An exploration of how traumatic stress affects the brain, and the research suggesting that mindfulness practices may help individuals be more equipped to handle the emotional and physical distress of PTSD.
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Trauma is an emotional response to a negative event. Coming to realise that you might actually be traumatised is the first step in healing.
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Watch the Mindful Interview with Shelly Tygielski and Parkland community members Ivy Schamis, Samantha Novick, and Fred Guttenberg.
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Grassroots activist Shelly Tygielski’s mindfulness practice has developed from free meditations on the Florida beach to helping the families of Parkland cope with unimaginable loss.
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What causes us to move on from traumatic experiences? Psychologists are finding it’s not always about bouncing back—sometimes we have to feel our whole world fall to pieces.
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Education researcher Patricia Jennings explains how to recognize the symptoms of trauma, build supportive environments, and help kids learn emotional self-regulation.
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A resource guide to help people of color destigmatize mental health issues, find culturally competent therapists, and practice self-care.
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Star Trek fans know Deep Space Nine actor Nana Visitor as the officer who suffered personal trauma on her home planet Bajor. When that narrative played out in her own life during the show’s filming, she turned to mindfulness.
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Teaching humanitarian aid workers how to build resilience so they can handle the intense stress of supporting those in desperate need of help.
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How the brain responds to traumatic events, and what science says about how mindfulness meditation helps people process trauma and decrease suffering.
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