Our Amazing Brain

 



https://youtu.be/JYalx8bvEyg

"Brain surgeon reveals how to heal trauma" is in the headline for this excellent podcast where Lewis Howes interviews Dr. Jandial.  I have personally spoken with brain surgeons but not one with this ability to express how the brain works and heals.  I suggest listening to the above interview while you are doing your chores.  It is long but worth it!

Lewis Howe's is an amazing interviewer.  I have listened to well over 50 of his interviews and have gone on to do further research on most of those guests.  As far as I can tell, politics are NOT on his list of discussions.  He is a man who created The School of Greatness podcast to share information about embracing health, growth, and change.  The link below takes you to his podcast page. 

https://lewishowes.com/podcast/

My Brain

I have been incredibly unforgiving of the way my brain works in the past.  Today I am grateful for the ability I have to be able to deal with the emotional whiplash of life events without becoming totally useless.  I am grateful that I am able to wrap myself in a healing cocoon rather than bleed and die verbally all over other people.

Instead of lamenting my inability to read a book, I am embracing the healing that is allowing me to read more each year.  Instead of lamenting my lack of interest in fiction, I am exposing myself to it in bits and pieces, following along when I am interested and releasing it when I can't stick with it.

I might still talk about it once in a while but I am pleased to release the oppressive element of my childhood into space.  I have to talk about it once in a while in order to convince my body to release the trauma. My brain is able to process with logic and love, but it is a different story with the body.  This is the residue from trauma and not just from childhood.  As I turn to my body and view it with love and logic, in that order, my healing continues.

Almost all trauma imposed on a person comes with an implied sense of that is what we deserve.  It is important to understand that we deserve love.  It is like fertilizer to a plant.  If we feed ourselves on hate filled speakers we feed our trauma.  If we feed ourselves on ways we can love ourselves better, we give love better.

It disturbs me to recognize that all of my younger understanding of love was really about attachment.  It could have been attachment to a perceived way of life including somebody with the ability to financially support me.  

I practice love without attachment to any result other than keeping my heart open.  It is pretty easy to practice on dogs but not so easy to do with people.  I reflect on how I love my remaining dog and I pray that I can do that with people.  I don't mean the action of feeding and walking the dog.  I mean the part where I give of what I can and accept the love the dog returns in her own way. 

Another thing that I am doing on purpose is exposing myself to everyday people who show themselves to be growing, managing, and in general finding something to love, in the midst of their chaotic existence.   I like the Facebook options to choose like, love, I care, laughter, and more.

Sincerely, Carmen Davis


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