It’s Not Your Fault: Why Childhood Trauma Shapes You With Alex Howard

His personal story and how he got into the trauma healing work he does now

The definition of trauma and how he defines it to help people understand it

How small childhood experiences can shift how we relate to ourselves and our emotions

The core emotional needs of children and what happens when they aren’t met

Core emotional needs: boundaries, safety, and love

What a maladaptive stress response is, how it happens, and what to do about it

Trauma is like an ECHO (events, context, homeostatic shift, and outcome)

How to help your nervous system feel safe again

Self love comes down to how we are in relationship with ourselves and how we are in relationship with our feelings and emotions

It often isn’t a question of if our parents loved us but if they were skilled at meeting our particular need for love in the way we needed

His advice for ways to make sure our children feel how much we love them and that our core needs are being met