Tag Archives: Becoming Safely Embodied Basic Skills Course

Instruction Manual for Flourishing

Some things are easy to figure out. We know when we get a new gadget how to put the batteries in. We have the basics on how to do a lot of things on the computer. We no longer need instructions on how to get out of the chair and walk around.
But when it comes to our lives it doesn’t always feel that easy. Certainly isn’t that simple. Things don’t always make sense. We’re confused by how people respond to us.

The Becoming Safely Embodied Skills are one way to have an instruction manual.

Interrupting our destructive emotions

Every courageous gesture we make, whether or not we think it’s successful, definitely imprints our mind in a positive way. The slightest willingness to interrupt our old habits predisposes us to greater bravery, greater strength, and greater empathy for others. No matter how trapped we feel, we can always be of benefit. How? By interrupting [...]

Imagine triggers no longer triggering

I know that feels like a bit of a stretch: PTSD triggers not making life unbearable for hours and days on end? Wow. Could that really be true? Yes. Yes, it’s true, it’s possible. We do not have to feel stuck, helpless in our negative triggered responses. We start making the shift when begin to [...]