Healing Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth - with Katie Asmus, a nature based somatic psychotherapist

Heartseed Health Podcast

Summary:

- Katie explains in depth what trauma is and how it impacts the brain, and why and how trauma causes us to see the world as a threat.

- We talk about how and why trauma “disorients us from health.”�

- We explore the parallels of the Eastern and Western models of trauma.

- Katie explains what EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is and how it helps with the process of healing trauma.

- We look at how trauma can cause us to shut off parts of ourselves and make our lives more limited.

- We see how sometimes traumas can serve as an opportunity for growth.

- Katie explains the “Rite of Passage� that can follow a traumatic experience and the possibilities it creates for post-traumatic growth.

- Noah and Katie draw parallels to the process of becoming a parent as a Rite of Passage.

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Full Show Notes and Transcript available at heartseedhealth.com/podcast