Anxiety is a common problem for athletes. Find out why. 00:00 Intro and how I got into somatic trauma work 03:40 Chronic anxiety is a natural response to past experience stored in your body in a feedback loop with your limbic brain 06:50 The body cannot lie - it will reveal the truth of your unmet emotional needs from childhood as symptoms 09:20 Symptom suppression vs. root causes. Athletes can get symptoms of auto-immune, delayed healing, chronic pain, etc if underlying high achieving drivers become unbalanced. Ian's story. 15:03 Autonomic nervous system controls the body and is regulated by emotions. Autonomic safety (calm connection or neuroception) is necessary for healing and neurological co-regulation. 19:27 Trauma events can be one-off or more commonly complex PTSD from attachment wounding. Much more common with highly sensitive people (HSPs). 24:00 Symptom labels are limited being descriptive only. An example from an athlete we have both worked with: 1/ Betrayal of trust distorts your mindbody perception of self. Hyper-responsibility plays out as the child within unconsciously as feelings of shame transformed to worthiness. 34:50 High sensitivity (sensory processing sensitivity) correspond to 20% of population. Present in the womb, is a trait you are born with. Their needs are greater in childhood. Porous boundaries create overwhelm. 39:30 Adult reactions driven by past experience - coaches, trainers take the place of family but can be abusive relationships which retrigger past traumas. 44:00 What's changed in our environment that anxiety is so huge - social media onslaught, schooling system based on competition, achievement. Inter-generational trauma has built up. See The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate. Much more pressure, less support leads to being bathed in cortisol which destroys us. 48:00 Competition vs. community. How the mind punishes the body if trained by trauma. Replacing despair with hope, love & gratitude is profoundly healing. Is a resonant system so emotions matter physiologically to restoring energy. 54:00 Heart mind resonance. Heart is not just a physiological pump but a resonance electromagnetic organ to connect with other living beings and our environment via its sensory system. Allowing your vulnerability and reaching out for help. Heart connection in practice. 59:00 How to connect with me. Books and courses. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at8ZSlSbJDA

In this short video i talk about Finding your innate creativity as recommended in the book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. in this review of I particularly focus on what she calls 'crazy makers' from Chapter 2 of the book. How some blocked creatives use their energy to keep you waylaid from uncovering yours. #theartistsway #juliacameron #recovery #creativity Patricia Worby, PhD Award-winning Chrysalis Effect Practitioner and Somatic Trauma Specialist Find me on: https://alchemytherapies.co.uk - 121 and group therapy for fatigue-related conditions https://emotionalmasterclass.com - intensive program to fast-track your healing http://myemotionalaudit.com - group program https//patriciaworby.com - author and book site https://www.alchemytherapies.co.uk/podcast - podcast ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBig8wvZc0