8 Keys to Brain-Body Balance

Our inadequate understanding of the relationship between mind and body in processing trauma often leads to needless suffering from difficult and sometimes debilitating physical symptoms. This book - a lay person's guide to the workings and interactions of the brain and body - unravels the complexities of the mind-brain-body connection, equipment all those who are in physical or physiological distress with a practical roadmap for transforming trauma into hope and healing. Scaer makes the science accessible, explaining why the body shows physical symptoms from stress and trauma. He offers simple, effective strategies to combat these symptoms via strengthening motor skills, moderating the fight/flight/freeze response, learning to listen to our gut to gauge our feelings, attuning to the present, and restoring personal boundaries.