by Paul Chubbuck | Mar 21, 2011 | Featured
Is it your time to roar? You are much greater than you know. The founder of Somatic Experiencing, Peter Levine, wrote a well-known book called Waking the Tiger. The title refers to a common experience of victims of trauma. During some past threat, they attempted to...
by Paul Chubbuck | Mar 14, 2011 | Featured
The previously scheduled blog has been pre-empted. How do we stay awake in a numbing world? I had planned this week to offer you a poem about the mysterious way we get what we really need from people, even though we often can’t see that until much later. But...
by Paul Chubbuck | Mar 8, 2011 | Featured
How Do Your Feelings Stack Up? You’ll be happier if you look at your feelings vertically instead of horizontally. I was with Holotropic Breathwork teacher, Jack Blackwell, last week, when he spoke of “horizontal” vs. “vertical” ways of...
by Paul Chubbuck | Feb 28, 2011 | Featured
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics Statistics can Serve to Minimize the Real, Human Pain of Trauma I came across a CNN article recently entitled “PTSD in women may have genetic link”. Early in the article it states, “10% of women and 5% of men develop...
by Paul Chubbuck | Feb 23, 2011 | Featured
You Have an Animal Inside Your Body as a Conscious Source of Wisdom One of my teachers once said to me, “Always remember, Paul, that sitting across from you is not only a person, but an animal, and you have to try not to offend either of them.” Our bodies...