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The Gifts of Trauma
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Presented by Compassionate Inquiry®, the Gifts of Trauma is a weekly podcast that features personal stories of trauma healing and the gifts revealed on the path to authenticity. Compassionate Inquiry® is a psychotherapeutic approach created by Dr. Gabor Maté over several decades while working with both patients and retreat participants.Join us to hear what it was like for our guests to live with the tension of trauma, and what happened when they turned inward with compassionate curiosity. These highly relatable stories illustrate how they transformed their trauma generated fear, anger, pain or shame triggers into understanding, acceptance and love. www.compassionateinquiry.com
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Interrupting Incarceration Through Compassion with Brooke Harper
Dec 19, 202400:43:33Tap to summarizeHosted and Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Join us for a passionate and enlightening conversation that explores trauma and systemic issues within the complex of incarceration. Our guest, Brooke Harper works with individuals in the juvenile-legal and -carceral systems, as well as the formerly incarcerated. She advocates for a more compassionate and trauma-informed approach, as those who commit crimes are often victims of their own circumstances. In fact, the real issue is the criminalization of trauma and poverty, as the legal and carceral systems rarely recognize that, to meet their basic human needs, many perpetrators' only option is to turn to crime. In this thoughtful interview, Brooke outlines the: - Impact of Systemic Racism on children in the juvenile carceral system, particularly those who disproportionately represent marginalized communities - Importance of Compassionate inquiry®, a transformative approach that can help individuals understand their trauma and the underlying reasons for their behaviors. - Need for Systemic Change, advocating for a shift from punitive measures to more compassionate and rehabilitative approaches that address the root causes of criminal behavior. - Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among incarcerated individuals, which underscores the link between childhood trauma and criminal behavior. The poignant stories and experiences Brooke shares illustrate the profound impact of trauma on young people and the challenges they face in navigating their environments. Rather than simply labeling individuals based on their actions, this conversation encourages a deeper exploration of perpetrators’ situations and personal experiences. Listen to gain insight into the need for public education and awareness on the complexities of trauma. And when the conversation concludes, be inspired by the possibilities compassionate understanding offers to children and youth enmeshed within the juvenile-legal and -carceral systems. About Brooke Harper: A certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner and mental health clinician, she completed her Advanced Clinical Practice graduate training at Columbia University, specialising in Health, Mental Health and Disabilities. Brooke has experience in both direct clinical practice and programming. She works with those experiencing mental health and substance use challenges, as well as individuals within the juvenile-legal system, carceral system, and formerly incarcerated. Passionate about advocacy and diminishing stigma, Brooke seeks to bridge gaps in health care service delivery. She is a certified teacher of trauma-informed yoga, and yoga for substance abuse recovery. Also involved in advocacy for addiction treatment and relapse prevention, Brooke is a mentor at Father’s Uplift Promotional Link: You can experience the power of Gabor Maté’s trauma healing approach, whether you are or are not a therapist or healer. This link takes you to a web page that offers information about Compassionate Inquiry's Circles Program. Episode Related Resources: Websites: Brooke's Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner Profile Relevant Links: Equal Justice Initiative The Bail Project Anti-Recidivism Coalition Dr. Resmaa Menakem The Legacy Sites Books: Are Prisons Obsolete? In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts Hold On To Your KidsThe Fire Next Time The New Jim CrowBetween the World and MeCaste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsCharged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass IncarcerationUntil We ReckonJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Videos & Movies: Step Inside the Circle The Art of Incarceration Movie WebsiteThe Art of Incarceration Trailer13th: Full Movie The Charnel Ground Podcast: Compassion in Medicine with Dr Aisling Quiery Journals: The Thread of Trauma: A Critical Analysis of the Criminal Legal System Statistic Sources: Adverse Childhood Experiences Pie ChartsHow Many Youth Are Locked Up in the USHealth Care Behind BarsDifferences in Prison Spending Vary Widely Across States
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The Lifelong Pain of Birth Trauma
Dec 12, 202401:03:17Tap to summarizeHosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Click Here if you are curious about Compassionate Inquiry® and want to learn more about training in this approach, for your own self development or for your work with coaching or therapy clients. To learn about the application process, please check out the Professional Training Program. Join us for this candid episode that illuminates little known aspects of the human procreation experience, from conception through birth and postpartum. Our guests, seasoned midwives Laura Latina and Hannah Betty Idarius, explore divergent perspectives of the perinatal journey. Rather than merely a medical event, their approach celebrates each birth as sacred—every moment is honored as a profound rite of passage for babies, parents and families alike. Today, increasing rates of obstetric trauma engender fear and trepidation in new mothers