Trauma and Avoidance

Welcome to the Being Trauma Informed Podcast!  In Episode 001 we'll be examining the approach/avoid dynamic, how trauma can make it hard to approach changes in our lives, and what we can do both big picture and day to day to make change easier on ourselves.  

Chapters

• 0:00 Opening
• 1:50 Today's Question
• 3:21 Intro to the Podcast
• 5:44 Defining Trauma & Change
• 8:05 The Conscious & Subconscious
• 12:12 On Avoidance
• 17:20 Avoidance as a Survival Mechanism
• 19:07 Threat to Status
• 22:50 Map of Safety Equals Approach
• 25:12 Reactions to Threat for Trauma Survivors
• 27:10 Changing our Mindset
• 31:03 Mindfulness NOT Meditation
• 33:39 Do Just One Positive Little Thing
• 35:18 Exercise!
• 36:44 Thank you and next edition info