Christina Bethell

Transitioning From a Trauma-Based To A Trauma-Informed Society

From the very beginning of life — even in the womb — safe, stable, attuned, connected relationships that are nurturing are critical. There are studies that are very clear that when moms are experiencing a lot of stress or there’s stress in the environment during pregnancy, it starts to impact the nervous system and the development of the child. Certainly, in the very beginning of life, that need for attunement to even map our tenth cranial nerve, which regulates so much of the body’s nervous system, starts to be impacted.

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