Getting to Know Woo

Episode 18 - Getting to Know Healing Trauma with Devin Brooks

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Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett, are happy to interview Devin Brooks, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist.

In this episode, they discuss:

  • Devin's start in music therapy
  • Working with complex trauma
  • Protecting your energy when working with disregulated people
  • Checking your agenda at the door
  • The definition of trauma
  • The difference between PTSD and Complex Trauma
  • How trauma stops development of the self
  • Thrill-seeking as a trauma response
  • Feeling "bored" by healthy relationships
  • Lack of childhood memories as a symptom of trauma
  • "Easy Child" syndrome
  • Safety feels uncomfortable when you're used to chaos
  • Tips for sitting with discomfort
  • Gaining vocabulary for your feelings
  • Brett's McGuyver pop filter
  • Natasha's birthday weekend
  • Our two new senior foster cats
  • How fear affects people and animals
  • Getting through "The Messy Middle"
  • True Self or Future Self
  • "Human beings, not human doings"
  • And more!

    • Plus...

    • Pre-order Natasha's new book, Healing Your Inner Child, and get a free class.  Details in the show.
  • You can schedule a healing or learn about about Natasha's work by visiting highestlighthealing.com
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  • Send questions or show topic suggestions to [email protected]

    • Getting to Know Woo is a weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

     

    Mentioned in the show:

    • Devin's Instagram
  • Somatic Experiencing Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Natasha's Energy Report on Mind Body Green
  • Friend of the Pod and gifted human being, Jonathan Koe

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