The time has finally come and I am excited to share this new video series on developmental trauma. Ruth Lanius and I are discussing the impacts of emotional, physical and sexual abuse, assault and neglect on the developing brain, on how these impacts endure and manifest as (1/4) symptomatic behavior, and approaches to recovery. Our hope in making these videos is to begin to de-stigmatized the nearly ubiquitous aftermath of early neglect and injury. Before trauma becomes a problem in the mind it is a problem in the brain that neurofeedback in (2/4)

Hi Everyone,

I have just returned from a three-week silent retreat. On the way home I had to stop at Whole Foods (the Sunday before Thanksgiving). It was a frenzy in the midst of an almost obscene abundance. And there I was, two hours after leaving the retreat! Our practice of training the brain deeply supports training the mind but it’s not the same thing. Both are needed. Deep breathing (and I think mindful breathing as well) does quiet the PAG, the threat detector so overworked in those with childhood abuse and neglect. So breathe.