Body-Mind Connection
Manuela emphasizes the importance of understanding the body’s role in processing stress, highlighting how trauma-informed leadership can enhance emotional regulation and improve interactions. The discussion reveals that effective leadership is not just about intellectual prowess but also about recognizing the deep connection between mind and body. This holistic approach can transform how individuals negotiate and resolve conflicts, leading to more meaningful relationships.In this clip
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How to Reduce Stress Through Mind-Body Therapy with Manuela Mischke Reeds
Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would working to change that response immediately after being triggered also diminish it over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and used breathwork to calm their body immediately after being triggered, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first, you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning?
I've heard you mention before that you don't agree with the claims from Bessel Van der Kolk in his book, "The Body Keeps the Score." I'm very curious to know more about your opinion and how you understand the relationship between trauma and the body, considering there is a whole field of somatic psychology that directly relates to some central claims by Van der Kolk.