#52 Healing Trauma Through Energy Work

About this episode

Sheridan Ripley discusses the impact of trauma on parents and children and how energy work can help heal these traumas.

Today I talk about trauma and how it can affect both parents and children, and why birth trauma led me into energy work after my oldest son's anger noticeably decreased following a demonstration that cleared energy around our traumatic pregnancy and emergency C-section/NICU experience. I explain my personal distinction between “big T” and “little T” trauma, emphasizing that some trauma isn’t recognized as such until later. I describe how trauma often shows up as an incomplete freeze (or fight/flight) cycle and use a “hula hoop” image to illustrate how triggers can reactivate stuck trauma energy, then share how I energetically complete the cycle, clear triggers, and gently shift beliefs. Using examples (a child bitten by a puppy and my youngest Bryson’s beach/boat trauma), I explain that this work clears energy without retelling or reliving the event. See a sample session here https://awesomeautismtools.com/why-try-energy-work/ Sign up for my Very Awesome Friends Newsletter so you don’t miss new podcast episodes, the private podcast feed, free classes, and other helpful tools I share along the way. If something in this episode resonated with you and you are curious whether energy…

People in this episode

Host: Sheridan Ripley

Topics covered

• trauma
• energy work
• parenting
• children
• healing
• mental health

Keywords

• trauma
• energy work
• parenting
• healing
• mental health
• birth trauma
• triggers

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Organizations: Awesome Autism Tools

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