The Receiving Practice for Trauma and Nervous System
The receiving trigger — the nervous system’s activation at the prospect of receiving fully: receiving payment, receiving recognition, receiving care, receiving the impact of…
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The receiving trigger — the nervous system’s activation at the prospect of receiving fully: receiving payment, receiving recognition, receiving care, receiving the impact of…
Belief inquiry — the examination of beliefs not through positive reframing but through rigorous questioning of their accuracy and the evidence that supports them…
Somatic regulation is the use of body-based practices to support the autonomic nervous system in returning to or maintaining the ventral vagal state —…
The inner child dialogue — a practice of compassionate internal communication with the younger self whose experiences shaped the nervous system’s current patterns —…
Visualisation, used with somatic grounding and not as a substitute for it, can support the nervous system’s integration process. This is a structured visualisation…
Integration — in the context of trauma and nervous system work — is a specific process: the gradual update of the nervous system’s stored…
Shadow work — the process of bringing unconscious material into awareness and integrating it rather than suppressing or projecting it — has a specific…
The “mindset reset” is a popular concept in the coaching and personal development world. Applied to trauma and nervous system work, it requires careful…
The integration of trauma and nervous system patterns does not happen in a single session or through periodic intensive work. It happens through consistent…
Over time, nervous system patterns crystallize into identity. The practitioner who has spent years discounting begins to identify as someone who offers flexible pricing.…
The body-first approach to trauma and nervous system work begins with the physiology — not with insight, not with narrative, not with cognitive reframing.…
The nervous system is plastic — it changes through experience. The patterns that formed in overwhelming circumstances can update through accumulated new experience. This…