Stress Trauma

During and after a traumatic experience, survivors experience a cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, relational, and spiritual responses that can make them feel unbalanced and threatened. The second edition of Building Resilience to Trauma explains common responses from a biological perspective, reframing the human experience from one of shame and pathology to one of hope and biology.

Stress is consuming your life, doing more harm than you realize. Discover how somatic practices can offer relief and balance—in as little as 10 minutes a day! Imagine it's a regular Tuesday. You're at your desk, sifting through emails or tackling laundry! Suddenly, you notice your shoulders are tensed up, and there's a dull ache at the base of your neck. It's not just physical stress but past traumas making themselves known in subtle ways. You're not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, 76% of adults experience physical symptoms caused by stress.

Working from a strong base in attachment theory, esteemed clinician Ruth Cohn explores ways therapists can recognize the signs of childhood neglect, provides recommendations for understanding lasting effects that can persist into adulthood, and lays out strategies for helping clients maximize therapeutic outcomes. Along with extensive clinical material, chapters introduce skills that therapists can develop and hone, such as the ability to recognize and discern nonverbal attempts at communication.

The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out maps out practical aspects of healing from stress-related disorders and provides immediate first-aid techniques that help alleviate the most intense symptoms of traumatic stress in a small amount of time. It shows how the latest findings in neuroscience research support both ancient and contemporary methods of trauma treatment from around the world. In recent years, it has become clearer than ever before that the mind, body, and spirit are connected, and that an illness affecting one affects the whole.

While there are many different approaches to healing trauma, few offer a wide range of perspectives and options. With innovative insight into trauma-related difficulties, Jasmin Lee Cori helps you understand trauma and its devastating impacts. Complete with exercises, healing stories, points to remember, and resources, this is a perfect companion for anyone seeking to reclaim their life from the devastating impacts of trauma.

Did your childhood feel like something you survived instead of enjoyed? Painful childhoods naturally result in many sticky obstacles to adult success, ranging from distrust in others to self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviors. Chronic family stress prompts a young brain to create deeply ingrained physical and mental habits that help survive childhood but later work against you in adulthood, often resulting in diagnoses like depression, bipolar, ADD, post-traumatic stress disorder, and Complex PTSD.

The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse. The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them.

Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? Do you struggle to manage your daily responsibilities and find time for self-care? It's time to take control of your stress levels and learn how to cultivate a more peaceful and balanced life with 30 Days to Reduce Stress. This comprehensive mindfulness workbook provides you with a 30-day program to help you reduce stress and anxiety, increase mindfulness, and improve your overall well-being. Each day includes a mindfulness exercise, journal prompts, and practical tools to help you apply what you've learned to your daily life. With 30...

Reclaim Your Calm, Reset Your Body, and Finally Feel Safe Again. Do you feel anxious, exhausted, or stuck in survival mode—no matter what you try? Been told it might be your vagus nerve but don’t know where to start? Or are you simply looking for a natural, science-backed way to finally feel calm, clear, and in control? 💡 THE REAL PROBLEM: YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS STUCK IN SURVIVAL Your gut is off. Your sleep is wrecked. Your heart races. Your mind won’t stop. You’re not broken. You’re not weak. You’re running a trauma-informed operating system—and it’s time for a reboot. ...

The people we love and those who raised us live inside us; we experience their emotional pain, we dream their memories, and these things shape our lives in ways we don’t always recognize. Emotional Inheritance is about family secrets that keep us from living to our full potential, create gaps between what we want for ourselves and what we are able to have, and haunt us like ghosts.

"Untangling Trauma and Addiction" by Grace Monroe emerges as a poignant and transformative guide, offering a new perspective on the daunting challenges of addiction and trauma. With her unique voice, Grace Monroe transcends the traditional boundaries of non-fiction, providing a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally relevant. Grace's journey, marked by her own battles and those of her loved ones, infuses this book with authenticity and heartfelt insight.

Are you tired of wasting your time and energy worrying all the time? Do you see the irrationality of constant worrying, but you can't seem to stop doing it? Are you ready to learn how to deal with anxiety and depression without taking drugs? This audiobook will walk you through precisely why, how, and what you need to do to stop worrying and start living your life. Though stress is an inseparable part of our lives, we can easily manage it using simple strategies and techniques. All we need is the willingness to learn these techniques and the ability to take action.

Unlock a Relaxed Body and Mind in Just 28 Days - Say Goodbye to Stress and Trauma Without Overwhelm! Does the weight of stored trauma keep you from feeling comfortable in your own skin? Are you constantly battling anxieties, unsure of how to release years of pent-up stress? Imagine a life where you can find relief and comfort, where the burden of trauma is lifted, and you can truly thrive. Have you tried various self-help methods and therapy sessions, only to feel overwhelmed and disconnected from your own body? Have you avoided traditional talk therapy because you don’t want to dwell on ...

Historically, sexual minorities are the first targets of authoritarian movements. Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University has documented that you can draw a through line of attacks on gay people by dictators from Mussolini right to the present. Ironically it is this degradation that causes stress and trauma in the lives of the LGBTQ community. Professor Eric Kandel of Columbia University has stated that "Brain science can be a liberating influence in our lives. As we understand the biology of our own gender identity and sexual orientation better and become more comfortable with ...

Feeling anxious and disconnected are signs of a nervous system that's out of balance. Something as small as a curt message from our boss can be perceived by our bodies as a threat to life. By understanding our physiological stress response, we can override and heal our emotional response, and fix the behaviours sabotaging our health and happiness. In The Vagus Nerve Reset, Anna Ferguson offers somatic therapies alongside the science of Polyvagal Theory, to help us train our nervous system to stop overreacting, and start responding more calmly to day-to-day stressors and heal past experiences.

Driven by childhood trauma, a passionate engineer turned doctor confronts the suffering within the medical system. Expecting to find compassion and care, he instead encounters a broken, inhumane and corrupt system. As his journey leads him to question his own deeply held beliefs, he uncovers an urgent need for strategies prioritising human connection over technical fixes. Through profound encounters with patients and wise teachers, the author discovers a new scientific reality where healing flourishes and miracles occur daily – insights with the potential to transform medical practice. ...

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk.

The Trouble with Trauma is the story of how the idea of psychological trauma appeals to the human mind. Trauma impacts many people psychologically, but the evidence on the long-term physical effect is incomplete. Theories that psychological trauma can permanently damage your brain, cause physical disease, and change your essential character have become staples of human thought worldwide.

Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another.

Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don't know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can't seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds. Guided by seminary-trained licensed trauma therapist Kobe Campbell, Why Am I Like This? will help you develop courage as you dare to turn your heart toward your brokenness, uncover uncomfortable truths, and learn how to invite God into your past and present pain.