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Jul 2024
10m 44s

How To Heal From Abandonment Trauma

Kenny Weiss
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Why Symptom Management Fails
Traditional emotional regulation is like fixing a blown engine by polishing the hood. Kenny Weiss explains the Emotional Thermostat concept — how growing up in a chaotic home permanently sets your nervous system baseline to an emotional fever — and introduces the Alarm Reset Syst ... Show More
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CBT Won’t Fix Your Trauma
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Coping skills, CBT, and positive thinking fail because they treat symptoms, not the childhood emotional blueprint that creates your triggers. Kenny Weiss, creator of the Emotional Authenticity Method, explains why your brain predicts danger based on past trauma rather than reacti ... Show More
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