Resources
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
- Carl Jung
Understanding Trauma and the Nervous System
This video provides a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact our health and well-being.
Videos
How Adverse Childhood Experiences Affects Us Across the Lifespan (ACE's)
Childhood trauma has lasting impacts on brain development due to ongoing stress from abuse, neglect, and parental issues, says pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris.
Dr. Daniel Siegal describes his Hand Model of the Brain
Dr. Siegal describes how the brain stem and limbic system can override our prefrontal cortex, causing us to “flip our lid”. Learning the importance of naming it to tame it, when our part of our brain goes offline.