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Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible

Anthony Twig Wheeler

Guidance, Accompaniment and Solace in Troubled Times

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Twig’s SE Reflections Juvenilia Released

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2016/01/13

This podcast project began over 5 years ago but only really got going in Fall of 2014 after several “failed” attempts. The early material has never been released until now. At times it’s unpolished but I think it still stands up. Many of these ideas have been looked at in other episodes or Twig’s GuideRead More...

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Polyvagal Theory and How the VVC Keeps Us Calm for...

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2015/12/02

The Polyvagal Theory helps us to see how our nervous system gains resiliency (or not) More Polyvagal Theory resources from Twig.

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Polyvagal Theory and Resiliency

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2015/11/25

The Polyvagal Theory helps us to see how our nervous system gains resiliency (or not) More Polyvagal Theory resources from Twig.

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Polyvagal Theory and Reverse Engineering Therapy

Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible ·

2015/11/18

The Polyvagal Theory allows us to Reverse Engineer Therapy in new and more accurate ways Inside the Polyvagal Theory is the recognition that by knowing how the autonomic nervous system organizes itself when it’s working well we can adjust our therapeutic interventions to work with, rather than against, our nature. By recognizing the signals thatRead More...

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Polyvagal Theory in 11 Minutes

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2015/11/11

The Polyvagal Theory can be described in 11 minutes To do that we’ll need to let go of some of the fancier scientific language and many of its nuances or broad implications. If we’re willing to do so we can pair the basics down into about 11 minutes of reflections on the basic elements found inRead More...

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Polyvagal Theory and Affiliation in Mammals

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2015/11/07

The Polyvagal Theory offers a clear explanation of why mammals are able to affiliate Mammals have unique reproductive patterns unlike most every other family of species on our planet. The way we invest in raising our young is unique (with birds making a curious exception). Evolutionary biologists call this, “Parental Investment” (wikipedia) and the PolyvagalRead More...

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Polyvagal Theory and Neuroception

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2015/10/28

The Polyvagal Theory offers a prescriptive model of voluntary and involuntary behavior based on a Neuroception of “sufficient safety,””danger” or “life-threat.” At the center of Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal theory is the notion of neuroception (wikipedia). The autonomic nervous system’s continuous assessment of the relative safety or danger of any given moment or situation and subsequentRead More...

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Dr. Robert Scaer and The Trauma Spectrum – Interview...

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2015/07/31

This is Part 2 of an extended conversation I had with neurologist Dr. Robert Scaer back in the Summer of 2010. Author of the classic texts on the psychobiology of trauma, including The Trauma Spectrum and The Body Bears the Burden with 30 years as the director of a nationally recognized pain clinic in Boulder Colorado, Scaer knows a thing orRead More...

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Dr. Robert Scaer and The Trauma Spectrum – Interview...

Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible ·

2015/07/31

This is Part 1 of an extended conversation I had with neurologist Dr. Robert Scaer back in the Summer of 2010. Author of the classic texts on the psychobiology of trauma, including The Trauma Spectrum and The Body Bears the Burden with 30 years as the director of a nationally recognized pain clinic in Boulder Colorado, ScaerRead More...

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A Conversation with Irene Lyon and Anthony Twig...

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2014/07/06

If you’re on my site you and you don’t know Irene Lyon, you should check her out. She’s got a ton of stuff to share with you: Irene Lyon – Upgrade Your Nervous System. In early 2014 Irene invited me to a recorded Skype conversation on Neuroception. We wanted to look at some of the notionsRead More...

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Cute “Let Your Body Shake” Video plus Commentary

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2013/12/15

Here’s an a little Public Service Announcement (PSA) video I made about SE and the importance of allowing involuntary behavior. It’s followed by some commentary on this cute but overly simplified explanation of why animals shake in order to feel better from stress. Sure, Lucky is cute and on a certain level the message hereRead More...

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Why the Stress Response gets Stuck

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2013/08/01

Summary: In Somatic Experiencing circles we talk a lot about the biological cause of trauma and “why the stress response doesn’t complete.” We pass around various explanations that generally point toward something that wanted to happen that didn’t. It’s a little wordy but here’s my current short-hand explanation. “The thing that wanted to happen butRead More...

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The I Can Principle – Part 1

Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible ·

2013/07/05

“Discovering and facilitating what we CAN DO is far more effective at enhancing resiliency and self-regulation than reinforcing attention on what we CAN’T DO.” -Twig In my workshop The I CAN PRINCIPLE, I talk about why I believe this statement holds so much weight for SE Practitioners and other helping professionals. I even offer aRead More...

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Preparing for the Good Change to Go Away Again

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2013/06/15

Summary: Some SE sessions cause dramatic, even magical, changes. Some of those changes are permanent from the start, which is wonderful. However many magic changes are not permanent and gently preparing clients for the swing back to discomfort is an important part of the process. Every SE practitioner loves the client call that says: “I’veRead More...

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Needs for Successful Renegotiation of Freeze

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2013/06/12

Summary: Renegotiation of Freeze/Immobility states is a central piece of the work we do as SE Practitioners and one of the great gifts that SE has to offer. The relief that comes from quelling the compulsion of Freeze is essentially unmatched by anything else we can do for folks (after all: the true Freeze/Immobility state isRead More...

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Scale of Feedback

Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible ·

2013/05/01

Summary: As SEP’s we have a desire to consistently reinforce empowerment, autonomy and self-direction to the extent possible and intelligible. This makes it so we look to maintain a certain economy of feedback that favors client discovery and limits practitioner intervention. [This fits closely with the Intervention : Resiliency ratio]. A good example of this wouldRead More...

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Marketing SE – Do We Call it Accumulated Stress or...

Twig’s SE Reflections – Liberation Is Possible ·

2013/03/20

Summary: If you look up Stress and Trauma independently on Google you get dramatically different results: Stress = 590,000,000 Trauma = 133,000,000 I think this says something about where the dominant culture directs their attention and how they think of their situation. When marketing our work we’d be wise to be conscious of this. In Peter Levine’s originalRead More...

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Working with people after natural disasters

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2013/02/17

[Update: Sweigh Emily Spilken wrote an excellent piece on the subject of individual and community healing after the flood in Boulder, Colorado. You can find it here.] “Twig, I am looking forward to your blog. I have a question. Can you give some practical information on using SE with groups after a natural disaster? WeRead More...

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A contract for getting started

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2013/01/01

There are times when I know that I’ll need to interrupt my client for some reason or another. Either I need to redirect his attention away from reinforcing over-activation or I need to be able to ask for her to track body sensations somewhere along the retelling of a story or some such thing. InRead More...

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