Our sense of security and trust (in ourselves, in others, and in reality itself) often starts with our family environment – the foundation upon which our personality, future relationships, and physical/psychological health is based.

 

As children, we may have experienced varying degrees of material and emotional security. Even if the caregivers and authority figures in our lives had the best of intentions and were generally supportive and loving people, it’s likely that we did not come out of our early years without experiencing some form of disappointment, loss, betrayal, boundary violation, or traumatic event.

 

For some of us, there may have been times when our needs for respect, positive self-regard, emotional, psychological or physical safety were severely threatened or violated (worse yet, by the very people who professed to have our best interest at heart.)

4. TRUST & TRAUMA

by Katarzyna Vedah. June 2, 2018

Having our security and trust compromised in this way could have shaken us to the core, leading to a chronic feeling of being unsafe in the world, and damaging our ability to trust ourselves and others.

 

The shock and pain of such experiences may stay stuck in our minds, hearts and bodies like shrapnel unless we learn to process the energy out of our system and find our resiliency again, cultivating our inner resources and core value so as to build a stronger foundation from which to take root and explore the world with a reclaimed sense of our own power and capability.

 

As adults, we can choose to “consciously let go of what belittles us and makes us suffer” (Guy Corneau, Lessons in Love), so as to let go of our illusions and seek the best sources of support to aid in our healing.
 

We can hone our discernment and choose what we accept from others and what we don’t, knowing when our boundaries have been crossed and how to defend our limits - not with aggression or in retaliation, but with self-awareness, respect and grace.

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RESOURCES:

 

VIDEO (YouTube):

How a messed up childhood affects you in adulthood - School of Life

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How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris

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Healing illness with the subconscious mind - Danna Pycher

 

BOOK:

Where to Draw the Line.

By Anne Katherine.

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Lessons in Love.

By Guy Corneau.

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MEMORY-SCAPES & SHADOW-LANDS

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FILM (YouTube): Trailer

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi)

Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)

Lion (Garth Davis)

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​SHORT FILM / SILHOUETTE ANIMATION:

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The Tale of the Three Brothers

(The Illustration Art)

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The Mysterious Geographical Explorations of Jasper Morello

(Rupert Gibb) (Vimeo)

ARTIST / VIDEO:

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Alter Bahnhof Video Walk, 2012 (Vimeo)

(Cardiff & Miller)

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Marcel Dzama's Incredible Imagination

(Creators)

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Marcel Dzama - Artist's Studio

(Museum of Contemporary Art)

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WEBSITE: 

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller 

Marcel Dzama

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HEALING

MIND &

BODY

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HEALING THE FRACTURED SELF:

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VIDEO: (YouTube)

1. "Psychologically Wounded"

2. What is a "Grown Wounded Child"?

3. Explanation of "inner-family therapy"

4. Who ARE you? Personality subselves

5. How to identify your subselves

6. Exercise: "Meet" your subselves

7. Reduce mind-chatter & inner conflicts

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WEBSITE: http://www.sfhelp.org/

Break the Cycle - Peter Gerlach

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING:

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VIDEO: (YouTube)

Rebounding from Trauma - Peter Levine

How Trauma Sticks in the Body

Working with Traumatic Memory

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BOOK: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma.

By Peter A. Levine & Ann Frederick

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WEBSITE:

https://traumahealing.org/

Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute

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COMMITMENT

       LOVE

          &

ABUNDANCE

 

 

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COMMITMENT & HOW TO RECEIVE:

 

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VIDEOS: (YouTube) - Teal Swan

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Working with Commitment

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How to Get Over the Fear of Commitment

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Cut the Invisible Strings

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How to Receive (Love)

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CLEARING ABUNDANCE BLOCKS:

 

VIDEO: (YouTube) - Mindvalley

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How To Attract Abundance With Energy Clearing - Christie Marie Sheldon

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What Are The 24 Abundance Blocks? - Christie Marie Sheldon

 

WEBSITE: MINDVALLEY: http://www.mindvalley.com/