Welcome to This vs. That where we explore the similarities and differences between mental health terms! Today’s blog post will explore the terms “calm” (an emotion) and “regulated” (state of our nervous system) and how these connect to our behaviors.

Trauma and Memory explores these concepts of how our bodies respond to stressful or life threatening situations and discusses how our body stores memory in different ways. Dr. Levine uses two case studies to explore how trauma is stored in the body through these different kinds of memory and how we can discharge that energy in order to heal and get “unstuck” from the ways that trauma keeps us in the past.

Trauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky invites us on a journey to explore how we respond to the traumas of our world and to develop a daily practice of caring for own well-being. Read more about the key concepts, highlights, hurdles, and resources for where you can learn about trauma stewardship.