunity as he discusses his experience treating his own shame surrounding his body image. With his expertise, we explore the subconscious and conscious role of emotions, as well as the body’s natural response to threats, including how we can fight inflammation even when it’s an unintentional effect of our emotional responses.

Dr. Perry, along with hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth, provide insights on how you can work with the nervous system to create long-lasting change that impacts the health of your immune system. You’ll learn how trauma can dysregulate the nervous system, the importance of self-awareness, and what you can do to nurture social connection and introspection.

Tune in as we explore the consequences of trauma on our body, as well as inflammation from a neurosomatic perspective!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• How Dr. Perry got into this work

• The way in which we process sensory input

• Self-awareness and its role in lasting change

• Understanding the nervous system and its reaction to stimuli

• Shame and how it leads to inflammation

• Pain as a protective response

• Allostatic load and alleviating stress

• What happens in the body during shame/inflammatory response

• Where to learn more about lymphatic work

 

Connect with Dr. Bruce Perry:

@stopchasingpain

https://www.stopchasingpain.com/

 

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One thing you’ve probably heard over and over again on this season of Trauma Rewired is that nervous systems affect one another. In fact, our nervous systems are continuously responding and adapting to each other’s signals — a process called coregulation.

Coregulation is important for maintaining safe, healthy relationships but can have a negative impact on the nervous system when someone is dysregulated or experiencing misattunement. A lack of connection through coregulation also impacts our ability for emotional self-regulation, which can lead to maladaptive behaviors like drinking, binge eating and codependency.

During this episode, Elisabeth and Jennifer define coregulation and attunement, and explain their role in self-regulation and emotional expression. They dive deeper into the importance of coregulation and the development of self-regulating behaviors in childhood, as well as the impact mothers, and even fathers, have on an infant’s stress response. Finally, you’ll hear how you can create change in your nervous system, and the positive results Elizabeth has noticed in her own life because of her own nervous system work.

As Jennifer says in this episode, “knowledge is power when you put it into action.” So give this episode a listen now!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• What it looks like to have a regulated nervous system

• Our definition of coregulation

• How nervous systems impact each other and our ability to regulate

• Coregulating with pets or nature

• When we learn how to be self-regulators

• The role of attunement for regulation

• The effects of misattunement in childhood

• Can your children inherit your trauma response?

• How the body responds to stress and the HPA axis

• Creating change and repatterning your nervous system

• The influence of fathers on infant’s development

 

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Last week, Trauma Rewired explored the neurology of narcissism, so this week we’re focusing on empathy. Matt Bush, co-lead educator of the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Training, is back on the show to help us dive deeper into why some people are highly empathic and how they can protect themselves from its overwhelming effects.

Believe it or not, empaths and narcissists have foundational similarities. Not only does the brain chemistry look the same, but empaths and narcissists both struggle with nervous system regulation and look to others to help them regulate their emotions. But whereas the narcissist avoids the emotions of others, empaths are deeply affected and have a physiological experience to the emotions of others on a subconscious level. This can lead to emotional fatigue, chronic stress, poor sense of self and more.

So what’s the difference between having empathy and being an empath, and how can you change subconscious behavior? In this episode, Elisabeth, Jennifer and Matt cover the signs of being an empath, the causes of elevated empathy, such as deficits in the interoceptive system, and how it impacts our overall health.

If you identify as an empath, tune in to learn about the power of nervous system regulation for changing harmful empath behavior!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• What it means to be an empath

• Empathy from a neurosomatic perspective

• Causes of high empathy

• Why being an empath isn’t always a good thing

• How deficits in the interoceptive system lead to empath behavior

• The correlation between sensory mismatch and empathy

• How to retain your empathic gifts and also prioritize yourself

• Nervous system regulation as a tool for change

 

 

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Connect with Matt Bush:

https://www.nextlevelneuro.com/a/2147666262/2U4AvzLR

 

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What’s the difference between possessing narcissistic traits and being a narcissist? Can we say narcissistic personality disorder is real when we don’t believe in personalities? How does narcissism develop, and what does it look like in the brain? Tune in as your hosts answer all these questions and more with Matt Bush of Neuro-Somatic Intelligence. 

