74: Steve Hoskinson on Creating Resiliency, Ending Trauma, and Orienting Towards Pleasure

Steve Hoskinson was one of my Somatic Experiencing teachers and has since gone on to found Organic Intelligence. He hosts The End of Trauma podcast and has made democratizing nervous system information his mission. What Steve Shares:      Seeing our humanness through the map of complexity science      The importance of joy and pleasure in growth      Information on his End of Trauma course      The difference between Somatic Experiencing and Organic Intelligence  What You'll Hear:      Discerning between 'natural' and 'moral' in our decision making      Being empowered in your choices through knowledge      Understanding that your physical body may perceive experiences differently than your thinking brain      Respecting your intensity thresholds at any given time      Using Complexity Science to understand the three phases of complex systems, such as our nervous system      The nature of our biology requires us to build resiliency through pleasure and safety      Orienting to your surroundings catalyzes self-organization of the nervous system      Self-growth through the pleasure of engagement, safety, trust, and positive feedback      Recognizing the intelligence already present in your being      Noticing if you're being driven forward through internal impulses or external pressure      Ending trauma through returning to biological synchrony      SIBAMing your thought process to obtain more insight      Reframing 'trauma' as 'un-integrated resource' and knowing that your system wants to self-regulate      Increasing your 'bandwidth' to comfortably and safely hold more feeling and information      Finding trauma resolution through orienting to pleasure      Our systems grow through orienting to our environments and experiencing pleasure      The nature of humanity is compassion and connection      The importance of understanding systems processes through nature and embodiment      Moving beyond 'self development' and finding real growth through pleasure and joy      Moving your attention and awareness to the present moment of your external environment