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bodies. Our bodies have a form of knowledge that is different from our cognitive brains. This knowledge is typically experienced as a felt sense of constriction or expansion, pain or ease, energy or numbness. Often this knowledge is stored in our bodies as wordless stories about what is safe and what is dangerous. The body is where we fear, hope, a
... See moreLICSW MSW Resmaa Menakem • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
As an adult, we may do spiritual practices to reconnect with presence as our true self, but until we heal the core traumas in our body that fuel our survival patterns, we will still go into our patterns when in overwhelm.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity

Richard Schwartz has laid out the 8 C’s of Self—Connectedness, Curiosity, Calmness, Compassion, Clarity, Courage, Confidence, and Creativity.
Jay Earley • Self-Therapy : A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness Using IFS, A Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 3rd Edition
Either way, it has the effect of releasing the coaching client from the default tendency to organize around identity preservation. Our presence means that we provide nothing to resist or defend against.
Doug Silsbee • Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart

The Ultimate Somatic Therapy and IFS Workbook for PTSD and Emotional Healing: 66 Days to Heal Trauma, Quiet Racing Thoughts, and Unlock Resilience for a Lifetime of Emotional Strength
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
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Though Marius’ healing was full of myth and drama, the key to resolving his trauma was in acknowledging and regaining his heritage as a competent, resourceful human being.