Ep.114 Healing the Original Trauma: Disconnection with Julie Brams

This episode is a deep dive into healing what I call the "original trauma" — our collective disconnection from nature and ourselves. I talk with mental health expert Julie Brams about ecopsychology, forest therapy, and the emerging field she prefers to call Earth-centered psychology. We explore why modern psychology often misses this core disconnection and how reconnecting with the more-than-human world can be profoundly healing.If you’re ready to heal from disconnection and embrace your nature as nature, this conversation will light your path.Topics Covered about Earth-Centered Psychology➡️ The original trauma is our artificial separation from Earth, fueling much of human suffering.➡️ Ecopsychology and Earth-centered psychology focus on repairing this disconnect through nature-based practices.➡️ Forest therapy is about nature leading the healing, with guides facilitating connection, not control.➡️ Rediscovering embodied sensing beyond words helps us reconnect deeply, even amid modern technology.➡️ Julie’s book The Nature-Embedded Mind invites us to explore a new way of thinking that can heal ourselves and the planet.Chapters00:00 Opening – Meeting the original wound08:04 Nature, Zen, and trauma therapy16:04 Dismantling the dominance model in therapy24:18 Listening with full-body perception32:25 Embracing darkness and shadow work40:29 Reconnection in a modern world48:29 The trauma of systemic gaslighting55:45 The Nature Embedded Mind (book)01:01:47 Collective healing is possibleResources Mentioned 🌱 Julie Brams' Work🌱 The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves US  - UK🌱 Plant Wisdom Book Club🌱 Personalized mentorship with me and the PlantsExpanded Show Notes☝🏽ReConnect with Plant Wisdom podcast Ancient and modern knowledge from biology to spirituality about the wondrous ways plants help you lead a Naturally Conscious life.Subscribe here and on your favorite podcast player.👉🏽 Join the Naturally Conscious Community to nourish human-plant relationships// Get to Know Me, Tigrilla //// Let's Work Together //   // Shop from EcoConscious Partners //More PartnersOpening and Closing music by @Cyberinga  and Poinsettia.// Let's Connect on Social // Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube