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Tag Archives: stress
Declining to feed the holiday frenzy
I first participated in “Buy Nothing Day” on Black Friday when my children were little. It became my tradition. A friend, who had braved the shopping chaos, said that the local outlet mall (“Virginia’s Number One Tourist Attraction!”) was so … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Thriving
Tagged Christmas, gifts, holiday, holiday stress, holidays, stress, stress reduction, traditions, tree
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Coregulation saved my father’s funeral
My father–whose behavior made him a monster to me–was buried with honors at Arlington National Cemetery in September. I spent weeks readying. I bought dress slacks, pulled together an outfit, worked through my fears, and intensively practiced three lines of … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Alexander Technique, Ceremony, Chronic Stress, Complex PTSD, coping tools, family, funeral, Giving & Receiving, guns, gunshot, hyperacusis, Kindness, Love, mental health, PTSD, resources, stress, synesthesia, Trauma, Trauma Recovery
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“Unleash the Ladybug!”
Della the Janked-Up Ladybug helped me launch my tiny-but-pointed #TraumaAwareAmerica initiative. It focuses on trauma awareness/education and the rights of traumatized people. I initially aimed at frontline providers, because they were the ones who could have greatly helped instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Education, Kindness, Mental Health
Tagged #InterpersonalNeurobiology, #Justice, #Neuroscience, #TraumaAwareAmerica, Chronic Stress, Community, Complex PTSD, Covid-19, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Giving & Receiving, Healthcare in America, Kindness, Leadership, Learning, Love, mental health, Neurobiology, Neuroplasticity, Pandemic, Personal Calling, PTSD, Resilience, stress, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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Why We Need Trauma Informed Care (TIC)
The trauma survivor’s Red Alert system is stuck on “HIGH,” but the trauma-uninformed psychologist has no clue. This one, at ChristianaCare thinks he is The Well And Knowing Doctor Who Bestows His Wisdom And Thereby Health Upon The Broken Patient. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Mental Health
Tagged #DelawareDontCare, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #TraumaInformedCare, CBT, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Chronic Stress, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CPTSD, CPTSDawareness, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, MentalHealth, PTSD, PTSDawareness, stress, Trauma Recovery
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“CyCling” with Ease to Down-Regulate Stress and Trauma
Alexander Technique instructor Imogen Ragone and I discuss and practice TheCyCle™ – “a simple yet powerful way to calm your own nervous system and release excess tension from your body. “In our last video Shay told us about three important … Continue reading
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Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Alexander Technique, CalmNervousSystem, ComplexPTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Downregulate, Downregulation, Imogen Ragone, Neurobiology, Self-Regulation, selfcare, selfhelp, stress, TheCyCle, Trauma, TraumaRecovery, Video, YouTube
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