Welcome to Episode 10 of Somatic Compass. Stacey and Trevor explore what the heck is trauma, trauma resolution and whether we are walking around like trauma zombies from a somatic perspective. Do you have trauma? Have you experienced stress or toxic stress? What is the difference? Have you heard about little 't' trauma versus big 'T' trauma? Or are you upset about AI data centres too? Jump into this conversation with them as they explore all these questions.

As always, the conversation is not about getting it right. It is an invitation to gently explore the wisdom and presence of your body, deepen your somatic literacy and become a little more curious about what your physiology may already be communicating.

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And here is the poem Stacey referenced in the podcast:

Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

I.

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless.

It isn't my fault.

It takes forever to find a way out.

II.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I still don't see it. I fall in again.

I can't believe I am in the same place.

It isn't my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

III.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it there, I still fall in.

It's habit. It's my fault. I know where I am.

I get out immediately.

IV.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

V.

I walk down a different street.

© 1977 Portia Nelson, There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery

Welcome to Episode 9 of Somatic Compass. Stacey and Trevor explore imagination, dreams, nightmares, night terrors, and sleep paralysis from a somatic perspective. Do you dream? Are they even important? What are dreams anyway? Jump into this conversation with them as they explore how dreams give us somatic gifts, types of dreams, and even how you can dream journal and seed dreams somatically.

As always, the conversation is not about getting it right. It is an invitation to gently explore the wisdom and presence of your body, deepen your somatic literacy and become a little more curious about what your physiology may already be communicating.

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Welcome to Episode 8 of Somatic Compass. Stacey and Trevor explore the phrase “releasing trauma” and how language matters. What if this phrase creates more shame and confusing? Stacey believes that language matters and when people say they want to release trauma, they usually mean relief. Relief matters. But Stacey thinks the word “release” can sometimes pull us into the wrong relationship with the very way our being and body needs our support. What if we changed the language to trauma “resolution or reorganization”? Jump into this conversation with them about the natural wisdom and physiology of our soma that is inviting us into a spiral journey of healing.

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In Episode 7, Stacey and Trevor explore what it means to feel genuinely inhabited in our bodies—and what happens when we feel inhibited, disconnected or unable to fully arrive inside ourselves.

What does being alive feel like in the body?

What sensations, movements or impulses tell us that we are present?

What happens when emotion begins to move but we have learned to contain, manage or interrupt it?

And are there ways to become more embodied without turning embodiment into one more thing we have to perform perfectly?

As always, the conversation is not about getting it right. It is an invitation to gently explore the wisdom and presence of your body, deepen your somatic literacy and become a little more curious about what your physiology may already be communicating.

We love to hear feedback and if you like this episode please like, review, and spread the word. If you have questions or comments, please email Stacey at info@mindfulsomaticwellness.com.

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Welcome to Episode 6 of Somatic Compass. Stacey and Trevor explore how our bodies never lie and are always communicating to us about food, tasks, people, situations, events, and decisions that face each of us. Do you know that your body has a ‘yes’, a ‘no’, and a ‘maybe’. Moreso, a ‘fawn’ response to keep us safe. Do you know your Heck YES and your ‘F’ NO? Jump into this conversation with them, learn and explore your body's wisdom and truth. Remember, it is not about being perfect, but a gentle conversation about the wisdom and presence of our body and expanding one's somatic literacy.

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Welcome to Episode 5 of Somatic Compass. In this conversation, we journey with Stacey and Trevor as they explore who the heck 'Trevor' is and what privilege means. Their conversations tend to move a bit like a river, you know, it's not like a linear point A to point B sort of way that they work together. There are twists and turns, and there might be some whitewater rapids and other times it might be like a calm pooling. So join them on this river conversation as they explore cis white gendered, privilege, social capital, the manosphere, decentring, and how this is all connected to our somatics, bodies, and overall well being.

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Welcome back to Part 2 of the conversation of “Who is the heck is Stacey? And what does she mean by Somatics” in Episode 4. Picking up on Stacey’s personal experience of embodied presence as a 19-year-old practicing yoga, Stacey and Trevor explore what embodied presence means. They then discuss how we are all Dorothy with those red ruby slippers and conclude on how they chose “Somatic Compass” as the title of this podcast. Stacey is grateful for everybody listening to her stories and hopes you found them interesting or maybe you can relate and have small moments where you noticed embodied presence or connection just a little bit more.

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Welcome to Episode 3 of Somatic Compass. In Part 1 of this conversation, we journey with Stacey and discover who the heck she is and why somatics is so important to her. Stacey gently explores and unpacks all things somatics from her own life experience. We hear how this journey has led Stacey to explore our survival adaptions, the physiology of trauma, the connection to the body, and the physiology of nervous system. The journey of Stacey's somatics is the discovery of what has always been with us; an intrinsic connection to our soma, each other, and the earth in safe ways that allows for embodied presence.

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