Pause: "I'm Safe" Grounding for Trauma Responses, Chronic Illness, Secondary Trauma and Anxiety [Pause 07]
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Pause: "I'm Safe" Grounding for Trauma Responses, Chronic Illness, Secondary Trauma and Anxiety [Pause 07]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode we: discuss why we need to ground — Neuroception, grounding practice, quiet your mind through breath work, notice how you are physically safe, and mind work noticing the senses.

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Pause: Finding Peace and Calm When Navigating A Broken World: Coping with Fear and Anxiety in an Age of Violence - A Meditative Practice [Pause 06]
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Pause: Finding Peace and Calm When Navigating A Broken World: Coping with Fear and Anxiety in an Age of Violence - A Meditative Practice [Pause 06]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode we: discuss what an anxiety spiral or catastrophizing looks like, provide an example of a worry trigger, quiet your mind, invite your worry to show up, practice noticing where anxiety and worry show up in your body, and return to calm or normal.

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Pause: Middle Insomnia SOS [Pause 05]
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Pause: Middle Insomnia SOS [Pause 05]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode we: ground your body, quiet your mind, and count backwards as needed.

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Pause: Feel like You've Failed? How to Shift Out of Shame [Pause 04]
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Pause: Feel like You've Failed? How to Shift Out of Shame [Pause 04]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode we: ground ourselves, notice where we feel the support of others within our body, notice where shame is in our body, identify what we need to shift shame from connection with others, and learn Butterfly Hug—a trauma technique for shifting mood states.

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Pause: Racing Thoughts? Let's Help You Shift into Sleep [Pause 03]
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Pause: Racing Thoughts? Let's Help You Shift into Sleep [Pause 03]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode we: lie down, get our eye masks or stuffed animals, transition our mind using a breathe in and out mantra, count backwards, and nod off to sleep.

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Pause: Finding Inner Quiet through Breathing and Body Awareness [Pause 02]
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Pause: Finding Inner Quiet through Breathing and Body Awareness [Pause 02]

Welcome to a Pause episode, different from the Sleep episodes where we get into stories and content. In Pause episodes, we put into practice training our minds and connecting with our body.

In this episode We: track our breath, notice the tension and comfortable places in our body, engage our parasympathetic nervous system through our Voo Breath, and release body tension.

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