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In this episode Jackie talks with Sharon O’Hara, CSAT colleague in CA, about the continuum of narcissism, gaslighting and sociopathy.

In this episode Jackie talks about how trauma can feel like being swallowed up in a fast moving river where its hard to get our bearings and to get our feet on solid ground.  Jackie talks about how to get ourselves safe on the riverbank and tips for processing through what happened to us.  

You may think that you are good at breathing, after all you’re alive right? The truth is we can be pretty bad at breathing and keep ourselves alive. Life can throw things at us that takes our breath away or throws our breathing completely off balance. How can we breath during those times? How can we reclaim our life through our breathing?

In this episode Jackie discusses the pitfalls of overusing our strengths or underusing our strengths. How do we find the zone in which our strengths are actually strengths for us?

Do you Know what your personal character strengths are? Can you identify how they have shown up in your life during a challenging times and not so challenging times? How can you connect with your signature strengths on a regular basis to live in alignment?

 

http://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey

One of our listeners wrote in and asked us to address the experiences of young people in recovery. Being a good 20 years younger than the people we are in the rooms with can be unsettling. This episode kicks off an ongoing exploration we are going to pursue learning about young people in recovery and their experiences.

Why do things like journaling, charting, and keeping records come up as suggestions for behavior change so much? Because they make us use a different part of our brains- when it comes to change (recovery, healing, insert-your-favorite-term-here) the more of your brain you have to help you and the more ways you use your brain, the better off you may be in making the changes you want. Tune in today to learn how to collect data and use on yourself and your change process.

 

In this episode, Jackie talks about little t traumas that often get missed or minimized in recovery and trauma work. As children growing up in dysfunctional homes we learn to not feel, not trust and not talk. These rules may help us live in our dysfunctional homes growing up, but they create problems in adulthood. Part of our healing is to see, feel, trust and talk about these little t experiences.

In this new series, we are taking a look at the addictions that we like to celebrate.  Exercise, work, money, screens, and food restriction- why does it matter to address these when they are out of control.

 

While this is a remote possibility for most folks, it is the last thing you want to see happen at work.  Learn some of the predictors of workplace violence and how to stay safe.