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Ep 27: How Trauma Changes Your Brain (And How to Heal It) | Why Your Childhood Trauma Affects Learning | Trauma Therapist Explained
My guest in this episode is Jessica Hammock, a licensed trauma specialist and director of behavioral and mental health for a large charter school system in Texas. Our conversation covers Jessica's profound personal journey through multiple traumas and her professional mission to help
children and teens develop healthy coping strategies early in life. The episode highlights the intersection of personal healing and professional calling, demonstrating how our most difficult experiences can become our greatest tools for helping others.
Jessica shares her deeply personal story of navigating multiple life-altering traumas. Three years into her marriage, her husband sustained a traumatic brain injury that erased his emotional memories of their entire relationship, including their courtship, dating, and wedding. This was
followed by a ten-year journey with infertility involving multiple pregnancy losses. Through these experiences, Jessica discovered her true calling in trauma work, initially pursuing therapy training to help students overcome learning barriers caused by trauma.
We explore Jessica's evolution from a teacher who wanted to improve math education to a trauma specialist who recognized that emotional
healing must come before academic success. She discusses her own identity trauma from childhood and how understanding the brain's response to trauma has shaped both her personal healing and professional approach. Jessica emphasizes the power of choice in healing and the importance of helping children understand they have options in how they respond to difficult situations.
💥CTA: Please subscribe to my podcast. Your support will help me to continue bringing my HEALing message to the world.
💥Video version of Let's HEAL! with Beth Jones is available on YouTube.
Highlights of this episode
💛Trauma is an injury we sustain in our nervous system. Just like physical injuries, emotional injuries can heal. We shouldn't compare our trauma to others' experiences because each person's journey with trauma and healing is unique.
💙The power of choice is fundamental to healing. Teaching children and teens that they have choices in how they respond to situations helps prevent the development of unhealthy belief systems and shame-based identities.
💛Identity work is crucial in healing. Understanding who we truly are versus the identities that we take on or that others want us to wear helps us stay grounded during difficult times and relationship challenges.
💙Memories and emotions work in complex ways. The brain can store experiences without emotional connections, and healing can happen even when direct memories aren't accessible through patterns of reactions and responses.
💛Safe community is essential for healing, especially for young people. The challenge is helping teens find communities that support healing rather than trauma bonding around shared struggles.
💙Hope consists of three elements: goal setting, pathways to completion, and agency (the belief that you can accomplish something). Speaking into people's ability to heal and grow provides crucial support in their healing journey.
Connect with Jessica
✨Facebook: Jessica Vibrant Hammock
✨Instagram: Jessica Vibrant Hammock
✨Email: [email protected]
Follow me, the HEALing Mentor
🩵Website: https://empoweredsurvivors.com/
🩵Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor
🩵Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor/
🩵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethjoneshealingmentor
🩵LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjoneshealingmentor/
🎥Thank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this channel.
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By Elizabeth JonesMy guest in this episode is Jessica Hammock, a licensed trauma specialist and director of behavioral and mental health for a large charter school system in Texas. Our conversation covers Jessica's profound personal journey through multiple traumas and her professional mission to help
children and teens develop healthy coping strategies early in life. The episode highlights the intersection of personal healing and professional calling, demonstrating how our most difficult experiences can become our greatest tools for helping others.
Jessica shares her deeply personal story of navigating multiple life-altering traumas. Three years into her marriage, her husband sustained a traumatic brain injury that erased his emotional memories of their entire relationship, including their courtship, dating, and wedding. This was
followed by a ten-year journey with infertility involving multiple pregnancy losses. Through these experiences, Jessica discovered her true calling in trauma work, initially pursuing therapy training to help students overcome learning barriers caused by trauma.
We explore Jessica's evolution from a teacher who wanted to improve math education to a trauma specialist who recognized that emotional
healing must come before academic success. She discusses her own identity trauma from childhood and how understanding the brain's response to trauma has shaped both her personal healing and professional approach. Jessica emphasizes the power of choice in healing and the importance of helping children understand they have options in how they respond to difficult situations.
💥CTA: Please subscribe to my podcast. Your support will help me to continue bringing my HEALing message to the world.
💥Video version of Let's HEAL! with Beth Jones is available on YouTube.
Highlights of this episode
💛Trauma is an injury we sustain in our nervous system. Just like physical injuries, emotional injuries can heal. We shouldn't compare our trauma to others' experiences because each person's journey with trauma and healing is unique.
💙The power of choice is fundamental to healing. Teaching children and teens that they have choices in how they respond to situations helps prevent the development of unhealthy belief systems and shame-based identities.
💛Identity work is crucial in healing. Understanding who we truly are versus the identities that we take on or that others want us to wear helps us stay grounded during difficult times and relationship challenges.
💙Memories and emotions work in complex ways. The brain can store experiences without emotional connections, and healing can happen even when direct memories aren't accessible through patterns of reactions and responses.
💛Safe community is essential for healing, especially for young people. The challenge is helping teens find communities that support healing rather than trauma bonding around shared struggles.
💙Hope consists of three elements: goal setting, pathways to completion, and agency (the belief that you can accomplish something). Speaking into people's ability to heal and grow provides crucial support in their healing journey.
Connect with Jessica
✨Facebook: Jessica Vibrant Hammock
✨Instagram: Jessica Vibrant Hammock
✨Email: [email protected]
Follow me, the HEALing Mentor
🩵Website: https://empoweredsurvivors.com/
🩵Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor
🩵Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor/
🩵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethjoneshealingmentor
🩵LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjoneshealingmentor/
🎥Thank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this channel.
#healingmentor #healingjourney #letsheal #traumaticbraininjury #identityhealing #infertilityjourney #pregnancyloss #traumatherapy #childhoodtrauma #youthmentalhealth #emotionalhealing #nervousystemhealing #prefrontalcortex #faithandhealing #generationalhealing #HealingIsPossible #traumatherapist