This episode explores the neurology of narcissism, the spectrum of narcissism, and how narcissism can evolve as a survival response when it seems so counterintuitive to our social need for connection. Matt is an expert in applied neurology, so he shares the science of what narcissism looks like in the brain, such as where deficits exist in the brain and how they reflect in a narcissist's emotional skills and empathy towards others.

Jennifer, Elisabeth and Matt also discuss malignant narcissism, narcissistic attachment, and the allure of a codependent or empathic person for a narcissist. Most importantly, they discuss if change is possible for narcissists and how you can protect yourself from a narcissist.

Listen to this episode to gain a better understanding of narcissism through the lens of neurosomatic intelligence!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Definition of narcissistic personality disorder

• How narcissism develops from an NSI perspective

• What narcissism looks like in the brain

• The reward circuit in the narcissistic brain

• Why narcissists lack empathy

• How narcissists experience emotions

• Can narcissists change?

• What you should do if you have a narcissist in your life

 

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The four trauma responses are the brain’s way of protecting us from threat, real or perceived. They are noncognitive, reflexive outputs that are deeply ingrained in those that have experienced trauma, which makes them incredibly difficult responses to rewire. In this episode, we explore the most dangerous F: fawn and sexual fawn response.

To help us dive deeper into fawn response, we’re joined by Luis Mojica, somatics practitioner and the founder of Holistic Life Navigation. Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have personally learned a lot from his teachings, including how the nervous system responds to fawn and the body boundary violations that occur with sexual fawning.

During this episode, Luis goes over the concept of over coupling, specifically how fear merges with intimacy and threat with arousal because of developmental sexual trauma. Luis also touches on the difference between threat and trigger, how the body can be traumatized sexually without the presence of assault, and MORE.

Tune in to learn how you can let go of shame attached to fawn response, recognize your fawn patterns, and start to heal!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The development of over coupling after developmental sexual trauma

• Fawn response from a neurosomatic perspective

• Shame as a protective mechanism and how to reframe it 

• How to become self-aware of your fawning

• Trigger versus threat

• Differentiation between sexual fawning and arousal

• Fawning and freeze as a hybrid response

• Lying as a trauma response

• Finding compassion during healing

• Body boundary violations in sexual fawning

 

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If you have a pattern of staying in unbalanced, chaotic relationships, this episode is for you. If it’s hard for you to set boundaries with friends, family or romantic partners, this episode is for you. If you fixate on the emotions of others rather than your own, this episode is for you.

These are all signs of codependency, which is the topic of this episode. Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth discuss its negative effects on your emotional and physical health, the behaviors associated with codependency, and how they’re formed starting in childhood, diving deep into the attachment wound, our relationship with caregivers, and emotional self-regulation.

Jennifer and Elisabeth also share examples of their own codependent relationships, and how they started to recognize their codependent tendencies and learn to change them.

Tune in to gain a deep understanding of codependency and how you can break your codependency patterns!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Codependence versus interdependence

• What causes codependency and how it shapes our behaviors

• Signs and symptoms of codependency

• How trauma impacts emotional self-regulation

• Breaking codependent patterns with nervous system regulation

 

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When a child’s needs aren’t being met by their caregiver, by not being fed or feeling safe, they develop a distorted view of relationships. This attachment schema is the lens through which they examine the behavior of others, impacting their ability to form relationships and lead a healthy, happy life.

In past episodes, hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have talked about connection being one of our survival needs, but an insecure attachment directly challenges this need. Being close to others, feeling vulnerable and connected, can also be very dysregulating to those who learned to survive with unemotional or unreliable caregivers.

So, how can you overcome your learned patterns to create healthy relationships with yourself and others? The answer is nervous system training.

In this episode, Jennifer and Elisabeth will walk you through attachment schema, how the three insecure attachment styles develop and show up as behavioral outputs, and how nervous system regulation has helped them work toward lasting change.

Tune in for all this and more!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Attachment style from the NSI perspective

• How insecure attachment schema affects social development

• Nervous system regulation as a way to change our patterns

• The areas of the brain responsible for creating neuro tags

• How the 3 insecure attachment styles develop and are expressed

• Misconceptions about avoidant attachment style

• Disorganized attachment and complex trauma

 

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Spiritual practices, like meditation or spending time outdoors, have the ability to expand our consciousness and cultivate connection with ourselves and the universe.

But today’s guest, NSI practitioner and educator Melanie Weller, is sharing something important for you to remember: “Any evolution that we aspire to experience for ourselves starts with nervous system regulation.”

To get the most out of your spiritual practices, for them to truly impact behavior and change your perspective, you must have the capacity and resiliency to experience moments of “awe” or stress without dysregulation. That’s why Melanie and hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth are diving deeper into the power of nervous system regulation, sharing how presence and embodiment transformed their own healing practices and resulted in expanded spirituality and self-expression.

This episode also covers the science behind loneliness and our health, how cosmology affects the nervous system, and the concepts of species loneliness and fearless presence.

Nervous system regulation IS the path to spirituality and the divine. Tune in to learn more!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The connection between cosmology and our bodies

• How nervous system regulation transformed Elisabeth’s healing practices

• Species loneliness

• The power of intention in NSI work

• How astrology impacts the nervous system

• Presence, nervous system regulation, and spirituality

• Reducing stress on the body by giving meaning to your trauma

• The role of empathy and embodiment for healers

• Personality as a nervous system output

• Finding spirit in nature

• Fearless presence and how to reach it

 

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Believe it or not, the brain and nervous system process social threat and physical threat the same way, making them equally as harmful to our health. That means that the cultural beliefs that shape our society are causing real trauma and dysregulating our nervous systems.

 

Today, Jennifer and Elisabeth are talking to Christy Chung, a certified NSI practitioner, advocate and healer, on this episode centered around culture, community, and the nervous system. They discuss how social stressors (such as gender, sexual orientation, race, socioeconomic status, etc.) can cause unsafe relationships with people and society, and the NSI tools that have helped Christy in her racial equity work, as well as on a personal level as a queer, Asian woman.

 

Christy also sheds light on the impact that long-term social threat, especially racism, has on the health of those affected. Plus,you’ll  learn a few interesting facts you might not know — like how culture has shaped our anatomy and biased our brains!

 

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to find out how they can not only support their own nervous system and stay healthy, but change the harmful system of our society. Tune in now!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Christy’s businesses and activist work

• Unsafe relationships with people, society, and culture

• Dealing with conflict and repair work with NSI

• The relationship between social stress and attachment

• Minority stress theory and social safety theory

• The impact of chronic stress on the body from an NSI perspective

• Examples of how culture shapes brain function

• How Christy uses NSI tools in her work and personal life

• Making an impact and sacred responsibility

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Sonya Renee Taylor

Gabor Maté

“The neurobiology of social stress resulting from Racism: Implications for pain disparities among racialized minorities” by Joanna M. Hobson, Myles D. Moody, Robert E. Sorge, and Burel R. Goodin

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain by Louis Cozolino

 

Want to learn more about neurosomatic intelligence, and how it can help you and your clients? Join our free workshop with Matt Bush and Melanie Weller on July 27th! 

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Our last episode introduced the brain as a social organ, and how this topic relates to the neurobiology of relationships. Today, we dive deeper into how the brain develops through social interactions, why social connection is a survival need, and what happens in the body when we experience connection with other people.

 

Matt Bush of Next Level Neuro is joining Jennifer and Elisabeth to discuss the impact of trauma on the brain’s functioning, and therefore, our relationships, expression, sense of safety, and overall health. They talk about what happens when you’re not primed for connection in childhood, how the brain is wired to be part of the social structure in relationships, what part of the brain guides us toward dysregulation and protective outputs, and lots more.

 

If any of this sounds confusing, be sure to listen for Matt’s definitions of attachment schema and C-PTSD from a neurosomatic perspective, which make it easier to understand how these systems and inputs come together for integration.

 

You’ll also finally learn why complex trauma is an attachment would, and most importantly, that change is possible and how you can get started NOW. Tune in for all this and more!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The impact of attachment patterns on brain function
• How the brain develops through social interactions
• The role of the insular cortex
• John Bowlby’s attachment theory
• How a mother’s nervous system impacts a child’s
• The resiliency of our nervous system
• Attachment styles and Bowlby’s experiment
• Matt’s neurosomatic definition of attachment schema and C-PTSD
• How we can rewire attachment

 

Want to learn more about neurosomatic intelligence, and how it can help you and your clients? Join our free workshop with Matt Bush and Melanie Weller on July 27th! https://neurosomaticintelligence.com/

 

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Connect with us on social media:

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Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren’t serving you!

