Trauma Culture: When Being on Edge Feels “Normal”
Trauma culture does not always arrive with a bang. More often, it slips in quietly. It reshapes tone, expectations, humour, and behaviour, until survival responses harden into everyday norms that[…]
Trauma culture does not always arrive with a bang. More often, it slips in quietly. It reshapes tone, expectations, humour, and behaviour, until survival responses harden into everyday norms that[…]
From deliberate practice to spontaneous clarity.
Mindfulness rarely arrives as a dramatic breakthrough. More often, it takes shape quietly, in a breath you didn’t plan or a pause you didn’t rehearse.
Sleep is often one of the first casualties of trauma. People living with post-traumatic stress often tell me they feel stalked by the night. Instead of drifting into rest, they[…]
Introduction Murray Bowen was a medical doctor and psychiatrist who, back in the 1960s, realised that traditional psychiatry was a bit like treating a single leaf while ignoring the tree[…]
We’ve already dived into emotional resonance in two earlier blogs. First, Riding Others’ Emotional Waves explored how we’re constantly swimming in emotional connections—feeling the crowd’s buzz at the football, tuning[…]
Transgenerational Trauma: Emotional Baggage With No Luggage Tag They say time heals all wounds—but trauma, it seems, missed the memo. Instead of politely ending with the person who first experienced[…]
Finding Balance in Social Connection By now, it should be clear that while social resonance can cause us humans a fair share of grief, it’s also what bonds us together.[…]
A diverse group of people joyfully embracing challenge as they reach up for bunches of grapes
General Purpose of Training The big-picture aim? To become a confident, capable facilitator of mindful representations — in both one-on-one sessions and group workshops. And once you’ve mastered that, you’ll[…]