Awe in Trauma
An invitation to explore deeper together into the divinity, science, spaciousness and intuition of hurt and healing with Dr Mark Grixti, Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Trainer.
Episodes
What if healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about making space for every part of who we are—the light and the shadow, the body and the soul, and even the stories carried through generations? Welcome to Awe in Trauma. In this deeply nourishing episode, I’m joined by Nancy Tung, an international Brainspotting trainer and consultant, wellness coach, and practitioner whose remarkable career spans...
Dr Alessia Bruno is a Clinical and Sport Psychologist, EMDR Europe and Brainspotting Consultant, Trainer, and Performance Coach. She speaks at major international and European congresses, lectures at national sport events, and leads accredited courses. An expert in trauma and performance, Dr Alessia Bruno works internationally with young people and adults.
Today’s episode is one I’m excited about because ...
There’s a gentle magic that unfolds when you encounter someone who embodies a rare harmony—deep knowledge, ancestral wisdom, and an effortless grace in sharing their insights. This is the gift you receive in the presence of Mariya Javed-Payne, whose story invites us to move beyond simply looking, to truly seeing.
Mariya Javed-Payne is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Alcohol and Drug Counsel...
Glenda Z. Villamarín, MA, LCP, is a clinical psychologist, Brainspotting Trainer , and PhD candidate whose work gently weaves together neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and cultural reflection to support individual and collective healing. She is the author of Cultural Critique and Psychology: Attachment Theory in Ecuador and co-author of Tunkawan: The Path of Wisdom—an invitation to walk with reverence thr...
Una Archer is the founder of Help Your Child Thrive, where she supports parents using an attachment- and trauma-informed approach. “Attachment" can feel like an abstract and complex concept, and she’s passionate about making it accessible, turning theory and research into simple, everyday steps that help parents feel more confident and connected with their children.
In this episode, you can hear Una...
This short episode is an important message in our time. It is taken from a recent production that is core to his trainings, writing and healing retreats. Mark speaks from the heart about the essence of healing and in this brief snapshot, covers key concepts that have been subjugated and marginalised in so much therapy and healing work. Through this narration, we can remind ourselves of the relation...
Welcome to a captivating special edition of the Awe in Trauma podcast!
In this episode, fittingly titled "Question Mark," we unlock powerful insights through a thought-provoking Q&A session with leading experts. As breakthroughs in neurobiology, neuropsychology, spirituality, and healing reshape our understanding of trauma and human suffering, the need for a fresh, holistic framework has never been greater.
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Dr. Adam O'Brien is an Approved Brainspotting Consultant and special topics trainer. He is a specialist in trauma, dissociation, addiction, recovery, and trauma or memory resolution. His passion is educating on healing through Addiction as Dissociation Model and research, helping others walk the Path of the Wounded Healer, Recovery research, advocating for psychedelic medicine and psychedelic research, and freeing t...
A fascinating episode with Hamaima who is a Shamanic Practitioner, Musician, Sound Healer and New Earth Guide with many years of experience in holding space for ceremonies and retreats world wide. In her work she combines ancient practices from different spiritual traditions to guide and empower.
In this episode Hamiama approaches healing from ma both a more traditional approach through her earlier yea...
Dr Melanie Young is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. Melanie is a senior Brainspotting (BSP) trainer, consultant and certified Brainspotting therapist. She assists individuals and couples with relationships, losses, and grief. Melanie helps navigate the challenges around brain injuries, ADD, pain, illness, and phobias. Specialties also include working with seniors, t...
This final section of the mini-series is short in length but deep in importance. Damir explains how societal changes globally illustrates to the brain-wise observer how our systems of perception are products of our implicit systems of prediction. These come from our memory systems and a lifetime of experiences. In other words, believing is perceiving.
Extraneous events unfolding ...
In part 2 of this mini-series Damir explains the multi-dimensional functionality of the brain and the essential understanding that it's HOW we attend that completely changes what comes into manifestation. We take a moment to understand the gravity of this idea as arbiters of the reality within which we reside. From this position Damir describes how early and abusive experiences can drastically shape how ...
In part 1 of this 3 part mini-series, (double doctor in the brain) Dr Damir Delmonte illustrates to us how to position our understanding of the brain in this phenomenally beautiful exploration of how and who we think we are. Damir sets the frame for this 3 part series though attending to the levels of consciousness, subjective qualia, the pathways of the polyvagal process, and all in an evolutionary context of...
This is part 2 of a 2 part series. In this episode, Dr David Grand, founder and developer of Brainspotting Therapy gives a deep and insightful take on the implicit restrictions that organise our inner worlds. Drawing on his own developments as a therapist and from neuroscience, we are invited to appreciate the healing power through the lens of the Neuroexperiential Model. An alternative yet refres...
This is part 1 of a 2 part series and an episode that is a little different from previous ones. We could not resist sharing with you some fascinating insights from David Grand, the founder and developer of the remarkable Brainspotting Therapy. In this episode you'll experience 3 tantalising clips from a recent Brainspotting Phase 4 training that David presented in conversation with Mark Grixti and a rema...
- Kerry is the Founder and CEO, Lightwork: A charity with a mission to give everyone the knowledge, tools and skills to sail through life’s storms, flourish and thrive. She has more than 20 years frontline experience supporting people through emotional crises, life transitions and trauma recovery. Kerry has worked in residential and community support with Women's Aid, Simon Community and Communit...
Due to popular demand we have Caroline Strawson back for another illuminating conversation. Caroline is a therapist, coach, author, podcaster and trainer specialising in working with survivors of narcissistic abuse and domestic violence. She speaks passionately and plainly about the importance of a non-pejorative understanding of narcissism, approaching the issue from a attachment aware, inter-personal, ...
This delightful conversation with Marta Rubio explores deep into the labyrinth of the human psyche. Marta is an actor, director, yoga teacher and Gestalt therapist. Her role in all of these domains is to move beyond the ego and the multitude of masks that we adopt in order to move closer to the true spiritual self to ameliorate connection and expression. She shares how her fascinating career in per...
This is a fascinating episode for all those that are truly interested in approaches to healing. Sometimes I hear the question, "what is the mechanism for true healing?" I wonder if this question takes us further from the truth that we are seeking to discover. Sometimes we have to go backwards before we an go forwards. In this episode Pablo's expertise in Eastern approaches to healing provide the scaffold...
My guest this episode is Brooke Randolph, author, speaker, and trainer. She specialities are Adoption, Brainspotting, relationships, and developmental trauma. She's a a certified Imago Relationship Therapist, a Certified Brainspotting Trainer & Consultant, and coordinator for the groups Brainspotting Indy and Brainspotting with Adoption.
In this episode it is fascinating to hear how Brooke gives fir...
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