 

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https://www.nextlevelneuro.com/

matt@nextlevelneuro.com

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Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth jump right into this season’s theme of attachment by discussing the neurobiology of relationships, covering our development from the womb to forming attachments throughout our life.

 

Using the work of Louis Cozolino in his book, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain, this episode explores the concepts of the social synapse and our brains as social organs. You’ll learn how the brain and nervous system evolved to help us communicate, the impact of dysregulation on relationships, and how attachment styles develop and affect social connection.

 

By the end of this episode, expect to also have a better understanding of how the brain and nervous system work together, the physiological signals that shape our reality and health, why attachment is a survival need, and MORE.

 

Tune in to discover the power you have to train your nervous system and change your relationship patterns!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Louis Cozolino’s social synapse and the brain’s development

• An example of how trauma affects attachment

• Co-regulation from a neurosomatic perspective

• The brain as a social organ

• Blushing and pupil dilation as social signals

• Why training your visual system is so important

• Emotional expression and our physiological releases

• The impact of loneliness on our health

• Why attachment is a survival need

• Attachment styles and how they develop

• How regulating your nervous system improves social connections

 

Want to learn more about neurosomatic intelligence, and how it can help you and your clients? Join our free workshop with Matt Bush and Melanie Weller on July 27th! https://neurosomaticintelligence.com/

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain by Louis Cozolino

Lost Connections by Johann Hari

 

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We’re excited to be back for our third season of Trauma Rewired! In this short episode, Jennifer and Elisabeth give a quick overview of what you can expect from this new season that’s centered around attachment and relationships.

 

Last season focused on the individual nervous system, laying the groundwork for this season’s exploration of how our nervous systems exist together. This season breaks down issues of attachment in our development and relationships, as well as how the experiences within our communities, in society, and with each other affect our health. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of topics like codependency, narcissism, empathy, and misattunement.

 

Plus, several exciting guests will be appearing on the show to help us talk about the impact of the vagus nerve on our social connections, our theory that complex trauma is an attachment wound, and more.

 

Tune in and get ready to start exploring these concepts in our first episode on the Neurobiology of Relationships and Attachment!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Topics we’ll be covering in Season 3

• New and old guests we’ve invited on the show

• How we prepared and recovered for Season 3

 

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Do you have trouble getting out of your head and into your body? Does your trauma affect your ability to make deep connections with others? For today’s guest, following a neurosomatic intelligence framework allowed her and her partner to build a stronger relationship, while learning more about themselves in the process.

 

Sharing her NSI experience with hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisbeth Kristoff is Dr. Jolie Hamilton, a relationship expert who now brings neurosomatic intelligence into her practice. They discuss how our nervous systems interact with each other, healing generational trauma, and the power of using NSI tools anytime, anywhere.

 

Our nervous systems have the power to comfort or dysregulate ourselves and others, but it’s important to remember that dysregulation is inevitable in any relationship. The key is to expand the capacity of our nervous system, and you can learn that from this interview.

 

If you have an insecure attachment style, want to try NSI tools with your partner or just want to understand the science of this topic, listen to this episode!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Dr. Jolie’s progress after connecting with NSI/somatics

• How Dr. Jolie’s clients use NSI tools to combat triggers

• Interacting with each other’s nervous systems

• Exploring NSI tools with a partner

• The cycle of trauma bonding

• Rewiring patterns and psychodynamic theory

• Healing generational trauma

• The collective unconscious

• Warring internal parts of ourselves

• Benefits of nervous system regulation

 

Get more information on the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Certification: https://neurosomaticintelligence.com?aff=traumarewired

 

Claim your FREE Two weks on Brain Based Wellness:

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Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group!

 

Contact Dr. Jolie Hamilton:

 

Website https://www.jolihamilton.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjoli_hamilton/

 

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In our first episode on emotional repression, we discussed how trauma can cause repressive behaviors and why emotional expression is necessary to living a healthy life. Today, we’re concluding the conversation by addressing two emotions that impedes the healing process: grief and shame. 

