A journey towards a trauma informed world.
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Kimberly Pierce, seasoned medical provider, and local film producer invites you to the last of a series of wellness events across Central Vermont where she translates the new science of intergenerational trauma and epigenetics into possibilities. Brief presentation and screening of the film "The Faces of Aces " with discussion to follow. Learn why this topic is considered to be the keystone to health, and how it empowers us to heal ourselves and the planet with loving kindness.
Join us on Friday, January 5th, from 4-6 pm at the Rainbow Bridge Community Center in Barre.
All ages are welcome!
Thanks to Vermont
Mosaic for their support!
-Trauma Informed
Trauma informed is a deep sense of compassion and respect for the lived experiences of others.
Trauma informed is recognizing that most people have a history of trauma.
Most bad behaviors, addictions, anger, learning disorders, mental illness and physical conditions all stem from trauma.
Think about the world DIS- EASE ( Dis means apart )
When we apart from ease, we have disease
This is so true.
If we can get to a place of easeβ¦ we donβt have disease.
Through compassion, respect and support trauma can be transformed, then Transcended trauma.
This is healing , and we can all do it. Trauma informed concepts are Aspirational AND achievable.
Achievable one on one, in families, communities and organizations.
Trauma informed thinking - paradigm shift out of the way we usually think. Our culture and our work expects us to think in our cognitive brain
asking us to sort, categorize ,contrast, analyze, compare, and label.
As a medical provider, this perspective is the norm.
The way that we speak to each other, We would say a hypertensive ,diabetic ,alcoholicβ¦
But instead⦠imagine putting this conventional lens that we look through most of the time, down.
And pick up a trauma informed lens / Everything looks different
Instead of thinking , what is wrong with this person ?
Consider, βHow could this human in front of me, be related to me? β ( My Grandmother, sister, child ?)
And what have they lived through ?
Seeing through a trauma informed lens is like using SOFT EYES
- non judgment, respect, and love
Once you see from this lens, you will never go back.
COMMUNITY WELLNESS EVENTS / CHANNEL 3 WCAX
Relocalizing Vermont Public Affairs with Carl Etnier featuring Kimberly Pierce PA-C
In partnership with the Plainfield Health Center of Vermont
Restoring Balance; Bearnotch Productions
Published: Sept. 9, 2023 at 5:12 AM PDT
COMMUNITY WELLNESS EVENTS / CHANNEL 3 WCAX
SOMATIC TRAUMA THERAPY
Town Meeting TV & CCTV Center for Media & Democracy
Kindness Connection - Interview with Kimberly Pierce
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Visualize yourself doing the work, energetically feel your body experiencing the manifestation of your vision.
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Physically start doing the work, and maintain a diligently active work ethic.
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Expand your knowledge and resources through new unique experiences.
βThe diameter of your knowledge is the circumference of your activityββ.
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Meet Bessel Van Der Kolk!
The New York Times best-selling author of The Body Keeps the Score. On July 2nd, he came to Montpelier to meet with Kimberly Pierce from the Health Center Plainfield to talk about their collective work on traumatic stress and ACEs research. Together they brainstormed how we should alter our approach to medical care in Vermont in regards to trauma, and talked about the resources we need in order to do this.
Check out his novel βThe Body Keep the Scoreβ in Resources > Books!
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