EP 120: Deconstructing Fear to Heal Trauma | Peter Levine

In this Radical Responsibility podcast, I chat with Dr. Peter Levine, Psychologist, Founder of both Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Human Enrichment., He is also a member of World Psychologists for Social Responsibility, an organization dedicated to forming effective responses to ethnic and political warfare and wide-ranging disasters. Known for his best-seller: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, he shares insight into the nature of trauma and how the concept of pendulation can help us develop the capacity to shift negative sensations into more positive ones.

We also discuss:

-The three primary components of fear, and how we can use our knowledge of these to deconstruct the nature of fear
-An explanation of Somatic Experiencing, and why knowing a person’s specific trauma isn’t essential to helping them work with it
-Peter’s experiences working with members of Indigenous tribes, and the healing lessons learned from their dedication to ancestral wisdom