Trauma and The Nervous System with Danielle Rubio

Denizen

In this episode we’re discussing healing trauma, specifically what is required to address trauma at the root: in our nervous systems. This topic is critical because what most of us don’t realize is how many people live in a perpetually dysregulated state due to unresolved trauma. This leaves us with an ongoing baseline of reactivity, hypervigilance, and anxiety that spills over into every area of our lives. Very often our unresolved trauma stems from so far into our childhoods that we are unable to parse out who we actually are at our core from who we become when our nervous systems are stuck in a fight, flight, or freeze response.

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Our guest for this episode is Danielle Rubio. Danielle uses nervous system rewiring, movement therapy, and mindfulness to help her clients do the deep work required to truly address their trauma and live lives of purpose from a center, empowered place. She is a yoga and meditation teacher, reiki master, and touch therapist who has studied extensively with leaders in the field such as Dr. Fleet Maul, Irene and Seth Lyon, Gabor Mate, and Arielle Schwartz.

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In this conversation Jenny and Danielle discuss:

• How Danielle defines trauma
• Its prevalence in the United States and the extent of its economic and social costs to society
• What trauma actually does to the body and what it looks like when we have an unhealed, regulated nervous system
• The distinction between true healing and bypassing, illustrated by Danielle’s rude awakening after the traumatic birth of her daughter
• Critical learnings from Danielle's research that inform her practice today
• What doing the work to heal actually looks like, and why it’s important to do it with support
• Danielle's most essential tools
• What it looks like to live in a more embodied state, addressing trauma as it surfaces
• The one thing Danielle wishes everyone knew

Resources:

• Danielle's website: https://danielle-rubio.com/
• The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk