Podcast - my personal and professional journey to being a Trauma Resolution Therapist
Jan Normanton • May 24, 2022
From Surviving to Striving to Thriving!
Settle in and watch my podcast which I shared with Leah Morgan of Still We Rise Coaching as part of the online Learning Retreat for Grief & Trauma this weekend gone.
In this, you will hear about:
· What trauma means to me, on a personal and professional level
· How I have used my lived experiences of personal trauma to bring me from surviving to striving to thriving
· How I came to work in the trauma field of trauma resolution
· What my present field of work is in relation to trauma
· What is Trauma Discharge Therapy (TDT) and how can it help you
· Why TDT is an effective therapy for trauma recovery
· Why trauma is so significant now and how can we support ourselves from its ill effects.
It’s only through direct embodied experience where can make an informed decision about who we are and then really get to know ourselves. Relying upon the brain is only part of the picture and a skewed one at that full of external influences and second hand beliefs
There can be a disparity between what’s going on in your brain to keep us safe and what’s going on in real time in your body; learning to discern the difference as to what feels true can be surprising and helpful
Functional freeze can be a useful survival strategy when facing trauma, chronic stress and any form of overwhelm; habitualised however, it can become a sneaky way of life, resulting in a life unlived.
Understanding that healing work isn’t linear can help us be more compassionate with ourselves and our process. Consider healing more of an ongoing, ever evolving journey within, that if done consistently, will bear fruit over and over again
It takes time, energy, effort and commitment to do our inner work. Ultimately it’s worth it, if we wish to lead a conscious life and take ownership of ourselves within so that our external world reflects this and we get to live on purpose.
Try a values audit to find yourself if you experience a sense of loss of self or your way in life; this can bring you back to what matters to you and form the foundation of your future self
How to manage triggers that send us into functional freeze. We will always be triggered – that’s life. It’s how we manage the triggers in the present differently to old coping strategies that support us to do differently and to change as we wish
If we base our wellbeing on achieving future goals, we might just be disappointed. If we are clear on how we wish to feel, chances are we can meet these needs both in the present as well as set goals that will align, creating a win-win for our present and future selves
Learn a few simple techniques of belly breathing, also known as diaphragmatic breathing, as it could literally extend your life.
We have no idea in truth what people might think of us - if we imagine what that might be, we are simply projecting and can end up hurting ourselves
