In this podcast, the hosts explore the concept of presence and how it can be transformative for those who have experienced trauma. They discuss the impact of not being present, repressing emotions, and dissociation on health and relationships. The podcast also dives into the science behind presence and offers tools to help listeners become more present in their lives. Additionally, the importance of being present in relationships and cultivating a regulated nervous system is highlighted.
Cultivating presence is crucial for healing complex traumas, reshaping beliefs, and creating a new reality.
Being present has numerous health benefits, including stress reduction, reduced inflammation, and enhanced stress resilience.
Deep dives
The Importance of Cultivating Presence
Cultivating presence is crucial in order to live a present life, be connected to others, explore intimacy, and experience emotions. Complex trauma and dissociation can hinder our ability to be present, impacting our relationships and overall well-being. By training our nervous system with neuro-somatic intelligence tools, we can reshape our neural pathways, regulate our nervous system, and create a new reality for ourselves.
Presence and Trauma Resolution
Presence plays a vital role in trauma resolution as it moves us out of survival brain responses and into higher order systems of thinking. By practicing presence, we become the creators of our reality and can reshape our beliefs and behaviors in real time. However, cultivating presence requires continued effort and may initially be challenging, often triggering emotional flashbacks. Nonetheless, being present is a transformative and empowering experience that leads to healing from complex trauma.
The Health Benefits of Presence
Being present has numerous health benefits, including stress reduction and improved telomere length. Studies show that presence, beyond engaging in activities alone, positively impacts our health when our mind and body are fully engaged. It regulates stress hormones, reduces inflammation, and enhances stress resilience. By embodying presence, we can combat the detrimental effects of chronic stress and ultimately live a healthier, more vibrant life.
Presence in Interpersonal Relationships
Cultivating presence also enhances our relationships by allowing deeper connections and attunement to others. It enables us to accurately read social cues, understand facial expressions, and listen attentively. Through presence, we create a safe and supportive space for others to express themselves authentically while setting healthy boundaries. Moreover, presence promotes secure attachment and helps repattern unhealthy relational patterns, fostering healthier and more fulfilling connections.
How do you show up in the world, in relationships, at work? Even just sitting in a sauna. Can you safely say you are fully present in these situations? If you feel you aren’t present most of the time, you’re not alone. Most people aren’t, especially if you’ve experienced complex trauma. On the bright side, presence can be learned by using the right tools to get you there. Presence is a topic that is near and dear to our hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth’s hearts, precisely because of how they both struggled to be present after experiencing trauma, but also the gift presence provided them in all aspects of life once re-learned. In today’s episode, Jennifer and Elisabeth discuss how not being present, repressing emotions and dissociation can lead to health issues and deteriorate relationships. While offering the tools required to become present to live a fulfilling and healthy life with secure attachment styles in relationships.
This episode dives deep into the science behind presence as well as what happens when you are in your body for the first time in a long time and how using the tools provided in the NSI training can help. Understanding how your brain operates when it is fully present and how it affects your body, while having tools to help you get there, can literally put years back on to your life.
Tune in for this and more!
Topics discussed in this episode:
How Jennifer and Elisabeth define presence
Why presence is important for healing complex traumas
Empowerment that comes from presence
How presence is a time expander
What is a trigger?
How intentional training can lead to presence
The time it takes to cultivate full presence in the body
The struggle behind showing up in the world differently
Health implications behind repressed emotion and not being present
One big reason to start being present: a study on telomeres
Why it is important to work with your interoceptive system
Re-patterning of relationship attachment style
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