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A Kenotic Way of Contemplative Healing
Julian of Norwich, Neuroscience and the Centrality of Safety in Healing Trauma
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Susan Carson’s A Kenotic Way of Contemplative Healing explores how the mystical theology of Julian of Norwich and modern neuroscience converge to inform practices of trauma healing grounded in safety.
Drawing on contemplative practices, attachment insights, and neuroscience (including concepts like the vagus nerve and co-regulation), Carson argues for a kenotic, loving presence as central to healing alienation.
She offers practical guidance for spiritual directors and caregivers on creating regulated, shame-free spaces where embodied memories can be re-filed in relational context.
The book emphasizes beholding, God’s holding presence, and human-to-human co-regulation as pathways for re-engaging traumatized parts of the self.
Carson weaves theology, clinical understanding, and contemplative practice to show how contemplative presence can reshape traumatic memory and support recovery.
Drawing on contemplative practices, attachment insights, and neuroscience (including concepts like the vagus nerve and co-regulation), Carson argues for a kenotic, loving presence as central to healing alienation.
She offers practical guidance for spiritual directors and caregivers on creating regulated, shame-free spaces where embodied memories can be re-filed in relational context.
The book emphasizes beholding, God’s holding presence, and human-to-human co-regulation as pathways for re-engaging traumatized parts of the self.
Carson weaves theology, clinical understanding, and contemplative practice to show how contemplative presence can reshape traumatic memory and support recovery.
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Susan Carson: Learning Contemplative Healing from Julian of Norwich and Neuroscience
