#13: Somatic Experiencing for Trauma Healing | Mark Sutton & Suzannah Butcher

The Calmpreneur Podcast Hosted by Suzannah Butcher | Thrive With EFT Tapping!

Everybody will experience some kind of trauma during their life, but what happens when deep-held traumas from childhood affect all aspects of our adult life?

Bio-dynamic Breath Trauma & Stress Release practitioner Mark Sutton shares his own story of childhood trauma and the events which led him to train in BBTRS (Bio-dynamic Breath & Trauma Release System).

*** TRIGGER WARNING ***

Please exercise caution when watching or listening to this interview, especially if you have unresolved trauma. Suicide is mentioned in this interview. If you need support, please head to the SOS page on Calmpreneur: https://calmpreneur.com/support

Here's what we talk about in this interview:

• Mark's early trauma and healing journey
• Big and small 'T' traumas
• Holding trauma in the body
• Generational trauma
• BBTRS modality explained
• Somatic experiencing & healing
• How unresolved trauma might present in adults
• The vagus nerve (polyvagal theory)
• A simple exercise to stimulate the vagus nerve
• Mark's support system/self-care

KEY TAKEAWAY

If you have unresolved trauma, there is hope for healing. Keep trying.

WORDS OF WISDOM

On healing: "Your neuroception changes; the way you view the world through your nervous system...you don't see things as threatening... so that has a benefit there...that you don't end up seeing everything as a threat. You don't second guess what somebody's doing"

USEFUL LINKS

• Mark's Website: https://www.markdsutton.com

RECOMMENDED READING

• The Body Keeps the Score: https://amzn.to/2R2Ln0j
• When the Body Says No: https://amzn.to/39GWkeu
• The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundatons of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation: https://amzn.to/3aGnP9k
• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation: https://amzn.to/2JDzcmC

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