Deirdre Fay on Trauma and Triggers
Trauma survivors can get triggered in ways that feel overwhelming. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush talks with Deirdre Fay about using mindfulness and meditation to manage triggers and take care of ourselves in that moment.
“I’m here in this moment in time, but my body is having a reaction from the past as a way to help process and digest it. But what happens is, it bursts into the present moment and we make it about Now.”
Show Notes:
Trauma makes a major impact on our lives—but it doesn’t all have to be negative. In this week’s episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., interviews Deirdre Fay, LICSW, a respected international teacher and the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery as well as the originator of the Becoming Safely Embodied Skills. Listen in on an enlightening conversation about how and why trauma survivors get triggered. Fay, who integrates traditional trauma and attachment therapy with more than 40 years of yoga practice, talks about how to use meditation and mindfulness to train the body, mind and heart to change our reactions to those triggers. This informative interview also shatters some myths about meditation and offers new perspectives on trauma that may help you open the door to feeling more fully alive.
Listen and learn:
How our inner critic stands in the way of our living a better life
How fluidity can help us deal with obstacles in our lives
The difference between a trigger and a flashback
Why it’s difficult to identify triggers—and why it’s important to learn to do so
What it means when our body feels dis-regulated or we experience fight/flight/freeze
The lesson we need to learn so that the trigger doesn’t always create a negative cycle
How past trauma plants the seeds for present triggers
Why triggers can be surprisingly small things
Ways to identify when we’re being triggered by past trauma
Why changing our reaction gives us some power over the trigger and can help heal the trauma
What the Becoming Safely Embodied Skills are, how they came to be and how they can help
How ancient wisdom and traditions can help us manage triggers
Why meditation doesn’t have to mean sitting still in silence—and what you can do instead
How mindfulness helps us step outside the emotional flood of being triggered
Surprisingly simple ways to start a mindfulness practice—and why they’re so powerful
How to find self-compassion when you’re being triggered
How trauma points the way to opportunity
Where to find free resources for healing trauma
Learn More:
> Dierdre Fay’s website
> Free Roadmap: The Safe Guide to Heal Trauma and Attachment by Deirdre Fay, LICSW
> Foundations of Becoming Safely Embodied self-study course
> For professionals: Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery: Simple, Safe and Effective Practices for Therapy by Deirdre Fay, LICSW
> Relationship Profile quiz
> Deirdre Fay on Facebook
> Deirdre Fay on Instagram
> Woman Worriers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter
Subscribe
You can tune in and subscribe to auto-download new podcast episodes to your Apple or Android device on IHeartRadio, Podbean and on Stitcher. After you listen to a few episodes, please consider leaving an honest rating and review in iTunes and let me know how you think this podcast might benefit women.
You can also follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook , Instagram, and the Woman Worriers homepage.
