6. Mother-Daughter Memories Continued

What triggers your worst reactive moments in relationships?  Relationships with ones you love the most?  Naoko shares that when our fears are activated and our bodies feel threatened or dysregulated, our logical part of the brain (the cortex) shuts down and taken over by our more reactive parts of the brain (the brainstem). Often times, we find that our reactions are more about ourselves than whom we're addressing.  The lessons for us: learn, then let go—a practice to strengthen our compassionate, unapologetic selves. On a lighter note, what is foods we cannot live without?  Join us to hear some interesting answers.

Naoko's sharing is drawn from these two recent reads:

"The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

"What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce. D. Perry, MD, PhD, and Oprah Winfrey (watch Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey in Conversation discuss the book, here)

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