Our Whole Childhood with Patrick Teahan 4 Tools to Fix Triggers
Sep 22, 2025
Explore how childhood trauma manifests as emotional triggers in adulthood. Discover four practical tools to break the cycle and reclaim your energy. Learn techniques like mapping triggers to uncover past patterns and using hand-switching to soothe your nervous system. Engage in transformative practices, including dialoguing with your inner child to release pent-up rage. Join a conversation that empowers personal healing, resilience, and emotional freedom.
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Past Shapes Present Reactions
- Childhood triggers always have a present piece and a past piece that shape bodily reactions in the moment.
- Patrick Teahan frames the past as instructing the body how to experience the present, explaining why triggers recur.
Action Beats Only Thinking
- Action-based tools target the emotional charge of triggers rather than only using cerebral exercises.
- Patrick emphasizes that regulating the charge speeds recovery from triggers so you lose less personal time.
Use Heavy Hand Switching
- Try heavy hand switching: hold a weight and alternate between hands to engage both hemispheres and soothe your nervous system.
- While switching, compare how this present trigger differs from childhood and how you are different now.