Psycho-Spiritual Thought Leader - Becoming Safely Embodied

Deirdre Fay, MSW, is a thought leader with 35 years of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation which she calls a “Modern Day Bodhisattva Training.” A Bodhisattva is someone who chooses to discover practices that transform suffering into compassion. Healing then is not an accident but the sure result of consistent and persistent practice that develops a Solid, Steady, Secure Self.  Having meditated since the 70’s, then living in a yoga ashram for six years in the 80’s and 90s Deirdre brings a unique perspective to being in the body.  In the 90’s Deirdre was asked to teach yoga and meditation to those on the dissociative unit at a major teaching hospital.  Having amassed skill sets in trauma treatment (as a supervisor under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center), attachment theory (13 years of training with Daniel Brown, PhD), body therapy (as a trainer in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and LifeForce Yoga Practitioner) Deirdre uses an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.”  Her best-selling third book Becoming Safely Embodied (2021) is based on the life-changing skills groups for clinicians and clients. Deirdre is also the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017), Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual (2007), and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults (W.W. Norton, 2016) as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation.

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Free Roadmap: The Safe Guide to Heal Trauma & Attachment

Everyone of us has the inherent capacity to be who we've always wanted to be, even when there's been traumatic or life difficulties. The YOU that is inside, wanting to grow, develop, and flourish is always there, waiting for you. How we do this is the natural outgrowth of learning the steps to skillfully navigate the complications and difficulties of life. It's what happens when we discover how the hurdles of life can be the exact ingredients to foster growth and help us flourish. That's what the 40 page free Safe Guide is designed for.

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You can learn more about Deirdre on her website: https://dfay.com/

Highlights:

• What are the 7 fundamental attachment needs we all have?

• The Safely Embodied Transformation Model highlights using our protest to points us in a new direction. How can we use that with children?

• How does karma fit into caring for the children in this world?

• What if we see the best in this child despite what they do or don’t do?

• The value of making mistakes as a part of everyday life.

• Accessing the child’s own inner wisdom, through the body as the connector.

• How to hijack our triggers.

• How children are keenly aware of mismatches between what they perceive and what we signal to the world.

• How to embrace delightment as a tool for filling ourselves.

• Since research shows 3 out of 4 of us do not have a secure attachment, how can we retrain our body, mind, and heart for who we want to be?

• What can I do if I miss an opportunity to truly see or honor my child in the moment?

• What our outer protests in life really mean to us on the inner, and how our protests affect our child.