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25.01.2022 Hi Everyone, I am in Tasmania currently on the North East coast. Just today I saw a magnificent sun rise, saw several seals and dolphins, experienced a large sea eagle within 2 metres, gave a wild rock wallaby with joey a drink of water in my hand, and saw the most magnificent wilderness in Freycinet National Park. Our world has so much inherent complexity, beauty and interdependency! Let's all do our very best to care for it in whatever way we can. Those who know personal trauma often have the deepest empathy for vulnerability and understand the risks of exploitation and disrespect. Warmly, Jeannie

25.01.2022 The Evolve with Trauma book is also linked to many sites and free downloads including and yet not limited to trauma & dissociation, anxiety and depression, relationship issues,parenting, ageing, medico-legal issues, chronic pain, suicide, substance abuse and wisdom traditions at http://www.higginspsych.com You can also check out my blog at http://www.evolvewithtrauma.blogspot.com. I have written two posts so far.

24.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Thank you so very much for your interest and support of my latest book. I am very grateful and deeply humbled by your very kind words. I am inviting you and /or your hurt friends to deeply acknowledge while not totally becoming your own suffering. Such tentative spaciousness can allow the beginnings of choice, even if it is just to hold your own hand before you go over the edge (both literally and metaphorically). Of course, this is easier said than done when yo...u are so overwhelmed. I strongly encourage you, with all my heart, to seek skilled and authentically caring professional and personal support and to keep looking until you find it. I hope that you will dip in and out of the gorgeous photographs and gentle words from me as one precious resource, among many others, that are created, with the deepest respect and compassion for you. Please send this link this to people from across our beautiful world if you think it would serve them. Warmly, Jeannie See more

23.01.2022 There are also more recent posts on my blog, including my latest one on Stillness and Nature

23.01.2022 Dear Friends, I have just re-vamped and updated 1. My practice site http://www.higginspsych.com.au/... 2 My books and other publications site with much more to add including by my theory of trauma, my research, papers and presentations and a selection of my poetry http://www.evolvewithtrauma.com/ and 3. I am in process of creating my social and environmental advocacy site and I will keep you posted Please have a look at my progress when you have the chance. Light, laughter and tenderness to you Jeannie

21.01.2022 Is this the world to come? It is morning. The radio automatically comes on. The news is bad, all bad? F......k this! I turn it off. I have heard enough. Healing and transformation are possible. In fact, they are inevitable!...Continue reading

21.01.2022 Here are some very recent comments about "I am more than my trauma, pain and loss" "I really didn’t know what to expect. I’ve now looked at the book and I absolutely love it. I’m really quite surprised by how much it has affected me (in the best possible way). The photos are beautiful and the combination of the statements with the photos works really well. Quite a few times I read the statement, smiled (and/or teared up a little), let it sink in for a moment, then looked at ...the photo and it made me smile even more. Stunning work Goosebumps Spectacular photos. I love them. Some of them I've seen in person. .. I have a sense of hushed calming words that are very you. I can almost hear you reading these words to me "I've just had a chance to look at your book and it is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing it. I will be sharing it widely..It touches me Oh Jeannie your book is exquisite and powerful! I will share it with the many people I know who would appreciate and benefit from it. Thank you. Thank you for sending me this beautiful resource book it is really incredible! Calming and comforting. It will definitely form part of my tool box of resources that are available to me at times when I need to feel wrapped in comfort, peace and grounded. Thank you for all the work you continue to do in supporting those people who have been through trauma.. I just wanted to sincerely thank you for sharing your new book with me. I did not get a chance to do it justice before I left and have only now had a chance to sit down and truly absorb your beautiful words and the stunning and sometimes fun filled photographs. Thank you for your gift Exquisite and so beautifully and tenderly done. I feel held. Thank you to all who contributed to this gift!

18.01.2022 Despair Described in the Thesaurus as a "broken heart" or "agony of mind or spirit" or "crushing", Despair is a seemingly very unapproachable travelling companion who appears to take up every tiny bit of space. Associated with feeling powerless, hopeless, desolate and frozen, this experience is apparently utterly consuming of joy, passion, delight, love and laughter. In truth, Despair has some friends who know the openings that can allow transformation. They are called Liste...ning, Acceptance, Authenticity, Gentle Soothing and Love. These friends are not afraid of or overwhelmed by Despair. They know Despair is in pain and deeply suffering. They see the Essence of Despair as part of and yet simultaneously existing as a witness to her body, thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationships and her present, past and future. They hold up a loving mirror of spaciousness in which Despair can see herself and learn to show deep compassion - if she so chooses? They don't try to fix Despair. They know that touching and sometimes sitting in the depth and breadth of utter devastation allows connection with the void. In the void and stillness, there is no struggle! This peace can enable perspective and new learning. New learning could be critical for Despair to tentatively, gently and yet surely evolve herself into courage, initiative, flexibility and discernment. See more

17.01.2022 Book Reviews Check out the Book Reviews for Evolve with Trauma: * Australian Nursing Journal * Law Society of the ACT * ACT Division of General Practice ,... on the Info page of this site. See more

15.01.2022 Welcome, I have just published my second book on trauma called "I am more than my trauma, pain and loss". Both this publication and my first book "Evolve with Trauma: Become your own safe, compassionate and wise friend" are complementary. They are both designed to be a small part of helping traumatised people recognise, truly respond, integrate and grow with and beyond what has happened .... Traumatic events can profoundly threaten our core sense of self and worth, sense of control, our reality and our most important roles in life. This can be completely devastating and may feel like being lost in a kind of thick fog with little capacity to be in the present, to cope with the past or to even imagine a future. This second book is a collaborative gift of exquisite photographs of animals, plants and landscapes and carefully considered words. The intention is to lightly and deeply remind traumatised people, even for a moment, of a life beyond what may have been left in fragment The contributors (author and photographers) have donated their time and expertise to create this book and it is being freely distributed as a PDF and can be printed from the print-on-demand website, BLURB. CLICK HERE to download the free PDF (53 Mb) http://www.higginspsych.com/HPS.com/Free_eBook.html The PDF is not suitable for printing. The contributors do not receive any profit from the printing of this book, at all, but hope that if you download the PDF or arrange for a printed version, you will consider making a donation that you can afford to Bush Heritage Australia as a way of saying thank you. https://www.bushheritage.org.au/donate You may also wish to mention the book in "Your Details" in the "Comments" section as you are making a donation online. .

13.01.2022 Hi everyone, There has been more beautiful feedback about the photographs and words in my latest book- thank you again for all your support- it is very deeply valued. I am dearly hoping Bush Heritage Australia is also feeling the benefits. Light and tenderness to you

13.01.2022 It is deeply humbling to witness the profound, tenacious and pervasive commitment of so many people whether it is through the work of Bush Heritage, the Wilderness Society, Plan International,The Smith Family (Learning for Life), The International Women's Development Agency (IWDA), Amnesty International, the Australian Marine Conservation Society or the Australian Conservation Foundation- just to name a very few! Similarly, if we truly care at all, we cannot help but to be radically present to the greed, disrespect and carnage that some current policies and behaviours embody. Each of us can be a part of the solution in our own authentic ways starting with unconditionally honouring the essence of of each other- especially those of all ages and species that have little or no voice:)

10.01.2022 Sabotage Self or other sabotage by direct perpetration and /or active or benign neglect is a critical factor to the actual existence and the quality of our lives as human beings on this planet. In many countries we have access to a huge amount of information. We have enough material and physical resources to sustain every living creature. We have already generated thoughtful and creative solutions to many of our major environmental challenges. We now know a lot about how to... resolve conflict constructively without blowing each other up. We know a lot about what helps to fundamentally sustain us even during the toughest of times and yet we are currently in very deep trouble. How come? There has been a proliferation of self-help books with the arrival and growth of the baby boomers generation in the affluent world. The bookstores are literally bulging with such materials. Latter day gurus and speaking tours abound throughout our capital cities and our regional centres. Courses and resources are available online and offline. If we know so much how come we keep doing more of what doesn't work? There are real issues associated with being challenged by the prospect of change - especially fundamental change. Change can elicit profoundly uncomfortable feelings and our ability to anticipate and predict our worlds. We sabotage our potential for transformation as humans because we are frequently terrified by the vulnerability that occurs when we change in fundamental ways. Such change represents a marked threat. Indeed, we may be far too threatened to let go of hierarchies, huge gaps between the rich and poor and our notions of inferiority and superiority as they pertain to class, race, gender or species. If our hearts are closed then our capacity for genuine compassion for ourselves and other creatures is constricted and numbed. The notion of becoming an active intervenor and creator of our own destinies in those areas over which we have control is exceptionally challenging for most of us. We often far more comfortable in being life-long victims, martyrs, aggressors or passive bystanders (re-creating the stories of active or benign neglect) rather than learning how to act out of healthy wise selves and define ourselves by who we are and how we behave, rather than what we think we have or we own.

