#perfectionism

Our latest episode dives deep into the transformative power of Neurosomatic Intelligence (NSI) and its potential to ripple positive change across communities. 

We explore how understanding the nervous system can sharpen our existing strengths, address our weaknesses, and cultivate resilience. By intentionally training our nervous systems, we’re not just enhancing our personal health but fostering a connectedness that benefits the larger society.

Whether you're a therapist, coach, or simply someone invested in personal development, this episode is packed with insights to help you harness the power of your nervous system for more effective and empathetic interactions. The discussion emphasizes the significance of understanding and intentionally training the nervous system for better outcomes as well as exploring the interplay between emotions and behaviors.

NSI brings a holistic approach that acknowledges the complexities of trauma, emphasizing safety, calibration, and the importance of dosage in therapeutic practice. We aim to provide practical tools for practitioners working with the nervous systems of their clients, ensuring that interventions are tailored to individual needs. Our goal is to not only impact individual well-being but also catalyze social change by being trauma-informed and fostering an environment where everyone can thrive.

Hosts Elisabeth and Jennifer are joined by Matt Bush, a lead educator from the NSI certification course. 

In this episode we discuss:

• What is Neuro-Somatic Intelligence?
• Who is this course for?
• The importance of a trauma-informed approach
• Practical Tools for therapists, coaches, therapists, and community healers
• The imapct of the nervous system on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• Uncover how a holistic appraoch to your nervous system can reshape your world to create lasting, postivie change. 

 

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Disclaimer

Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear. 

We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being. 

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  If someone’s life is in danger, immediately call 911. 

We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available.  We don’t warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It’s very important to talk to a medical professional about your individual needs, as we aren’t responsible for any actions you take based on the information you hear in this podcast.

We  invite guests onto the podcast. Please note that we don’t verify the accuracy of their statements. Our organization does not endorse third-party content and the views of our guests do not necessarily represent the views of our organization.

We talk about general neuro-science and nervous system health, but you are unique. These are conversations for a wide audience. They are general recommendations and you are always advised to seek personal care for your unique outputs, trauma and needs. 

We are not doctors or licensed medical professionals. We are certified neuro-somatic practitioners and nervous system health/embodiment coaches. We are not your doctor or medical professional and do not know you and your unique nervous system. This podcast is not a replacement for working with a professional.

The BrainBased.com site and Rewiretrail.com is a membership site for general nervous system health, somatic processing and stress processing. It is not a substitute for medical care or the appropriate solution for anyone in mental health crisis. 

Any examples mentioned in this podcast are for illustration purposes only. If they are based on real events, names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. 

We’ve done our best to ensure our podcast respects the intellectual property rights of others, however if you have an issue with our content, please let us know by emailing us at traumarewired@gmail.com 

All rights in our content are reserved

 

“You can’t be present and dissociated at the same time.”

These wise words from co-host Jennifer Wallace encompasses why this topic is so important to explore. Presence is the truth of our emotions and our reality, because we cannot heal what we do not feel. Being present with our emotions, and feeling them in our body, allows us to truly understand and heal our nervous system in ways that dissociating from the body cannot.

This is a powerful conversation highlighting what goes on in the brain and nervous system when we dissociate, and how this protective mechanism can become maladaptive when its original function no longer serves us. There is a way to overcome dissociation and authentically feel emotions in the body to truly heal.

In this episode, Elisabeth Kristoff and Jennifer Wallace deep dive into dissociation and its characteristics. The discussion begins with defining what dissociation is and how it is learned at an early age as a protective mechanism, followed by unraveling how dissociation shows up in the brain, specifically which brain structures are involved in disassociation, as well as the connection between the vagus nerve and the interoceptive system as it pertains to dissociation.

It’s not enough to just understand these concepts intellectually, the real healing happens when we can experience them, which means feeling them in our bodies. That’s where Neurosomatic Intelligence Coaching comes in, where we teach you the tools you need to heal the whole self, and move out of dissociation and into the body in a safe way.

Tune in for this and more!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Definition of dissociation

• How dissociation is on a spectrum

• The protective aspects of dissociation

• How dissociation gets wired in the brain from an early age

• The function of the thalamus and how it’s related to dissociation

• The deep connection between the vagus nerve and the interoceptive system

• How the brain makes predictions based on our past experiences

• The possibility to train in new protective skills that are not maladaptive

• Knowing about the  nervous system is not the same as experiencing it

• Spiritual bypassing and dissociation 

• The importance of presence in understanding the truth of emotions

Contact us about private Rewire Neuro-Somatic Coaching: https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the spring cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site: https://www.rewiretrial.com

 

Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

 

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This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear. 

