The Emotional Brain

Doing Shadow Work

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2261528/open_sms] In this episode, special guest Oliver Mann, founder of www.unleash.ink, guides us through using a powerful new approach to journaling as a tool for working on our shadows, those aspects of our personality we keep buried and out of sight.  His approach, as a trauma survivor, frees up energy for personal growth, and unlocks untapped reservoirs of empathy and compassion.  Use the following links to go further in our own personal growth: https://www.unleash.ink/free-shadow-journaling-pdf [https://www.unleash.ink/free-shadow-journaling-pdf] (free starting point) Two online courses for those wanting to go deeper (use HABERMAN coupon on checkout for a discount): https://www.unleash.ink/discover-the-hidden-you-shadow-journaling-essentials [https://www.unleash.ink/discover-the-hidden-you-shadow-journaling-essentials] https://www.unleash.ink/introduction-to-journaling-course [https://www.unleash.ink/introduction-to-journaling-course]

Recovering From Trauma

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2261528/open_sms] In this episode, which builds on previous episodes this season, Joe and Kathy Haberman are joined by author, trauma survivor, and recovery advocate Kristina Bentle.  She shares her personal journey, her disappointments with traditional therapy, as well as the freedom she experienced with recent trauma-informed therapy that accurately reconnects the body and the brain, that allows the emotional and rational parts of the brain to communicate and heal.

The Traumatized Brain

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2261528/open_sms] This episode focuses on the changes that occur to the brain after trauma.  Focusing on the work of Bessel Van Der Kolk, the traumatized brain is changed to interpret the world as threatening, and memories are stored not only in the mind but in the body.  Goals and recommendations for a new approach to treating trauma are then discussed.

The Emotional Brain

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2261528/open_sms] Season 2 begins with an exploration of the ways that our brains, in addition to being complex information processors, are very much emotional organs as well.  The biological reasons for this are discussed, along with the ways we know this through our own experiences.  The emotional impacts of music on the brain is also examined.  This episode sets the stage for the next 2 episodes from Season 2.

Identity and Beyond Part II

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2261528/open_sms] In the second part of the Identity podcast episode, hosts Joe and Kathy Haberman delve into the limits of our ego-driven, self-constructed identities and begin exploring the elements of transcending our initial identity so that we can begin finding answers to life's larger questions.