Books I LOVE! On healing trauma, the nervous system, parenting, & more.

So today’s vlog is a bit different. It’s about the books I love and recommend, over and over again. Now, please know that books do not replace the practical work that one must do to heal and restore health back to the autonomic nervous system. After all, I think it is pretty safe to say that we can’t learn how to do open heart surgery via a “how to manual” in the same way we might learn how to cook lasagna from an Italian cookbook or fix a leaky faucet from a YouTube video.

But that open heart surgeon? When they would’ve started their medical training, they read and studied A LOT of textbooks (and if they are lifelong learners, they continue to refer to old texts and read new material when it comes out).

The same goes with healing trauma and learning how to restore and regulate our nervous system so it can function better: It is not just a theoretical pursuit. Nor is it solely practical. It’s both.

All this to say, books serve as an important first step. ENJOY!


Books I Mentioned:

► The Trauma Spectrum. Robert Scaer, MD.
https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Spectru...

► The Body Keeps The Score. Bessel van der Kolk
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Sco...

► Nurturing Resilience. Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrell
https://www.amazon.com/Nurturing-Resi...

► When The Body Says No. Gabor Maté
https://www.amazon.com/When-Body-Says...

► Scattered Minds. Gabor Maté
https://www.amazon.com/Scattered-Mind...

► Spontaneous Healing. Andrew Weil
https://www.amazon.com/Spontaneous-He...

► Nurture Shock. Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
https://www.amazon.com/NurtureShock-N...

► Scared Sick. Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley
https://www.amazon.com/Scared-Sick-Ch...

► Tribe. Sebastian Junger
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecomi...

► The Brain That Changes Itself
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-That-Cha...

► The Brain's Way of Healing.
https://www.amazon.com/Brains-Way-Hea...

► Waking The Tiger. Peter Levine
https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Tiger-H...


Vlogs I Recommend:

► Feeling Trapped? Why Waking Up The Tiger Is Essential To Break Free:
   • Feeling Trapped? Why Waking Up The Ti...  

► Playlist for Sample Neurosensory Exercises
   • Sample Neurosensory Exercises  

► Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Links
https://www.cdc.gov/violencepreventio...

► Kathy Kain Interview
   • Interview with Kathy Kain. Her origin...  

► Stephen Terrell Interview
   • How to help anxious kids who are beha...  


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