We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being. 

If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.  If someone’s life is in danger, immediately call 911. 

We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available.  We don’t warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It’s very important to talk to a medical professional about your individual needs, as we aren’t responsible for any actions you take based on the information you hear in this podcast.

We  invite guests onto the podcast. Please note that we don’t verify the accuracy of their statements. Our organization does not endorse third-party content and the views of our guests do not necessarily represent the views of our organization.

We talk about general neuro-science and nervous system health, but you are unique. These are conversations for a wide audience. They are general recommendations and you are always advised to seek personal care for your unique outputs, trauma and needs. 

We are not doctors or licensed medical professionals. We are certified neuro-somatic practitioners and nervous system health/embodiment coaches. We are not your doctor or medical professional and do not know you and your unique nervous system. This podcast is not a replacement for working with a professional.

The BrainBased.com site and Rewiretrail.com is a membership site for general nervous system health, somatic processing and stress processing. It is not a substitute for medical care or the appropriate solution for anyone in mental health crisis. 

Any examples mentioned in this podcast are for illustration purposes only. If they are based on real events, names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. 

We’ve done our best to ensure our podcast respects the intellectual property rights of others, however if you have an issue with our content, please let us know by emailing us at traumarewired@gmail.com 

All rights in our content are reserved

 

Dissociation is one way that our brain keeps us safe from things that may cause us stress or harm. Whether it’s a simple moment of daydreaming or constant state of dissociation in an abusive relationship, being cognitively and physically disconnected is not conducive to healing.

 

During this episode of Trauma Rewired, Jennifer and Elisabeth discuss the spectrum of dissociation and how it can affect the interoceptive system, or how we process and send information to the brain. They go over the symptoms of dissociation, sharing their personal experiences of dissociation related to childhood trauma.

 

Our survival brain sees healing as a threat, but there are ways to rehab the deficits in the nervous system to give more clear information to the brain, helping us to think and see more clearly. For example, training our interoceptive system can fight our hypersensitivity to threats and bring us out of disassociation.

 

To learn what tools can help you retrain your nervous system and the learned conditioned responses that are no longer serving you, tune in to this episode!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Misconceptions about dissociation

• The definition of dissociation and its symptoms

• Dissociation as a protective mechanism

• How the interoceptive system works

• Dissociation and the freeze response

• How dissociation affects the body and how we feel pain

• The link to avoidance behavior

• Tools to bring yourself back from a state of dissociation

• Body dysmorphia and deficits in the visual system

• Living in the body to find a safe place to feel and heal

• Dissociation as an effect of peak somatic experiences

 

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the spring cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site:

https://www.rewiretrial.com

 

Contact us about private Rewire Neuro-Somatic Coaching:

https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

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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 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

 

Sign up for the free Holiday Self-Care NSI Workshop on December 15th:

https://neurosomaticintelligence.com/holidayselfcare

 

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the spring cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site:

https://www.rewiretrial.com

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

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Connect with Matt Bush at Next Level Neuro 

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

 

This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

The holidays can be a magical time full of celebrations and connection, but they can also evoke feelings of loneliness and overwhelm — especially for those with a history of trauma. This duality of emotions can be hard to navigate, so this episode of Trauma Rewired explores the complex emotions that many experience during this time and strategies to manage them without falling back to harmful behaviors.

The conversation begins by revisiting the concept of neurotags to illustrate how simple sensory inputs like sounds or smells can trigger emotional and physical responses linked to past traumas. Then, we delve into the impact of family dynamics, societal pressures, internal and external expectations, highlighting the importance of self-care and boundary setting.

Hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth also share their personal experiences with holiday-related trauma and reflect on their coping mechanisms that have evolved from maladaptive to healthy over time. As you listen to their insights, you’ll learn tools and strategies to regulate your nervous system, honor your body, and manage expectations amidst the festive chaos.

