DO THE HOLIDAYS TWEEK YOU? A CONSCIOUS GUIDE FOR SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS! Trauma Expert Brett Cotter

Do the holidays or family/friend gatherings make you anxious? Does your young person exit the room when families gather? Does your spiritual journey make you vulnerable to deep emotionality when family and friends gather on special occasions, holidays and events? Do you notice a shift in your young person during these times?
Join this illuminating and practically helpful conversation with Brett Cotter of www.stressisgone.com and www.stressisgone.org on THE SOULFAM PODCAST. Here we navigate  intense holiday and special event moments...be it Halloween, a football game, Thanksgiving or any family/friend gathering. Intense emotionality or realizations which are a normal part of your awakening/remembering journey can be surprisingly painful or illuminating. Brett, whose work with individuals, families, first responders and veterans, is transformative for more than two decades shares his methodology for deep connection and understanding of your own memories, emotions, timeline collapse moments that can escalate your sense of anxiousness, anger or sadness. Cotter, who also works closely with families and organizations with regard to suicide and suicide prevention, shares his remedies for quiet yet intensely valuable opportunities to connect with your young person. As we live in a digital age of social media, internet and cell phone relationships, the opportunity for human to human engagement becomes limited and less likely to happen. How easy it is to receive a dopamine hit from texting and scrolling than talking, voicing, experiencing and physically being active whether an adult or young person. Yet the rate of suicide is on the rise for  people as young as 12 with October being a typical month of increase. Time and presence is the answer says Cotter. Utilizing open communication through empathic body language...as shared in this conversation....and an interest in your young person's world can close the chasm of distance and isolation. Often parents, caretakers or guardians find themselves experiencing their own stress when young people act out or show dissenting interest in their opinions or values. Instead, Cotter suggests a sense of openness and allowance without sharing your own personal stress, in order to give your young person a sense of safety. Cotter also touches on the sensitive topic of suicide and offers a suicide prevention workshop for caretakers and parents in November. Should you or someone you know be engaged in suicidal thought, fantasy, ideation or plans, please contact LIFELINE at 988 via cell or text. For more information about Brett's upcoming workshops, retreats, sessions and membership services, check out www.stressisgone.com, or if you are a first responder or military veteran, check out Brett's non-profit services at www.stressisgone.org.  May the holidays and all gatherings be a blessing, an adventure and an opportunity to propel your journey to greater ascension and connection with your highest self. #spirituality #consciousness #ascension #manifestation #988 #lifeline #teens #social media #relationships #healing