Click on the links in the Table of Contents below for PDF excerpts of the Introduction and one article from each section of Presence After Trauma: Reconcile with Your Self and the World.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Welcome Back | |
| 1: Healing Tools | |
| The Power of Gentle Heal Around the Edges Choose an Easier Road Decision-Free Zone Navigate Change: Mind the Gap All Done! Tools for Rapid Change Check In With Your Chakras Weave Your Body Whole Resources |
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| 2: Acceptance | |
| Achieve Approval Unhook from Projection The Tyranny of Normal Take a Break from Healing When I Started The Heartbreak of “Why?” Worthy of Protection Integration: Live into Both/And Resources |
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| 3: Body | |
| Humans Allowed Full Body Explore Uncurled Posture Let Your Jaw Speak Sense Your Spine’s Support Arms Relate to the World Change the Rules, Inhabit Your Pelvis Legs Dance, Kick, Run Protect Your Irritated Nervous System Resources |
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| 4: Trauma Effects | |
| Not Alone with Your ACEs Name Memories Without Words Safety in Your Bones Rest at Sleep’s Threshold Exit Emergency Mode Triggered! Now What? Effects of Sexual Assault Relax For Your Life Resources |
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| 5: Self-Trust | |
| Permission to Stop Beating Yourself Up Heritage of Resilience Discover Your Core Commitments Stand in Your Story Connect with Your Complex Voice Repair Your Reality After Gaslighting Trust Yourself Despite Everyday Gaslighting Serenity Through Your Locus of Control Resources |
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| 6: Hard Times | |
| Truth Across Lines of Authority Deflect the Tone Argument Interrupt Bullying Decipher the Silent Treatment The Betrayal of Not Being Heard Stuck in a Labyrinth Surrender Without Shame The Puzzle Box of Shame Resources |
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| 7: Relating | |
| Sensitivity Survival Tips Listen to Defensiveness Apologies: Good, Bad, and Abusive Loving Anger Reasons to Stay Patience With Long Endings Enjoy Enthusiastic Consent The Sacred Work of Showing Up Resources |
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| Afterword: Presence After Trauma | |
| Glossary | |
| Appendix 1: Find Your ACE Score | |
| About the Author | |
All the articles are available in their original form here. Note that some titles have changed and articles were edited for publication.