Tune in to learn what small actions you can take to overcome the holiday blues!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The concept of neurotags and the holidays

• Emotional complexities of the holiday season and trauma

• Triggers and maladaptive behavior

• Expectations versus capacity

• Self-care and setting boundaries

• The holiday season’s impact on our health

• Healthy coping strategies for the holidays

• What to expect next season on Trauma Rewired

Sign up for the free Holiday Self-Care NSI Workshop on December 15th:

https://neurosomaticintelligence.com/holidayselfcare

 

Contact us about private Rewire Neuro-Somatic Coaching:

https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/

 

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the spring cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site:

https://www.rewiretrial.com

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

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Shame

Season 03, Episode 19

If you listened to our episode on toxic shame last season, then you know that shame is a debilitating emotional response that keeps us from full self-expression. It represses other emotions and inhibits our verbal and non-verbal communication, becoming a barrier to our connection with others.

In this episode, hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth dive even deeper into the neurology of shame and how it impacts our health and relationships. They cover the link between shame and the trauma responses freeze and dissociation, the immunological effects of shame and guilt, and how shame keeps us isolated and drives protective behaviors in those with complex trauma.

Jennifer and Elisbeth also share their own experiences with shame, going into detail with the practices and tools they use to build the capacity in their nervous system and move shame through the body.

It’s incredibly difficult to feel secure and connected when you’re living life with an undercurrent of shame, but acceptance is the first step to addressing these issues. So tune in now to learn how you can start safely processing shame!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Why shame is a necessary emotion

• How shame impacts self-expression

• The body’s somatic experience of shame

• The over coupling of shame during childhood sexual trauma

• How shame drives maladaptive survival behaviors

• The trauma of dissociation

• Working shame through the body

• How nervous system work has helped us work through shame

 

Listen to this episode on Toxic Shame from season 2 here: https://illuminatedwithjennifer.libsyn.com/toxic-shame-cptsd-component

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Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

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Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

Head to https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/ 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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Earlier this season in episode 3, Trauma Rewired explored the impact of a mother’s nervous system on their child even before birth. But let’s take a step back and focus on the overwhelming experience of birth to discuss the layers of trauma in the birth process and the importance of trauma-informed care.

Mandy Irby, founder of The Birth Nurse, is on the show today to share her own traumatic birth experience that transformed her approach to the birth process as a labor and delivery nurse. Since discovering the power of nervous system regulation, she’s shifted her career to educate nurses on trauma-informed care and how to build resilience within themselves so they can reduce harm and support patients during the birthing process.

In this episode, Mandy helps us explore the coregulation of mothers and medical professionals, the history of harm in the birth process, how trauma plays out in the birth space and the impact on the nervous system.

Tune in to find out how Mandy is bridging her experience as a nurse and neurosomatic intelligence certified practitioner to promote trauma-informed care in the birthing process!

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The impact of Mandy’s own birth experience

• Why medical professionals detach from their patients

• How Mandy uses NSI to help nurses support their patients

• The history of oppression and harm in perinatal care

• The layers of trauma in the birth experience

• Using NSI tools to overcome the challenges of being a nurse

• How NSI training can change birth outcomes and birth culture

 

Connect with Mandy Irby:

https://mandyirby.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandyirby/
https://www.instagram.com/thebirthnurse/
https://www.youtube.com/thebirthnurseofficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@thebirthnurse

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

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Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

Head to https://www.brainbased-wellness.comfor 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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This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

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/

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

https://www.rewiretrial.com

 

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

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!

 

FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired

This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

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

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

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Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

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!

 

FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired

This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

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

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

https://www.rewiretrial.com

Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846

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!

 

FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired

This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

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

 

Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer:

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Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source

 

Connect with us on social media:

@trauma.rewired

 

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This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

 

Our society rewards those who work hard, appear to never make mistakes, and seem to have everything under control. We’ve collectively decided on what perfect looks like and attributed perfectionism with the ideal person.

What if we told you that perfectionism is actually a protective measure used to prevent oneself from feelings of rejection, abandonment, and worthlessness? These words don’t quite scream “perfect” do they?

 

Trauma Rewired hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have touched upon this trauma response before, but today’s episode is a deep dive into how it can develop and lead to harmful avoidance behaviors. They deconstruct perfectionism, including defining the three types of perfectionism and how it interplays with CPTSD elements like the inner critic.

 

You’ll learn the many health consequences that the chronic stress of perfectionism can cause, and how to distinguish excellence from perfectionism. Jennifer and Elisabeth also share their experience with perfectionism, and how it can push us into burnout or freeze states.

