Is Not Trying Laziness, or Survival? With Josh Trent (Part 2)

You know the thing that would help. You have known for a while. You still have not done it.

Dr. Aimie recognized herself in the research on learned helplessness. For a long stretch of her life she expected everything to be hard, expected to fail, and quietly stopped trying without ever deciding to. It is not laziness. It is a body that learned effort did not matter and powered the effort down.

In this Part 2 conversation, recorded in Josh Trent's Austin studio, they talk about what separates resting from escaping, why the drive built on your own wound eventually stops working, and how a little safety is enough to take the next step.

This is Part 2 of two. Part 1 is here: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-do-we-escape-instead-of-rest-josh-trent-on-emotional-epigenetics

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• 02:04 How to tell resting from escaping
• 04:25 The three questions behind your purpose
• 06:48 Why the fuel of your own wound stops working
• 07:58 Grieving the old identity
• 10:05 Why showing up takes borrowed energy
• 13:24 Conditioned happiness and the opposite he found
• 17:18 The Seabiscuit story and learned helplessness
• 21:45 Recognizing the pattern in someone else
• 26:49 What most people misunderstand about a leader
• 30:20 Freedom fuels flow, fear fuels force
• 31:27 Why curiosity needs safety first

 

RESOURCES:

• Take the free 2-Minute Assessment for Stored Trauma. Discover your primary pattern of responding when life becomes too much, then see how the other four show up.
• Get The Biology of Trauma book. Read Chapter 13, on why the body will not rest until it feels safe, and how to start building that safety.
• Josh Trent hosts the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast
  
   

Full show notes: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/post/why-is-not-trying-a-survival-response-not-a-weakness-with-josh-trent-part-2 

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