StressLess Series for Wildfires Podcast
Practical ideas and activities you can do to stressless during troubled times like Wildfires and other Natural Disasters
These recordings were originally created by Anthony “Twig” Wheeler for local radio in the Methow Valley, WA during the summer fire seasons of 2014 and 2015.
They include suggestions and support for you that is informed by trauma resolution therapies like Somatic Experiencing®, Organic Intelligence® and the emerging science of traumatoloy.
You can understand the nature of stress and trauma in the nervous system and how to buffer yourself from traumatic stress.
Twig Wheeler is an internationally recognized trauma treatment consultant and “Cultural Animator” who specializes in making complex scientific information about stress and trauma available to everyday people going through hard times.
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01 – Introduction to Twig’s StressLess Series for Getting through Wildfires and other Natural Disasters
Sometimes things happen that are essentially beyond our control and impossible to know when they will end or what the consequences will be once they are over. Wildfires and other natural disasters are good examples of these kinds of...
02 – Simple Technical Conversation about Living Under Stress for a Long Time
Episode Transcript: [00:00:00] This is an episode from Twig's Stressless Series for getting through wildfires and other natural disasters, you can find all the episodes at stressless-guide.com. [00:00:13] Welcome to the Stressless option....
03 – StressLess Basic Options
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04 – Preparing and Restoring Orientation to Decrease the Stress Response
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05 – Parenting and these Stressful Times
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06 – Safe Places to Find Some Rest
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07 – Deactivation Process to Signal Calming Down
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08 – Tough People and Emotional People Have Special Concerns
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09 – Vestibular and Proprioceptive Input Helps the Body
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10 – What We Can Expect from Our Stress Response
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11 – 3 Stories from Traumatology
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12 – Science That Helps Us Deactivate
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13 – Autonomic Nervous System Paradox
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14 – Assessing Proximity of Danger
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15 – Emotional Waves Happen
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16 – Helpers Need to Take Care of Themselves Too
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17 – Reclaiming Your Spontaneity
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18 – Inebriation and Watching Yourself
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19 – Modulation of Constant Activation
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20 – Rehearsing Coming Down
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21 – Takes More Time to Come Down Than We Want to Give It
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22 – Action is the Antidote for Despair
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23 – Altered State Means Avoid Big Decisions
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24 – Competing Impulses Warning – Choose One and Stick with it
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25 – Everybody Has A Limit
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26 – It’s a Marathon, So Pace Yourself
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27 – 20 Minutes Letting Down with Gravity
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28 – Squeeze and Let It Go
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29 – Repetitive Events Means We Have Experience
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