What is Compassionate Trauma-Informed Communication Compassionate trauma-informed communication brings together compassionate and trauma-informed communication. It is an embodied way of communicating that aims to reduce suffering, avoid harm, and create the conditions for safety, trust, understanding and supportive connection. It considers what our language patterns are and how we communicate at work, at home, …
What Supports Creating Compassionate Trauma-Informed Healthcare Cultures? Compassionate trauma-informed healthcare does not emerge from policies, training sessions or good intentions alone. It is created through the everyday actions, relationships, practices, self-compassion, understanding of trauma and cultures that shape how we meet ourselves and one another. While this blog is focusing on healthcare the principles …
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What is Somatic Tracking? Somatic tracking is a mindfulness-based practice. It involves gently bringing attention to physical sensations with a sense of safety, curiosity, and without judgement or expectation of a particular outcome. It draws on principles from a mindfulness, somatic experiencing, interoception neuroplasticity research and pain neuroscience education. The term “somatic tracking” was …
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Introduction to This Nervous System Regulation Blog This blog offers a compassionate trauma-informed introduction to nervous system regulation – what it is, why it matters, and how trauma and chronic stress can impact it. We explore protective responses like fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, and share trauma-informed nervous system regulation frameworks such as Polyvagal …
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The festive period can be a wonderful time and a difficult one too for a variety of reasons for some people, including for people managing health conditions associated with persistent pain and fatigue. These health conditions include: persistent pain, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, long covid and PoTS. If you live with one of these conditions, or another, …
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Do you use end of year journalling? Some people like to use end of year journalling as part of reflecting on the year as it draws to a close. Journalling can be helpful as part of reflecting on the year and see what’s gone well, what’s not been easy or challenging and what helped …
What Is Pacing? There isn’t an agreed definition of pacing, I would define it as flexible way of structuring your day in a way that supports both function and wellbeing. Pacing essentially means breaking down tasks and activities into manageable chunks with consideration of the different types of activities, including enough short rest breaks …
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Physiotherapy can be helpful for people with PoTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), it is recommended to be with a physiotherapist that has a specialism or special interest in PoTS. Before we look at how physiotherapy can help let’s look at what PoTS is. What is PoTS? Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is a form …
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