CPTSD, Somatic Psychology, and Finding Your Happiness with Elizabeth Ferreira

Forrest and Elizabeth welcome listeners into their home to talk about their changing relationship with the holidays, letting go of the past, healthy boundaries, glimmers, and different paths to taking in the good. Along the way they talk about different approaches to working with trauma, connecting with the body, and getting on our own side.
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Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
2:00: Elizabeth’s history with the holidays, and claiming your own rituals
5:20: Experiencing the holidays without an agenda
10:15: Glimmers in Polyvagal Theory
14:10: Working with a challenging relationship history
21:35: Somatic psychology, and respecting the mind
28:40: Regulating through movement 
31:55: Staying yourself inside of your family
38:45: Enjoying agency, and emphasizing beauty
42:30: Entrapment and defeat, awareness, and saying no
47:15: Attachment, contracting around desire, and taking a moment for yourself
51:20: A practice of finding glimmers
55:35: Self-compassion and camaraderie during the holidays
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