approaching birth. Many moms also experience the pain of isolation during the crucial postpartum period—a sharp contrast to birthing in traditional ‘village’ communities where extended family members share parenting responsibilities, creating support systems that enrich child development and parental well being. In this interview, Laura and Hannah explain how: - Implicit (not consciously recalled) memories from birth and early experiences can affect individuals throughout their lives, manifesting in physical and emotional patterns - Compassionate Inquiry® supports birth professionals, therapists and parents alike by unlocking perinatal trauma (includes in utero, birth and postnatal traumas) and providing paths to healing for individuals and families. - Trauma from perinatal experiences can impact parents, children and families and increase a mother’s risk of postpartum depression. - Rebirthing can offer deeply transformative pathways to healing. - Parents can foster a deep sense of security and connection with their unborn children. This conversation will deepen your emotional and psychological understanding of the human birthing experience, from conception to birth and beyond. About Laura Latina: A Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner and international speaker, Laura is also an independent midwife, a community midwife, and a midwifery team leader who consulted for the NHS in the UK. She has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as Women’s Health Advisor for its Medical Unit, managing maternity hospitals in Malawi, South Sudan, Kenya, Afghanistan and many other countries, supporting over 2,000 women across four continents. In addition to leading international projects that promote cultures of gentle, respectful births and parenting, Laura invites women to recognize and trust their innate ability to be loving, attuned mothers. She is also passionate about the role of home births' in creating supportive family environments. About Hannah Betty Idarius: A Somatic Coach and Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner, Hannah works with individuals and couples wanting to embody optimal emotional, physical and mental health and wholeness. A homebirth midwife for 30 years in British Columbia, Arizona and California, Hannah empowered women to trust in their innate ability to birth and parent wisely, Her specializations in classical homeopathy, rebirthing breathwork, pre- and perinatal trauma healing, and somatic coaching fostered birth experiences that were gentle, supportive, and sacred. One of the pioneers of waterbirth in the US, she was featured in the documentary, Water Babies, and is the author of, The Homeopathic Childbirth Manual: A Practical Guide for Labor, Birth, and the Immediate Postpartum Period. Laura Latina & Hannah Betty Idarius’ Show Summary - Release Date December 5 Promotional Link: If you are curious about Compassionate Inquiry® and want to learn more about training in this approach, for your own self development or for your work with coaching or therapy clients, please check out the Professional Training Program. Episode Related Resources: Websites: Laura's Professional WebsiteLaura's CI Practitioner Profile Hannah's Professional WebsiteHannah's CI Practitioner Profile Study: Adverse Baby Experiences (ABEs) and Chronic Illness Relevant Links: WombEcology Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health Prevention & Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth Dr Sarah Buckley: Gentle Birth & Oxytocin Research Annie Brook Karlton Terry Baby Therapy Postpartum Experience Quote Sources: Alanis Morissette, the Daily Mail, August 2012 Marie Osmond, The Dr. Oz Show, April 2016 Training: The Portal: Conception, Pregnancy, Birth and the Postpartum Period; a Compassionate Inquiry Training Ray Castellino Learning Centre Posts: Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, The limbic Imprint Rachel Reed Midwifery Academic Blog Books: The Homeopathic Childbirth Manual The Mind of Your Newborn Baby The Secret Life of the Unborn Child The Nurture Revolution Quotes: “You talk to people about their childhood and they say I don’t remember, I don’t remember, I don’t remember. Well the fact is that everybody remembers, they just don’t recall. It’s usually because nothing happened or too much happened. Usually too much happened. One way they dealt with it was to split their attention from what's going on so they're not going to recall. We have the distinction of two important kinds of memories and so often our lives show up as those imprinted memories and that imprint starts in utero. What we are actually looking at is the impact of the multi-generational family history. Stress that affected one generation will be played out very exactly in the next generation to the degree that that next generation has understood or not understood it, has dealt with it or not dealt with it so fundamentally so long as we're not conscious we're gonna pass on our stress and our drama to our kids.” - Gabor Maté “The effects of emotional trauma during pregnancy, often referred to as prenatal toxic stress, [which] have profound implications for both the mother and the developing fetus.“ - Palo Alto Edu “Trauma programs the nervous system, so that it's constantly in defensive mode, even when there's no danger, we react as if there was, or we don't recognize danger when it's really there. And the problem with being in a defensive mode is that you can survive, but you can't grow and thrive emotionally.” - Gabor Maté ”During pregnancy, stress can increase the chances of having a baby who is preterm (born before 37 weeks of pregnancy) or a low-birthweight baby (weighing less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces). Babies born too soon or too small are at increased risk for health problems.” - <a href= "https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/pregnancy/stress-and-pregnancy#:~:text=During%20pregnancy%2C%20stress%20can%20increase,increased%20risk%20for%20health%20problems....
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