Healing The Polarization In The Self & The World
Mar 27, 2025What does it mean to heal our wounds? What does it mean to resolve conflict with others? How are these questions related, and if that were a process, what would it look and feel like?
These are the questions I recently explored with therapist and fellow Aikido practitioner, Dr. Gary Reiss.
Some of the topics we explore are:
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What is the nature of conflict?
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Aikido’s role in self-regulation and co-regulation.
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How unresolved trauma leads to retraumatization and the perpetuation of conflict.
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How traumatizing others requires numbness, and the process of healing requires awareness.
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What is the nature of trauma-informed process work?
The conversation explores how the work of healing ourselves and the work of resolving conflict with others are deeply connected.
It also asks what becomes possible when we bring greater awareness, regulation, and presence to the processes that keep conflict alive.
