Self-Soothing For Trauma & Trying Times

We all experience trauma and trying times. Trauma is any experience that is overwhelming to us because we lack the outer and inner resources to deal with it at the time it happens. One such inner resource is the ability to self-soothe. In this talk, you will learn how to identify when a present-moment experience is triggering an earlier trauma in your life. You will also learn an advanced mindfulness practice called the "empathetic witness," which means cultivating a gentle and compassionate inner voice whenever you are experiencing something difficult. (The final practice in this meditation is available as a stand-alone meditation on Insight Timer called "A Self-Soothing Practice.")

Some of the ideas in the talk were inspired by Deborah Allen, the lead teacher at the Lionheart Institute for Energy Healing in LA (now called Healers Forum).

Reviews

Extremely helpful and validating...looking right now for additional talks and exercises by you, specifically for childhood trauma. Thank you!

So helpful and soothing. Many thanks Christina 🙏❤️

This talk and meditation has helped me to work on changing my core self image from self loathing to self acceptance. I will continue to use the self-talk that’s taught here. Excellent!

I found this really interesting and will try practicing this technique regularly when I need to. 🙏🌸

Thank you. The background music seemed to activate me as well as your words. I had a powerful release of old repressed grief.

Very helpful. I can see my bulging mental file where unrelated 'similar' events were co-mingled as 'just like'. I think I can sort them out using this practice of release.
Thank you

Very good. I will listen to it again. I'm in the middle of a painful heartbreak. Self love is the answer (for me).

Powerful stuff which enabled me to realise what had been hidden in me

So helpful! I am going through a difficult time. I am grateful to have found this. Namaste 🙏

Very nice mindfulness practice. It helped me with Covid trauma. Thank you.

I learned so much from this. I also lover the gentleness of her voice.

Thank you so much for this amazing, informative talk on trauma. Until today, I hadn’t recognised the type of trauma I have, and now I realise it’s strain trauma. I really appreciated the exercise too, the gentle innner voice one, thank you so much 🥰

Thank you. This was beautifully soothing, your voice was gentle and compassionate. I will certainly use this as a valuable resource .

Succinctly, respectfully, and gently explained, excellent for trauma survivors and for those who wish to support them by expanding their own awareness of trauma in general, specifically to themselves, and ultimately how human the experience is. Thank you.

Trauma is suffering from our body and minds perspective. Here the teaching has lived experience and soothing practices. A real easy introduction to trauma awareness. Namaste.

This is a wonderful healing practice Christina, thank you 🙏🏻 so much 🌸. I found the practice to be so helpful with moving through what I am experiencing at the moment. During the practice I also did some tapping for additional healing, and wow 🤩, it was wonderful and so releasing ✨💫🙌🏻🙏🏻💖

It was amazing! Thank you for the practice 🙏

Thank you Christina!

Beautifully explained and delivered in a soothing manner.

I had never heard of “Strain Trauma” as a phrase before.

I will return to this practice regularly.

Many thanks 💖🙏🏻

Exceptional - thanks for expressing clearly Trauma of all kinds

Is just the guided section available anywhere as a standalone? It's a stellar practice, but it would be better if I didn't have to wait for the talk to move into the guided element.

Edit: thank you so much for posting it separately!