Matt Bush of Next Level Neuro is back to continue the discussion with hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff. To showcase the effects of grief on the nervous system, they all give examples of client experiences with repressed emotions and their own grief practices. 

Despite our innate need to express emotions and have connections with other human beings, expressing even positive emotions can be difficult. By the end of this episode, you’ll understand why positive emotions are so threatening to the nervous system and why minimum effective dose may be the key to healing. 

Listen in to learn about how to work through shame, the healing power of nature, and finding safety in emotional expression! 

Topics discussed in this episode: 

● Why neuro trainers need to be trauma informed 

● Jennifer’s grief practices and co-regulation 

● How grief affects the nervous system 

● Learning to connect with your grief 

● Shame as an immobilizing and protective emotion 

● Using NSI to work through shame 

● Why positive emotions can be scary to the nervous system 

● How our brain helps us heal 

 

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Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group: 

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“How many experiences in love do we have to have (where we burn it down or blow it up) before we actually understand love is real, and we start to change our response to those people or those situations?” 

Emotions are necessary for our survival, telling us when to be scared or cautious for our own protection. Trauma causes us to view situations and people through the lens of our past experiences, making us hypervigilant and sensitive to any perceived threat of danger. This dysregulation of our emotions, and in turn our nervous system, undoubtedly has a profound effect on our health and relationships. 

The quote above comes directly from this episode of Trauma Rewired, in which host Jennifer is joined by Elisabeth Kristof of Brain-Based Wellness and Matt Bush of Next Level Neuro, both founders of the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching Certification Program. They explore the topic of emotions with a neuro somatic intelligence approach. 

You’ll learn how emotion is stored in the body, why emotional regulation is important for our body’s functioning, and how trauma affects our expression or suppression of emotions. Matt also shares new and exciting discoveries in the study of emotions. 

Tune in for an in-depth conversation on emotions, including the physiology and why they’re important for the healing process! 

Topics discussed in this episode: 

● Emotions and the limbic system 

● Why emotions are necessary for survival 

● Homeostasis and emotional regulation 

● Feelings vs. emotions 

● How trauma affects how we express (or don’t express) emotions 

● Elisabeth gives an example of suppressing her emotions 

● The personal experience of pain 

● Where emotions are stored in the body 

● Mechanism of memory in relation to trauma 

● Creating and releasing tension/trauma in the body 

● Emotions as triggers 

● How do we train ourselves to perceive emotions/relationships differently? 

 

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It’s easier than you think. If you can get online, you can heal your nervous system.

 

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Have you been putting off sending that important email or having a difficult conversation? Thesecould be signs of freeze trauma response. Not taking action and procrastinating seems likeinnocent occurrences, because we all do it right? However, these can be seriously damaging to our lives and nervous systems.

The prolonged trauma that lives in our bodies that doesn’t have a chance to move through us
can wreak havoc in not only our lives but in our bodies. We have a hard time knowing when we
are in freeze response because it is so difficult to pinpoint because it gets roped in with
character attributes like laziness or dissociation.

Then why do we do this? Well, our brains are very good at protecting ourselves from real or
perceived threats, so they create these barriers to not put ourselves in situations where we
could potentially have an exaggerated stress response. Then we continue to procrastinate, and
go into numbing activities.

However, there is a way to move through this and design a life where procrastination isn’t the
norm, and we can live more fulfilling, healthier lives. Rewiring our bodies isn’t an easy task, but
the reward is exponential.

Tune in today to hear how you can move out of the freeze trauma response and into life!

Topics discussed in this episode:
● What is the freeze response?
● Why does the freeze response occur?
● What happens when someone stays in a freeze response?
● How dissociation falls under freeze response
● How working with the nervous system can help remedy freeze response
● Protective postures used in freeze response
● Interrupting the protective posture feedback loop
● Shame associated with freeze response
● Is freeze response related to depression?
● Importance of identifying and understanding freeze response

 

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We are live onsite three times a week to answer your questions and help you work with your nervous system. Get the tools to relieve your stress, burnout, and anxiety today!

 

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If you haven’t begun a journey to heal your nervous system, this episode of Trauma Rewired will convince you why NOW is the time to start.

