Trauma Resilience

The author of the runaway hit Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies shares honest and practical lessons for healing your past and owning your future so you can radiate strength, bravery, and joy when life gets dark.

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

I'm Gretchen Carlson, and while I'm not a medical doctor, I am someone who has suffered from PTSD and has been able to overcome the debilitating symptoms by using the strategies I've provided in this book. This book is a product of passion, driven by my desire to share insights and extend support to others!

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Whether you're a trauma survivor seeking healing, a therapist in search of evidence-based practices, or an individual focused on holistic self-improvement, Essentials of Somatic Therapy provides the compassionate guidance you need.

In one way or another, we all carry trauma. It can manifest as anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, over-eating, under-eating, addiction, depression, confusion, people-pleasing, under-earning, low mood, negative thinking, social anxiety, anger, brain fog and more. Traumas, big or 'little', leave us trapped in cycles of dysfunctional behaviours, negative thoughts and difficult feelings. Yet many people are unaware they're stuck in old reactions and patterns that stem from their past traumas.

Spacious Minds argues that resilience is not a mere absence of suffering. Sara E. Lewis's research reveals how those who cope most gracefully may indeed experience deep pain and loss. Looking at the Tibetan diaspora, she challenges perspectives that liken resilience to the hardiness of physical materials, suggesting people should "bounce back" from adversity. More broadly, this ethnography calls into question the tendency to use trauma as an organizing principle for all studies of conflict where suffering is understood as an individual problem rooted in psychiatric illness.

When neuroscientist Stephanie Mines started practicing the hands-on healing Art of Compassion, she began to unravel the mystery of trauma and the secret to resilience. As a survivor of early childhood abuse, police brutality as a social justice activist, and a series of dysfunctional and abusive relationships, Mines was profoundly curious about how the human nervous system finds resilience despite the cumulative burden of chronic stress and traumatic life events. While earning her doctorate in neuropsychology, she met Mary Iino Burmeister, master of the Art of Compassion, or Jin Shin Jyutsu.

Quando se trata de emoções, é comum sentir culpa ou criar expectativas impossíveis de alcançar. Para Oprah Winfrey e o psiquiatra e neurocientista Bruce Perry, é preciso mudar a forma de ver a vida, focando em compreender as pessoas, os comportamentos e a nós mesmos. Esta mudança de perspectiva começa com uma pergunta diferente, mais acolhedora: “O que aconteceu com você?” Em conversas profundas e tocantes, os dois exploram como os traumas de infância moldam o cérebro infantil e determinam o comportamento na idade adulta.

Among the various treatments for trauma, trauma-informed yoga stands out, rooted in an ancient practice, offering a safe, compassionate, and empowering path to recovery. This book, authored by a seasoned yoga practitioner, serves as a compassionate guide towards empowered healing, resilience, and personal growth.

Wenn wir als Kind nicht das bekommen, was wir für eine gesunde Entwicklung brauchen, zum Beispiel Sicherheit und eine dauerhafte emotionale Verbundenheit, entstehen seelische Verletzungen. Unsere Lebendigkeit wird eingeschränkt, wir können unser Potenzial nicht entfalten oder fühlen uns minderwertig. Oprah Winfrey diskutiert mit dem renommierten Hirnforscher und Kinderpsychiater Bruce Perry die Auswirkungen traumatischer Kindheitserlebnisse.

Many of us remember where we were in the moments of 9/11, however few of us can say we personally know someone who was impacted by this tragedy. Payton Lynch, the author of Rise from the Ashes: Stories of Trauma, Resilience, and Growth from the Children of 9/11, shares the story of her husband Jon Lynch and other 9/11 surviving children. Their stories are a few of the 3,000 stories (not including the 2,000 adult-age people who lost a parent that day and the countless others who have gone on to lose a parent due to 9/11 illnesses) that need to be told.

Having suffered the unimaginable loss of her first husband and child, Lindsay Nicholson worked her way up to become the most successful lifestyle magazine editor in Britain. But when a would-be suicide ran in front of her car, the pages of her picture-perfect life fell apart once more. In just one year, Lindsay lost her marriage, job and home, and was even arrested. Suicidal and suffering from profound PTSD, she tried medication, therapy and New Age courses – until she found the answers she was looking for in the pages of her former magazine.

Maybe you’ve tried similar techniques without success or are skeptical about alternative health approaches. This book is designed to help you get past those doubts, offering a supportive, step-by-step guide that anyone can follow to improve their mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

From leading mental health expert Dr Olivia Remes, this essential companion for navigating life's challenges offers everyday techniques and exercises to overcome setbacks and even achieve positive change. Whether you're dealing with job uncertainty, ill health, relationship problems, financial or mental health struggles, or the loss of a loved one, this highly practical and compassionate book will help you find meaning amidst the chaos and reset your life.

When trauma enters the lives of the unsuspecting, it steals from their very soul. It not only robs them of peace and joy, it can take years and decades from their lives while they desperately try to fill the hole in their heart, pretending that their soul isn't leaking out of it. No one is ever prepared for trauma, and no one is ever left unchanged by traumatic events.

Everything happens for a reason. Soon after the initial trauma has subsided, the universe provides a golden opportunity to hear the language of light within to grow, heal, and become a stronger, wiser, and healthier person. In a unique journey of self-discovery, Hazel Rose leads others through her traumatic experiences while growing up in a small island community in North Queensland and later as she encountered tragedy, accidents, a family breakdown, domestic violence, drugs and alcohol, rape, confrontations with the law, and repeated violent relationships.

Are you haunted by your past, trapped in an endless cycle of fear and anxiety? Does trauma control your life, ruining relationships and derailing dreams? This engaging audiobook offers a path to break free, providing practical tools and advice for holistic healing. Trauma's effects can shatter your sense of stability, but you have the power to turn pain into strength. Why not transform your suffering into personal growth?

Samantha Harte has had her share of heartbreak. Now fourteen years sober, she has suffered through her mother’s mental illness; betrayal by partners; the loss of her sister, friends, and father; multiple miscarriages; and her addiction to drugs and alcohol. Desperate for a path through the pain, she was forced to confront the hardwiring toward perfectionism that kept her sick and embrace the rewiring required to truly recover and heal. Through her medical practice, Samantha came to realize that, whether we’re addicted or not, we all suffer from some degree of soul sickness.

"Freedom Within: Healing, Empathy, and The Power of Forgiveness," a liberating guide that's not just about the act of forgiving–but about setting yourself free.