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How to Find Your Path to Healing and Post-Traumatic Growth with Ralph De La Rosa
How to Find Your Path to Healing and Post-Traumatic Growth with Ralph De La Rosa
How to Find Your Path to Healing and Post-Traumatic Growth with Ralph De La Rosa
Friday 3rd January 2025
Discover how compassion and self-love can lead to healing and growth as Ralph De La Rosa shares insights from his book on trauma recovery.
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Episode Overview
- Understanding trauma as an adverse experience where defence mechanisms are immobilised.
- The importance of compassion and love in transforming negative aspects of oneself.
- Rejection-sensitive dysphoria's impact on those with ADHD.
- Healing involves both addressing past traumas and cultivating mature qualities.
- Practical exercises to foster self-compassion and imagine receiving love.
If the so-called bad wolf were fed heartful energies, compassion, emotional nourishment, wisdom, teachings, what would happen to that bad wolf?
In this episode of The One You Feed, host Eric Zimmer sits down with Ralph De La Rosa, a psychotherapist and meditation teacher, to explore the paths to healing and post-traumatic growth. Ralph, who has extensive experience in helping individuals overcome early childhood traumas, anxiety, and depression, shares insights from his new book, Outshining Trauma. He combines internal family systems with Buddhist meditation to offer a fresh perspective on radical self-compassion.
Ralph and Eric dive into the complexities of trauma, discussing how adverse experiences can lead to a narrowing of one’s perception and social world. They highlight the importance of compassion and love in the healing process, suggesting that even the 'bad wolf' within us can transform when fed with kindness and understanding. Ralph also introduces the concept of rejection-sensitive dysphoria, particularly prevalent among those with ADHD, explaining how seemingly minor rejections can accumulate and affect one's nervous system over time.
The conversation touches on the idea of trauma existing on a spectrum and how subjective experiences play a crucial role in its impact. They also discuss the notion of enlightenment within reach, where healing trauma allows individuals to reclaim their childlike qualities while developing mature traits. Ralph emphasises the dual process of subtraction (healing traumas) and addition (cultivating mature qualities) in personal growth.
The episode wraps up with practical exercises for listeners to foster self-compassion and imagine receiving love and kindness. This engaging discussion is packed with wisdom and practical advice for anyone seeking to understand and heal from trauma.