In this episode, we have a guest speaker Coach Russ Yeager, talk about how to heal your body and heal your mind.
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I think it's so important to be clear with yourself and create a positive mindset and mental attitude about overcoming trauma. Limiting beliefs and this idea that you "aren't enough" or "don’t deserve" or "will never" is being stuck in The Vortex.
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When I think about the idea of self-love, it feels like it's no longer a struggle. And that was a really powerful thing to be able to say, especially when like me, you probably come from a background of trauma and trying to figure out how self-love can actually be attained. I think you have to start by asking yourself some really important questions. And those are:
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Boundaries we set against people and places and things and our environment so that we protect ourselves. And it's very reasonable that we should do that. For most of us as trauma survivors, we have got to find a way to protect ourselves in the world. And that makes sense.
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Boundaries for CPTSD and Trauma survivors are often looked at as parameters that we place around others for our safety and protection. Those boundaries are very important but they are not the only boundaries we should have in place. Why?
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The process of recovering from trauma takes time; yes there is some irony in that. It will take time to process, to become associated within your body again and it will take time to understand how to leverage the practices that work for you in your life. When you become present and associated by aligning your mind and body, you can tap into parts of yourself that make room for growth and exploring how to better spend your time.
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If you want to find health and happiness you have to be willing to do the work. Just because you disappear doesn't mean that your past does too.
Read MoreAs a leader, I have to admit when I am wrong and when I have made a mistake. I have made a colossal mistake in light of the events of the last couple of weeks and done so to my embarrassment. As someone who has always prided himself on rational thinking and finding solutions to problems, I realized in the heat of the moment I did not act in alignment with principles.
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Many of us have been in survival mode since birth-today is just another day in the office as it would seem. It’s almost as if we have been groomed for this exact moment. Healing from CPTSD during the time of corona…
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For some reason, we are taught that we must forgive people. I don't think we "must" do anything except whatever is best for the people around us and us. This isn't to say that apologies don't have a time and place and maybe I'm too jaded to forgive people that have viciously harmed me and maybe I don't deserve the forgiveness of the people that I harmed. That is fair to me. It would be one thing to “forgive and forget” but I’m on a mission to accept and create change.
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That feeling, that place of stuckness is so fucking real that it's scary. For the majority of my life, I felt like a dark shadow hovered over me, and its name was "not good enough." People feel stuck for many reasons, but I think there are two primary causes for which this occurs. These are the reasons…
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