In this episode, we’re sharing clips from season 2 that explain how trauma lives in the body and why you should heal it. By gaining a deeper understanding of what trauma does to the body, you can start to build resilience to repair the behavior patterns that aren’t serving you. 

 

Hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof also delve deep into the role of the nervous system for our overall health, and how it's affected by trauma. Plus, you’ll learn the foundations of applied neurology, including the neural exercises and tools that have helped Jennifer and Elisabeth, and their clients, make lasting change.

 

If you want to know how to regulate your nervous system, tune in today!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The role of the nervous system

• Healing deficits in the nervous system

• Why safety is crucial for healing

• Defining the nervous system and what it means to train it

• Uses of applied neurology

• Protective outputs and dysregulation

• Triggers in the brain and our responses

• How trauma affects the brain

• Creating new patterns in the brain

• Dissociation and training the vagus nerve

• Why the vagus nerve is so important

• Understanding your unique nervous system

 

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Get more information on the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Coaching course here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com?aff=traumarewired

 

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Do you have trouble getting out of your head and into your body? Does your trauma affect your ability to make deep connections with others? For today’s guest, following a neurosomatic intelligence framework allowed her and her partner to build a stronger relationship, while learning more about themselves in the process.

 

Sharing her NSI experience with hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisbeth Kristoff is Dr. Jolie Hamilton, a relationship expert who now brings neurosomatic intelligence into her practice. They discuss how our nervous systems interact with each other, healing generational trauma, and the power of using NSI tools anytime, anywhere.

 

Our nervous systems have the power to comfort or dysregulate ourselves and others, but it’s important to remember that dysregulation is inevitable in any relationship. The key is to expand the capacity of our nervous system, and you can learn that from this interview.

 

If you have an insecure attachment style, want to try NSI tools with your partner or just want to understand the science of this topic, listen to this episode!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Dr. Jolie’s progress after connecting with NSI/somatics

• How Dr. Jolie’s clients use NSI tools to combat triggers

• Interacting with each other’s nervous systems

• Exploring NSI tools with a partner

• The cycle of trauma bonding

• Rewiring patterns and psychodynamic theory

• Healing generational trauma

• The collective unconscious

• Warring internal parts of ourselves

• Benefits of nervous system regulation

 

Contact Dr. Jolie Hamilton:

 

Website https://www.jolihamilton.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjoli_hamilton/

Get more information on the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Certification: https://neurosomaticintelligence.com?aff=traumarewired

 

Subscribe to the free Brain Training Video Series: https://brainbased-wellness.com/free-subscription/

 

Learn more about Brain-Based Wellness, here: https://brainbased-wellness.com?aff=Jenebug

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group!

 

Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren’t serving you!

 

Work with Jennifer:

 

https://linktr.ee/traumarewired

 

https://www.instagram.com/illuminatedwithjennifer/

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“I think a lot of people try to move into manifestation and belief work, and can end up being really frustrated and down on themselves. It can be hard when you don't also have the tools to work with your nervous system.”

 

In this second part of the Trauma Rewired belief series, co-hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness are joined by Angella Jaber, an NSI practitioner who’s helping clients attune to their future self energy and create lasting change. During today’s discussion on the nervous system, they’ll explain the complex ways our past traumas keep us in a state of dysregulation, and why self-acceptance is key to truly healing.

 

Angella also shares her story of listening to her inner voice to live her authentic life, and bridging the work of nervous system healing and spirituality. You’ll also hear how applied neurology and NSI tools have helped them find self-awareness and work through the trauma responses, or protective outputs, not serving them.

 

As Elisabeth states above, our growth is limited when we don’t understand the way our nervous system operates. Tune in to start learning!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Angella’s journey to following her inner guidance
• Combining NSI training with future self energy
• Creating and preparing for permanent change
• How she guides clients in future self attunement
• Benefits resulting from integrating NSI tools
• Shadow work and self-acceptance
• Gaining freedom through self-regulation

• Angella’s process for shifting vibrations and manifestation

• Using neuro tools to reach a new level of connection to yourself

 

Learn more about Elisabeth Kristof and her company, Brain-Based Wellness, here: https://brainbased-wellness.com/about/

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group!

 

Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren’t serving you!

 

Work with Jennifer:

https://www.traumarewired.com

 

https://linktr.ee/traumarewired

 

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