Trauma is a big word these days. I hear it now everywhere all the time. But if everything and anything is traumatic, are we left with a world of only trauma and traumatised people, and where is the space for resilience, overcoming and growth? That’s why I can’t believe how perfect the timing was for this podcast with Britt Frank. Britt is no stranger to trauma, listen to find out how much trauma, but she is not allowing herself to be defined by it and is teaching people to move beyond their “stuck”. She strikes a beautiful balance of yin and yang in her work, and because the world is tough, it comes down to us “choosing our hard” and whether we want to suffer in pain and disease or strive to find healing and health.

Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP is a licensed neuropsychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck (Penguin Random House), named by SHRM, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The Next Big Idea Club as a must-read. Britt received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her master’s degree from the University of Kansas, where she later became an award-winning adjunct instructor. Britt is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and her work has been featured in Forbes, NPR, Fast Company, Psych Central, SELF, and Thrive Global.

Join us as we explore:

Britt’s unique definition of trauma which brings a fresh degree of agency to the term because “brain do brain things” and what makes her “science of stuck” different.

Why the enemy is “not within”, and why partnering with our brains by believing it is on your side is a trauma game-changer.

Why the highly sensitive person and the emotional being is more vulnerable to internalizing events as traumatic but also why sensitivity is a superpower that should be leaned into.

Why the use of “war words” is creating confusion in the mental and emotional health world, and why new words and new choices, including microchoices, are everyone’s most important choice.

The trauma toolkit. What’s right for you and your circumstances? DBT, EFT, IFS, SE and more.

How to teach trauma to the next generation, and why that does NOT begin with “validating all feelings and therefore excusing all behavior” but also why the future of the next generation begins with un-infantilizing the present generation.

The power of communities to safeguard against trauma, but more crucially what these communities need to model.

Contact:
Website - https://www.scienceofstuck.co
Book - https://www.scienceofstuck.com/book

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