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Beyond Surviving with Rachel Grant Rachel Grant
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Welcome to Beyond Surviving, the safe space for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to receive support, resources, and share their stories. Beyond Surviving is about freedom, healing, connection, and even laughter and fun. Most importantly, it's about letting go of the pain of abuse and finally moving on! Discover the 3 Stages of Recovery from Childhood Abuse: The road to recovery is much easier when you know what stage you're in and what to do next. Find out exactly where you are in your healing journey and what kind of support you need right now. This FREE 9-page guide will give you the answers you've been seeking: www.rachelgrantcoaching.com/checklist
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5 Count Breathing to Reduce Stress
This 5-Count Breath Technique I share with you today incorporates counting and visualization as a way to support the breathing practice and helps you stay focused, so you can reap all of the deep benefits of breathing from the diaphragm.
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Do you struggle to take deep breaths?
If you have difficulty breathing slowly, deeply, or run out of breath too soon, the ocean can be your guide to help you lengthen your breath and intensify the relaxation response. This Ocean Breath technique is accomplished by constricting the epiglottis (the epi-what?! - yeah, me too, totally learned some anatomy here!).
Check out this guided breathing exercise --- and feel the calming, soothing sensations!
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3 Power Poses to Help You Access Your Healing Breath
Do you know the 3 poses that most support diaphragmatic breathing? Well, I'm here to share them with you! Breathing through the diaphragm helps us to activate the vagus nerve, which stimulates the relaxation response.
This type of breathing will help you come out of states of activation, but it's also a great practice to incorporate into your day to day to strengthen and nurture your nervous system.
Let me know which of the 3 poses you liked the most!!
#beyondsurviving #coachrachelsays #nervoussystemregulation #breathing #vagusnerve #emobidment #relaxation #nurtureyourself #metoo #childhoodabuse #healing #toolsthatwork #transformation #inhale #exhale #bellybreathing #selfsoothing
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4 Helpful Ways Focused Breathing Changes the Brain
Did you know that there are four important and useful ways that focused breathing changes the brain? Today we explore how using breath to change the brain can help you "reduce and better manage post-trauma symptoms, including arousal and reactivity, trauma re-experiencing, and negative alterations in cognition and mood symptoms." (excerpt from Trauma Treatment Toolbox)
#coachrachelsays #beyondsurviving #neuroscienceoftrauma #ptsd #nervoussystem #vagusnerve #amygdala #prefrontalcortex #healing #metoo #childhoodtrauma #healingisajourney #retrainthebrain #mindsetshift #choice #youarepowerful #breathing #selfhealingtools
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Do you know where your chill out button is?
Ever had someone say to you, “Just take a deep breath” and everything inside of you just wants to backhand them?!
I certainly have had that experience.
And yet – this is pretty solid advice because focused diaphragmatic breathing is one of the most immediate (and most accessible) ways to activate the vagus nerve, which serves as an amazing “chill out” button for our system when pressed.
Tune in to learn how to press this button when your activated to send a potent signal to your brain to relax!
#coachrachelsays #beyondsurviving #breathing #neuroscienceoftrauma #somatics #healing #takeadeepbreath #reducestress #goodbyeanxiety #chillout #vagusnerve #parasympathethicnervoussystem #regulation #grounding #toolsthatwork #balance #focus #relaxation
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Love is an antidote to triggers!
Did you know that love can be a powerful antidote to activation?!
One of the amazing things about accessing the feeling of love is that it causes the brain to release oxytocin, which is a powerful hormone that is even sometimes referred to as the "love drug".
This hormone is also a neurotransmitter, and so when released sends all sorts of "feel good" signals to the brain and nervous system to signal safety - which is a key component of nervous system regulation.
Listen in as I take you through a quick exercise that will help you access this resource state and will be a support to you the next time you feel triggered or dysregulated.
#coachrachelsays #beyondsurviving #love #oxytocin #nervoussystem #healing #triggered #neuroscienceoftrauma #childhoodtrauma #sexualabuse #metoo #overcoming #thriving #pendulation #feelgood
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Customer Reviews
Beyond Surviving podcast is on FIRE!
Rachel is an expert on childhood sexual abuse. Such actionable wisdom, fabulous guests and useful content! I was honored to be included as a guest with a list of such wonderful human beings on topic of childhood sexual abuse and workplace trauma. Keep up the great work Rachel Grant!
Excellent resource
This podcast is an excellent resource for sexual abuse survivors and their families. It is also so helpful for parents navigating how to keep their children safe from abuse. As a survivor, I find the episodes both relatable and helpful.
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My daughter has just introduced me to your podcast. I am an author of children's books. One of my books is on sexual abuse prevention. I just listened to my first podcast and LOVE it. How I wish I would have discovered this before today. The way that we store pain and trauma in the body and mind is a very powerful thing and something I have been working on and studying. Thank you for these ideas. For our family Yoga and Meditation have really helped. Looking into Trauma yoga today. Thank you so much for this podcast and information. Kimberly