06.01.2022 Hi there, Being with deep and enduring pain is profoundly challenging. However, pain does change moment by moment in its severity and its intensity if we will simply step back and observe our pain. In observing our pain and tenderly settling our bodies, we can choose to focus fully on the moment. In that moment we can curtail inadvertently adding to our suffering by running catastrophic stories about the future, spending repetitive time in a past that we cannot change or putting our noses into other peoples' back yards and worrying about what we cannot control. Please consider going to my practice website to tap into some resources that might help you. http://www.higginspsych.com.au/ Warmly and tenderly, Jeannie

05.01.2022 You can purchase Evolve with Trauma by clicking the following link http://www.evolvewithtrauma.com

04.01.2022 I am more than my trauma, pain and loss book cover

04.01.2022 I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your practical support in telling people about the beautiful resource I am more than my trauma, pain and loss that is free, designed to be accessible to anyone anywhere in the world and offers an opportunity to offer a financial thank you gift to Bush Heritage Australia. One person recently said, This work is a shining and beautiful light for a way forward in our precious world. Thank you so very much. You have given me hope The words made me cry- happy tears. Light, tenderness, love and laughter to you xx

03.01.2022 Feelings! Feelings have been sorely neglected and never invited to a civilised dinner by some theorists who write about trauma. They suggest, We do know we have some poor relations called the affective variables but we don’t know where to seat them because they are often so uncouth. We do know they have primitive origins and are clearly beneath us! Feelings have often been simplified into models that assume that the traumatised person’s present and future is determined by ...their biology and/or their psychology. Such viewpoints leave little hope for lasting and fundamental change by adults who have survived traumatising events. Unfortunately, feelings have often been disembodied, dehumanised, depersonalised, and permanently demoted to the status of blue collar cues, responses, and unmanageable fear networks which refuse to be wrestled to the ground. Feelings have also been reduced to chemical imbalances and transmissions requiring control and very careful management with drugs in case they burst out and frighten someone. This is a very real problem in cases where the person who is frightened is the treating professional who has, done a lot to help. Feelings have even been sent on anthropological expeditions, possibly never to return, because they are just so frustratingly subjective, complex, and universal. In fact, feelings are very good news, even when they are very painful, because they tell us that we are alive and also a whole lot about what is going on with us. Sometimes it is very difficult to know whether current feelings are about now or whether the intensity is tied to disconnected traumatic experiences. Feelings of profound vulnerability, terror despair, rage, disgust and shame can be especially difficult for traumatised people and their supporters because they are excruciating and often associated with experiences involving a profound lack of safety and any authentic sense of power. Constructive, selective, and safe expression of extremely uncomfortable feelings is one essential part of ongoing psychological development or evolution following any distressing life event, especially events that involve life and death, impossible moral dilemmas, and complete helplessness under threat of psychological and physical annihilation. Such discerning expression of feelings when combined with deep compassion and containment for the entire self can allow the opportunity to eventually develop new ways of understanding and responding to such life events. These new and evolving personal theories are reflected in changes in the neural processes and structures that underpin the ways we function in the world.

02.01.2022 Thank you all for you support and interest. I am excited about articulating bridges between personal trauma pain and loss and its societal manifestations and what we might do together to recognise that and for each of us to become a small part of the solution. Light, laughter and tenderness to you

01.01.2022 A Committed intimate relationship with self: An opportunity to evolve with trauma? We sacrifice our lives for them (literally or figuratively). We spend huge amounts of money as individuals and as a society. We do ‘crazy’ things. Our committed relationships (self, partner, children, siblings, parents, close friends) can touch us to the core. It is in these relationships that we have been seen as sick, furious, out of control, looking and sometimes behaving at our best and at...Continue reading

01.01.2022 People who survive complex trauma experiences live with the shocking consequences of abuse of power, greed, violation, dissociation, exploitation and crippling destruction to vitality, integrity, equality of opportunity and foundational safety. These experiences are directly mirrored on a macro level in the current treatment of our planet and all vulnerable creatures. We must stand together and give ourselves VOICE and take discerned actions. We are so much more than our trauma, pain and loss !!!!!