Trauma doesn't just affect the person who originally experienced it. It can also be passed down to their children and grandchildren.
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The polyvagal theory is the brain child of Stephen Porges, PhD. What Dr.
Stephen Porges, PhD shares a Polyvagal-informed approach that can help clients better understand their triggers and begin to feel more at home in their own bodies. In the aftermath of trauma, some clients struggle to feel a sense of connection to their bodies.
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Riane Eisler's new book, "Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future", provides evidence that caring behavior is actually humanity’s default tendency.
In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains are able to process the event and formulate a self-driven response.