Every behaviour is a form of communication. We need to look beneath it and seek to understand what is driving it.This behaviour does not occur in a vacuum. 🧠🌱

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Emotions are not good or bad. They are signals.

There is no need to rush. What's meant for you always arrives on time.

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Be supportive
Do your own work
Don't try to fix them
Let them have their process
Don't try to take away their pain
Pain is the greatest motivator for change

Setting up for the students from Strathclyde University.

They are curious about trauma informed responsive approaches, including the biological underpinnings.

'When we know better,we absolutely do better.'🧠🌱

Instead of 30 under 30, let's talk about...

Starting over at 40. Finding yourself at 50. Getting re-married at 60.

Why You're Never Too Old:

'Abandonment is the most devastating form of emotional trauma.'
- Gabor Mate, MD Author of 'When The Body Says No.'

I’ve come to understand a belief in god/the universe/something greater than yourself is a key part of health. A life without meaning is soul crushing and creates an over-active ego.

Every person has the power to heal themselves.

But how do we actually heal?

A Simple Guide:

When our young people are communicating stressed behaviour, we must regulate, relate, and then reason in that sequence. We must not go straight for the cortex. Young people cannot reason when their emotions are not regulated. Visual credit. Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D. NMT/NME Network🧠🌱

It is also important to consider the environment & expectations to match their developmental stages instead of chronological. They may just need more support.🧠🌱

Working with our young people this week, teaching them about Polyvagal Education. Giving them awareness and an understanding of their brain and body systems and how this impacts our thoughts and behaviours to help support their social and emotional well-being. 🧠🌱

Educators need to know this.🧠🌱

Not everything needs to be said.

You can keep things to yourself.

Why Privacy Can Be A Love Language:

You don't need to act on every thought.

You don't need to follow every feeling.

How To Change Your Life Through Conscious Choice:

4 Ways The Brain Changes When Rewired For Wellness:

1. The hippocampus grows
2. The pre-frontal cortex grows
3. The amygdala shrinks
4. The amygdala+PFC
communicate more

Trauma literally changes our circuitry, and,

SO. DOES. HEALING. -Dr. Jen

“Look at you… you’re going to do so many great things in your life…”

The hopes and dreams we have for our children are so powerful.

Just ask this new dad, awestruck at the sight of his newborn.

Consider this your daily reminder that your child’s path to success begins -…

When our young people are communicating stressed behaviour, we must regulate, relate, and reason in that sequence. We must not go straight for the cortex. Pupils cannot reason when their emotions are not regulated.
Basic neuroscience. 🧠🌱