 

Perfectionism is not an attainable goal, which makes it debilitating and a hindrance to healing trauma. To take the first step towards moving out of perfectionism, tune in!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Defining the 3 types of perfectionism

• Perfectionism as a trauma response

• Jennifer’s example of setting yourself up for failure

• The effects of perfectionism on our health

• Maladaptive coping mechanisms for perfectionism

• How to recognize perfectionist behaviors and thinking

• Jennifer on taking action against her perfectionism

• Trauma healing, neurosomatic intelligence, and integration

• Limiting beliefs push the loop of perfectionism

• Elisabeth on the importance on self-regulation tools in her life

• How perfectionism negatively affects organizations and employees

• Steps Elisabeth has taken to heal her perfectionism and workaholism

 

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Our society rewards those who work hard, appear to never make mistakes, and seem to have everything under control. We’ve collectively decided on what perfect looks like and attributed perfectionism with the ideal person.

What if we told you that perfectionism is actually a protective measure used to prevent oneself from feelings of rejection, abandonment, and worthlessness? These words don’t quite scream “perfect” do they?

 

Trauma Rewired hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth have touched upon this trauma response before, but today’s episode is a deep dive into how it can develop and lead to harmful avoidance behaviors. They deconstruct perfectionism, including defining the three types of perfectionism and how it interplays with CPTSD elements like the inner critic.

 

You’ll learn the many health consequences that the chronic stress of perfectionism can cause, and how to distinguish excellence from perfectionism. Jennifer and Elisabeth also share their experience with perfectionism, and how it can push us into burnout or freeze states.

 

Perfectionism is not an attainable goal, which makes it debilitating and a hindrance to healing trauma. To take the first step towards moving out of perfectionism, tune in!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Defining the 3 types of perfectionism

• Perfectionism as a trauma response

• Jennifer’s example of setting yourself up for failure

• The effects of perfectionism on our health

• Maladaptive coping mechanisms for perfectionism

• How to recognize perfectionist behaviors and thinking

• Jennifer on taking action against her perfectionism

• Trauma healing, neurosomatic intelligence, and integration

• Limiting beliefs push the loop of perfectionism

• Elisabeth on the importance on self-regulation tools in her life

• How perfectionism negatively affects organizations and employees

• Steps Elisabeth has taken to heal her perfectionism and workaholism

 

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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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“Living a life of growth and expansion is as simple as living in your nervous system.” - Jennifer
Wallace

Arriving early, leaving late, overthinking, can’t sit still, breathing quickly, and always keeping
busy, are just a few examples of how the flight trauma response can manifest in our lives. This
response is biologically built in to keep us safe from harm, but what if that harm is perceived anddoesn’t require fleeing the scene? This can be detrimental to our personal and professional livesand keep us in a state of high alert with stress hormones coursing through our bodies that canbe quite harmful.

In order to combat this trauma response, the nervous system must be regulated, but it is difficult to do that when we can’t pinpoint whether the response is flight or what the trigger is. The first step is to understand the response, and come back to the body to understand the sensations that come with it.

This is where applied neurology has proven beneficial to create a safe container for nervous
system regulation to allow those of us with this response to come out on the other side with the tools and ability to self regulate. Regulate so we can have that hard conversation without
leaving half way through or to be able to finally relax and dig our feet in the sand while soaking
up the sun.

In this episode, hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff founder of Nero-Somatic Intelligence and Brain Based Wellness share their personal experiences with flight response and how it affected their lives when they didn’t
have the tools to regulate.

Tune in for information about tools on how to recognize and regulate the flight trauma response sensations to be able to live a full and expansive life!

Topics discussed in this episode:
● What is a flight trauma response
● What you can do to develop an awareness of this response and how to regulate it
● What role does respiration play
● Behaviors associated with flight response
● Jennifer and Elisabeth’s personal experiences with flight
● The physiological response that happens during flight response
● How applied neurology can help regulate the nervous system
● How breathwork during flight may not be right for you

● Best tools to get out of flight response
● How to deal with triggers in relationships

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It is our brain’s job to protect us against danger. Whether that is a real or perceived threat, the
brain will activate and will result in an action, or inaction. This isn’t the most effective way to be
protected for people who have experienced trauma, because that trauma is stored so deep in
our subconscious, that the threat response can activate in the absence of a real threat but in thepresence of a trigger.

There is no way to avoid having your trauma retriggered and your nervous system regulated at
all times. These are lived experiences that have sown their way into our nervous systems, but
we can implement tools to regulate in the face of a response that may be harmful to others or
yourself.

