S2, Ep11 - In this episode of Equilibrium Echoes, host Alyssa Decker speaks with trauma support specialist Gabby Hull about the intricate connections between trauma, attachment styles, and addiction. Gabby shares her journey through childhood trauma, addiction, and her path to healing. The conversation delves into the neuroscience behind trauma, the importance of self-care, and how movement modalities like dance and martial arts can aid in recovery. They discuss the significance of understanding attachment styles in relationships and the role of connection in overcoming shame and addiction. Gabby emphasizes the need for compassion and support for those struggling with trauma and addiction, highlighting the importance of community and healthy connections in the healing process.

Gabby is a Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS) and a Certified Peer Support Professional (CPSP). Gabby is honored to be a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, as well as a small business owner.

As a child, Gabby wrestled the grasp of poverty, unimaginable abuses, neglect, and drug addiction at the age of 12 - which led her into the foster system. As an adult, Gabby has experienced the aftereffects of trauma. Today, she serves her community by fostering hope, healing, connection, and growth for trauma survivors. Sheathed, Inc., is a 501(c)3 initiative that provides free or reduced-cost expressive art modalities and healthy living activities to those struggling.

sheathed.org

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561363678088

info@sheathed.org

S2, Ep10 - Changing Your Internal Landscape

In this episode, Alyssa Decker interviews Dr. Marcia Martin from the Heart Healing Foundation about creating your internal landscape. They discuss how trauma and abuse are often connected, the impact of the pandemic on trauma, and the importance of healing and changing the internal narrative. Dr. Martin explains that the internal landscape is the most important real estate you will ever own and that it is constructed by you. She emphasizes the power of self-talk and replacing negative beliefs with positive ones. Dr. Martin also provides practical tips for changing the internal landscape and offers resources through the Heart Healing Foundation.

BIO

Dr. Marcia Martin, M Ed, Ph D – The Heart Healer, is a spiritual empowerment counselor, metaphysical minister, bestselling author, public speaker, and clairaudient angel communicator specializing in helping people heal their relationship with themselves. By healing the heart of all past pain and trauma you’ll be able to establish and maintain healthy relationships with yourself and all others so you can live a successful life.

Her unique, heart-centered, energetic, healing approach, the Angel Heart Healing Technique, enables you to build the perfect relationship with yourself and helps you answer the questions, “Who am I? Why am I here? and Where am I going?”

Marcia will help you release your greatest fear so you can achieve your biggest dreams as you heal your heart and transform your life.

website - www.thehearthealingfoundation.org

free gift - https://www.thehearthealingfoundation.org/11ways

S2, Ep9 - In this episode, Alyssa Decker interviews Gina Fox about trauma recovery and living a healthy life after trauma. Gina shares her personal experience as a childhood trauma survivor and how she helps her clients through her coaching practice. They discuss the four categories of childhood abuse (emotional, physical, verbal, and sexual) and the different healing modalities Gina uses in her practice, including mindset change, mindfulness exercises, somatic movements, relaxation techniques, and neuro art. They also explore the concept of the body-keeping score of trauma and the importance of feeling safe in one's body. The conversation highlights the process of identifying triggers and working through them to heal and make progress in recovery. In this conversation, Gina and Alyssa discuss the process of healing from trauma. They explore the challenges of breaking old patterns and behaviors that are designed to keep us safe but hinder our growth. They emphasize the importance of taking small steps and being kind to ourselves along the way. Gina shares her experience of working on identifying and addressing intergenerational trauma in her family. They also discuss various modalities for trauma healing, including trauma-informed movement and progressive muscle relaxation. Gina highlights the significance of mindfulness in the healing journey and introduces the concept of neuro art. They conclude by discussing the upcoming Rise Up From Trauma summit, which aims to provide resources and support for trauma survivors and their caregivers.

BIO

Gina is Certified as a Trauma-Informed Neuro Specialist. Which is a fancy way of saying, Gina loves working to create new neural pathways and neuroplasticity for clients.

The aftereffects Gina endured, disrupted her brain development and function. Because of this, she became fascinated with how trauma negatively impacts the brain. Learning the neuroscience and healing principles that were important to restore brain function and enhance development.

Gina is the founder of Transformative Healing where she helps clients understand how the aftereffects of a traumatic event/circumstance affect us psychologically and physiologically on the cellular level from a neuroscience lens. She helps clients by using a variety of modalities including; journaling, critical thinking, expressive art, third-person self-talk, somatics, and more.

She is the founder of We Are The Voice, an organization dedicated to the advocacy of childhood trauma survivors, and the author of In The Mind: Trauma to Transformation.

My website: transsformativeheal.com

Summit: Wearethevoice.org