I love the HeartMath Institute! Here's a link to their free ebook and an explanation (from LinkedIn) "As a gesture of care, we are gifting you our eBook, 10 HeartMath® Practices For Reducing the Stress in Pressured Decisions, Choices, and Interactions. The articles and exercises can help encourage us to increase our care, kindness, compassion, and cooperation with each other. Chapter topics are Creating Hope for the Future, Together We Can Change the World, Pursuing Our Purpose, and more. " Access the 10 HeartMath® Practices For Reducing the Stress in Pressured Decisions, Choices and Interactions eBook, https://lnkd.in/g_qkuTuS

Here's another great free class from the Trauma Resource Foundation. https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/integrate-mind-body-practice-for-working-through-trauma/

Of the trauma responses - fight, flight, freeze, collapse, to me freeze is vexing because you can be in a functional freeze and still go on with life. It just robs you of all joy. Here's an article on identifying and overcoming the freeze response from Elephant Journal. I think the author's example is really her dissociating, but there's a freeze element to it too. https://elejrnl.com?p=4229195

The Trauma Research Institute, founded by Dr Bessel van der Kolk, offers learning opportunities on Tuesdays. They’re always free. I thought you might be interested in this series. Here’s the link. https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/lp/inspired-parenting-parenting-from-an-attachment-trauma-perspective/

Hi everyone, My friend Ira wrote this beautiful illustrated book on grief and donated it to hospice, which uses it in NY. Recently he offered it for free on Facebook, so I thought I'd share. It's really beautiful. https://www.facebook.com/reel/25746284561723337