Specifically the fight trauma response. This can be one of the most damaging to our
relationships and our bodies. Creating chaos in moments of intimacy with others, or chaos
within our bodies, can lead to living an unfulfilling life. There is a way out of this, and that is whawe want to talk about on today’s episode.

Jennifer and Elisabeth sit down to speak about fight response and how it manifested in their
lives. As well as tools you can use to help yourself move the anger through your body. They
worked with their nervous system and learned how to identify when they were in fight mode andhow to regulate it in that moment. They now want to share this knowledge with you.
Tune in to hear their stories and how you can start your journey to a regulated nervous system.

Topics discussed in this episode:

● What happens in your body when in fight response
● How fight response is automatic without cognitive awareness
● Benefits of creating a new relationship with fight response
● Four ways people respond to anger
● How feelings of unsafety in yourself can make others feel unsafe
● How trauma responses can be misidentified as a personality trait
● Reparenting yourself during a trauma response
● How to move anger through the body
● What happens to your body when you express emotion
● The truth about how dysregulation does not stop

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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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Trauma Rewired is a podcast rooted in science, and season 2 of the show has covered topics like complex post-traumatic stress disorder, the four Fs, and emotional repression through the lens of neurosomatic intelligence.

Through their research for each episode and recording tough conversations, hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof have discovered a lot about themselves and gained a deeper understanding of important concepts like disassociation.

In this episode, they recap the season and highlight the benefits of nervous system health. Jennifer and Elisabeth embodied everything discussed this season, utilizing neurosomatic practices and finding safety to feel their own emotions brought to the surface each episode.

Tune in to hear their insights and find out what new concepts they’ll be exploring next season!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• The relationship between trauma and the nervous system

• Our focus on C-PTSD and trauma responses

• New discoveries made through this podcast

• How we were affected researching each episode

• What to expect in season 3 of Trauma Rewired

• Stay connected with us through Brain-Based Wellness

 

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Why can it be so hard to feel and express emotions? What happens physiologically in the brain and nervous system when anger is stuffed down? Is emotional expression necessary for our physical health? Have these topics been studied, or can we only go off our own experiences?

 

Hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof, and Matt Bush of Next Level Neuro are answering all these questions and more. They break down the ways people with childhood trauma develop repressive behaviors, why emotional expression is crucial for our overall health, and the consequences of emotional repression in the nervous system.

 

Since repression is a subconscious defense mechanism, it affects our behavior and belief patterns, and changes our perception without us even realizing it. This makes it incredibly hard to change, but after listening to this episode, you’ll better understand how emotional repression impacts the different systems in the body and the power of nervous system regulation.

 

Tune in to learn how this knowledge can help you or your practice as a healer!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Why emotional expression is important for our health

• How childhood trauma affects our capacity to feel and express emotion

• Emotional repression and abandonment

• Responses of suppression vs. repression

• Consequences to the nervous system

• Damage to the interoceptive system

• Finding a safe space to work through emotions

• Anger as a communication tool and expression

• Effects on the immune system

• The use of plant medicine and epigenetics

 

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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

 

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If you’ve followed this podcast for even just a few episodes, you’ve heard about complex PTSD, the effects of trauma on the developmental brain, and how maladaptive behaviors form. Most importantly, you’ve learned that long-lasting change requires integration, a process supported by applied neurology.

 

Today, find out what applied neurology is and why it’s crucial to healing trauma from Trauma Rewired hosts Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristoff of Brain-Based Wellness. You’ll learn about the nervous system, the effects of trauma on our input systems, and how all the systems in our body work together to keep us safe — even when it has a negative impact on our health.

 

Elisabeth and Jennifer also explain how neurosomatic intelligence tools are a true and practical way to change our brain’s patterns. Addressing any trauma-caused deficits in your input system with nervous system training works for them and their clients, and it can work for you too.

 

Listen in to start understanding what’s going on in your body, and get yourself one step closer to healing your traumas!

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Defining applied neurology and why it’s important
• Neurosomatic intelligence as an input driven system
• Performance vs. protective outputs
• The brain’s role in our survival and deficits in our input systems
• Using NSI tools to support self-regulation
• Emotional processing and breaking patterns
• The importance of building a relationship with your body
• Sensory mismatch and how we react to it
• Key takeaways from this episode

 

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