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Dr. Peter A. Levine discovered 35 years ago that wild animals recover from trauma by tremoring spasms of their body core and flailing of limbs, to complete the fight-flight they were in before they froze. Levine shows a National Geographic video of a polar bear chased by biologists (just to tag him) and then shot with a tranquilizer dart. As the bear wakes from freeze, its body trembles intensely, its legs thrash, and it makes biting motions over its shoulder—replicating and completing all...

You can see them printed on the sides of buses, the windows of businesses, and bumper stickers slapped on the tail ends of cars around Bakersfield. ... “Parents take their children to the library regularly and read to them daily, beginning when they’re infants and continue until they’re reading on their own.” “Parents don’t excuse or make excuses for their children’s poor behavior.” “Parents allow their children to make mistakes and see to it they learn from them.” [For more on this story by...

Guided by a growing body of multidisciplinary research, policymakers are increasingly recognizing the role that adverse childhood experiences play in health and well-being, and are beginning to champion a burgeoning number of trauma-informed policy approaches across the nation. An adverse childhood experience (ACE) refers to a “ traumatic experience in a person’s life occurring before the age of 18 that the person remembers as an adult .” Examples of ACEs may include (but are not limited...

When a teacher sees a student sleeping at his or her desk, arguing with a fellow classmate or otherwise acting out, discipline of some form is usually necessary. But what if that child's home had burned down the night before? What if that child had witnessed a domestic dispute? What if that child's parent had just been arrested? If the teacher knew that child had just experienced a traumatic situation, would the disciplinary measure be different? [For more on this story by Wendy Holdren, go...

Today is a six-year milestone for me: I've just uploaded my book "Don't Try This Alone: The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder" to Amazon's editors! 😸 😍 It should be on sale 2nd half November. A professional artist designed a new book cover so I also just changed my website today to show it off. Here's my new website showing parts of the book jacket: http://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/allan-schore/

Featured Guest: @Donna Jackson Nakazawa Topic: Well-Being, Self-Care & ACEs Date: November 14th, 2017 Time: 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST Where: Here / Chats Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an winning researcher, writer and public speaker on health and family issues. She explores the intersection between neuroscience, immunology, and the deepest inner workings of the human heart. Her most recent book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal , examines...

Coming from a 25-year background in the world of technology and venture capital, I still keep my eye on what new technologies, companies, and people are being funded. I saw this today on TechCrunch... a fascinating trauma-informed approach! While this product is in its infancy and limited to a very small area of San Francisco for now, the implications are exciting! We'll have to see what the results are over time, how it impacts the lives of those that have mental health issues in that area...

It's so fun to find awesome blogs and awesome writing. I discovered another new blog just this morning. The sub-title is this. "An ACEs survivor trying like hell to thrive." I'm sure lots of us can relate to that. Here's the blog link . Here's an excerpt: So good, right? If you read, write or love a blog that might interest others here, please share excerpts and the link. What speaks to you is going to speak to others. Your perspectives, styles, views and thoughts are all welcome and needed!

Did you know connecting with your body makes it easier to connect with other people? It’s true. Because of that, one of the side effects of TRE is the healing effect it has on your relationships. I’m in Iceland this month, leading two groups of ten people through the TRE process for three weeks. Teaching TRE is one of my favorite things to do. I love the way it helps my students connect with the wisdom of the body. When most people come to a TRE workshop for the first time, they tend to be a...

Many years of research has shown that depression among registered nurses is extremely common. One study published last year showed that RNs suffer from depression at almost twice the rate of people in other professions. Now, new research is linking depression among nurses to a significant uptick in medical errors. The study , published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, analyzed survey responses of 1,790 U.S. nurses. [For more on this story by, Alexandria Wilson Pecci...

LOS ANGELES — For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he could go after school were the youth arts programs in his neighborhood. “It was the thing to do after school instead of being outside or doing something that could possibly get you in trouble,” he said. One of the programs Jordan was in is Neighborhood Opportunity Networks , or NeON Arts . It’s part of New York City’s Department of Probation and is managed by Carnegie...

A trip to some of the U.S.’s top national parks doesn’t come cheap. Once you factor in travel costs, food, lodging, and gear, the dollar amount can easily reach into the hundreds. So when the National Park Service on Tuesday proposed raising the entrance fee per vehicle to $70—more than double the current rate—critics responded that the agency risks pricing even more people, particularly low-income families, out of what is supposed to be public land. In doing so, NPS may be running counter...