Following on my previous post about the book: Childhood Disrupted How your biography becomes your biology and how you can heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa – a look at steps she states can help ” create new neurons (neurogenesis), make new synaptic connections between those neurons (synaptogenesis), promote new thought patterns and reactions, and bring under-connected areas of the brain back online, and reset out stress response to decrease the inflammation making us illl.”
- Take the ACE Survery
- Find out your Resilience Score
Both 1 & 2 can be done here: https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/
3. Write to Heal. This blog is my attempt at that, though I should probably follow a workbook and I am looking into using this one: https://www.innerbonding.com/show-page/358/the-inner-bonding-workbook.html
4. Draw it ( Art Therapy) Something I already do and will start to put on this blog.
5. Mindfulness Meditation – the best method for repairing the brain.
The author strongly recommends at least a “10-minute practice of mindfulness as an act of mental hygiene. ” Something I already do.
She recommends MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) course to help us learn techniques to manage and reset our stress response. Something I need to look into… finding something online, and remote, preferably free.
Additionally, she lists some “life-changing” podcasters for meditation that I am now going to investigate:
Tara Brach: https://tarabrach.libsyn.com/
Sylvia Boorstein: http://www.sylviaboorstein.com/audio
Jack Kornfield: https://jackkornfield.com/meditations/
Sharon Salzberg: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-hour-podcast/ – https://beherenownetwork.com/category/sharon-salzberg/ (better menu)
Trish Magyari: http://trishmagyari.com/
Norman Fischer: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/134/
Pema Chodron: https://soundcloud.com/pema-chodron-foundation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rql2mA5HoA –
I’m also going to add Opera – https://super-soul.simplecast.com/episodes
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