
Becoming Safely Embodied
A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World
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Deirdre Fay
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Jack Rotondi
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Deirdre Fay
About this listen
Whether you are stuck in the distress of life, or appear like nothing’s wrong, you may have faced trauma, or incredible stress, or suffocating fear. Maybe you wonder whether those emotions, memories, and experiences are blocking you from being as fulfilled and happy as you could be. Maybe you’re stuck in patterns that simply no longer work for you.
What if you could change it all? What if you could feel safe and solid and secure inside your own body? What if your life could be peaceful and centered and fulfilled?
In Becoming Safely Embodied, Deidre Fay shares from her 35 years of psychotherapy and spiritual practice to provide a truly practical way to integrate modern neurobiology and ancient wisdom to finally and completely heal from emotional trauma, no matter how deep or faint, how long ago, or recent you experienced the pain.
Throughout her years as a therapist, Deirdre noticed that clients would make progress while in a therapy session and then revert to old patterns between sessions. What people need is a set of skills and practices to support ongoing healing and wholeness.
That's what this audiobook will help you with. You’ll discover:
- What “trauma” is and why you might have had a hard time healing from this pain,
- Why shame is an attachment wound and how to harness self-compassion to truly transform suffering
- What to do when you feel like you’re easily “triggered” by a certain person or situation in your life so that you can stay centered and safe
- Instantly effective methods of breath work for brain change and emotional regulation so that you can calm your mind or energize your body
- The nine core skills that can help you to be more at home with your internal world and cultivate a body that’s a safe place for rest, reflection, and well-being
- Simple daily practices that (like brushing your teeth) promote ongoing healing in your body, mind, and soul
- And much, much, more
Whether you are healing from abandonment issues or from pain or from grief - or whether you are helping someone else to heal - Becoming Safely Embodied is your map and guidebook to finally becoming at home with your internal world, cultivating a body that’s a safe place for rest, reflection, and well-being, and creating the life you want to live, instead of living in the life your history catapults you into.
You may be wondering, “Is it possible for me? Can I change? Is it possible for me to shift these painful patterns into a more fulfilling life? Can I truly organize this crazy inner world”?
The simple answer is, “yes", and your journey to becoming safely embodied begins in the sections of this audiobook.
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Dr. Linnea Passaler has helped thousands globally in her digital health program address a wide range of symptoms associated with nervous system dysregulation—from mental symptoms, including anxiety, burnout, and brain fog, to physical symptoms, such as digestive issues, chronic inflammation, and fatigue. In Heal Your Nervous System, Dr. Passaler presents her 5-stage plan, developed over the last decade, to equip you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your unique nervous system.
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- By janet hollinger on 01-17-24
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Anchored
- How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
- By: Deb Dana, Stephen Porges PhD - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Deb Dana
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet - these situations aren't life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. That's because our bodies treat most perceived threats the same way. Yet one approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting: polyvagal theory. In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of polyvagal theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday ways to transform your relationship with your body.
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Know thyself.
- By Debora on 04-17-22
By: Deb Dana, and others
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The Wakeful Body
- Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom
- By: Willa Blythe Baker
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Tap into the wisdom of the body with down-to-earth practices like “Surrendering to the Breath” and “Befriending Feelings” that allow the body to become the source of mindfulness. Willa Blythe Baker introduces meditation practice as the cultivation of a way of being, rather than a way of doing. It is a way of being that is self-aware, self-compassionate, and embodied. This way of being is not limited to practice on the cushion or on the yoga mat—somatic mindfulness is available at any moment, activated by attention to the body’s wisdom and its teachings.
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Absolutely love this book!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-20-22
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The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
- Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
- By: Deb Dana, Stephen W. Porges - foreword
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work with clients. With clear explanations of the organizing principles of Polyvagal theory, this complex theory is translated into clinician and client-friendly language. Using a unique autonomic mapping process designed to effectively track autonomic response patterns, this book presents practical ways to work with clients' experiences of connection.
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great resource
- By Amazon Customer on 07-12-19
By: Deb Dana, and others
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You Are the One You've Been Waiting For
- Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships
- By: Richard Schwartz PhD
- Narrated by: Martin LaGrande, Mike Berlak
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Do loving relationships end because couples lack communication skills, struggle to empathize, and fail to accommodate each other’s needs? That’s a common belief within and outside of the therapeutic world… but what if it’s all wrong? In You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For, Dr. Richard Schwartz, the celebrated founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, offers a new way—a path toward courageous love that replaces the striving, dependent, and disconnected approach to solving relationship challenges.
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Clear examples of parts work
- By Ramona on 10-06-24
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The Myth of Normal
- Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
- By: Gabor Maté MD, Daniel Maté
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
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In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?
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Bought book after hearing podcast...
- By Adrian on 09-14-22
By: Gabor Maté MD, and others
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How to Do the Work
- Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
- By: Dr. Nicole LePera
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. Wanting more for her patients—and for herself—she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical and spiritual wellness that equips people with the interdisciplinary tools necessary to heal themselves. After experiencing the life-changing results herself, she began to share what she'd learned with others—and soon "The Holistic Psychologist" was born. Now, Dr. LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world.
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Mindfulness advertisement
- By Sam on 07-22-21
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- Phylissa L Washington
- 09-15-23
Exactly what I needed
I love this book. It gave practical strategies for all the vague ideas of how to become emotionally stable. I'm suggesting this book to anyone who strives for inner peace
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- Tate L.
- 09-29-22
Comfort For Body and Soul
This book was very comforting. I looked forward to spending some time with it every day and it really helped me relax more into my body. If you've had trauma in life whether recent or a long time ago this will help you. Get it if you feel called to it!
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- Spiritual Zen
- 06-05-21
Cuddle up, a safe cozy blanket book of hope!
This is a book my soul has been waiting to be written longer than I even knew! The narration is pleasant, well paced and engaging. Deirdre and Jack passionately deliver this wonderful books model and skillsets broken down into small actionable steps for all to embrace.
Longing to integrate trauma history with spirit based psychological skills, I can not wait to put these to use and finally be free of the chains of trauma that has kept me from fully being my whole self.
Thank you for the gift of your passionate body of work, Becoming Safely Embodied, I have great hope in securing my Divine self by learning and applying the skills and exercises in this encouraging book.
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- Heather Carrasquillo
- 02-11-22
Really helped me
This really helped me sort out some internal issues that have been with me for years. I'm looking forward to listening again maybe even a couple times just to fully understand and comprehend the teaching points and techniques
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- Rob AnderSiN
- 01-05-23
Very inspiring and insightful
I believe this to be a much more personal way to work through the past to reach a better future
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- Anonymous User
- 12-28-24
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fifteen words to say what I already did with smilies and words of deep gratitude. lol, now was that so hard to say? 🤔😊
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- Jason Doerr
- 02-21-22
this is the way
this book has helped me and my childhood friends to come home. we had been stuck in extreme fight and freeze throughout our lives. not anymore
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- Shabana
- 05-16-23
It’s ok
Narration is awful. Like so awful. It took me a YEAR to get through this book. It’s part of a curriculum otherwise I would have returned it. Not a fave.
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- Amezoah
- 02-10-23
I can’t even
Ugh I can’t even listen to this, the narration is fit for putting insomniacs to sleep and it shuts down my mind and I literally cannot listen to the actual context of the book. Failed three vigorous attempts to listen. I really wanted to get this information but I have to delete this without listening to it having wasted my money.
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