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Presence After Trauma Excerpts

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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