Acknowledgments

Foreword by Robert Scaer, MD

PART I
MAKING SENSE OF STRESS, ANXIETY, AND TRAUMA

1. Life Is Traumatic
    A really Different Approach
    Align Yourself with What Is
    When Life Turns Up the Heat
    Trauma Is Individual in Nature
    A Shock to the System
    Learning to "Suck It Up"
    Stress and Family Life

2. Insight from Hurricane Katrina
    A Life Sentence?
    When a Professional Isn't Available
    A Window Opens

3. "Help Me Heal Myself"
     Clues from an Ancient People
     A Cry for Help
     Designed t Handle Trauma
     Beyond "Talking It Out"

4. When Life Doesn't Work Out the Way It's Supposed To
    Getting Inside Our Head
    How the Brain Processes Trauma
    Trauma Can Wreck Your Health
    How Illness Results from Trauma

5. How Our Instant-on Button Gets Stuck
    A Protective System Gone Awry
    Stuck in the Past
    Resurrecting the Past

6. Beyond the Therapist's Couch
    The Wisdom of the Body
    It Takes More Than Traditional Counseling
    Bringing the Body into the Picture
    Getting at the Muscles

7. How the Body Copes with Trauma
    Trembling with Fright
    Tremoring Is Good for Us
    If Your Tremble Are You Out of Control?
    Holding It in
    Testing the Theory
    All Tensed Up

8. What Your Gut Instinct Is
    When Objectivity Is Impaired
    Three Musketeers

9. Drowning in Trauma
    Heart-wrenching Effects
    Far-reaching Consequences
    Vicarious Trauma
    Wearing Us Down

10. Am I Going Crazy?
     A Personal Experience
     Home from the Battlefront
     Clues to Trauma-induced Behavior
     Breaking the Silence
     The Women's Movement Opened Our Eyes

11. Resolving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
     Overwhelming Stress
     "My Body is Racing at 1000 RPM"
     The Opium Sensation
     A One-Two Punch
     Why We Sometimes Freeze Up
     Identifying Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

12. "Things Like That Don't Happen to Us"
     Flawed Assumptions
     Traumatized Children Become Traumatized Adults
     Reversing Generations of Neglect
     A Unique Band of People
     A Price We Can Afford

13. Trauma in the Workplace
      Trust is Essential
      Encoded Not to Trust
      Signs of Trauma in the Workplace
      Mending Strained Relationships
      Fostering Corporate Longevity

14. Healing Our Division
      Reconnecting Alienated Parties
      "I Hated Everyone to the Point of Paranoia"
      How We Learn to Discriminate
      Stereotyping Is a Defense

15. "God No Longer Existed for Me"
      A Shattering Experience
      A Spiritual Awakening
      Our Spiritual Self
      Solitude--A Key to Reinventing Ourselves
      Forgiving Life for Its "Failings"
      Forgiveness May Not Come Easily
      "I was More Terrified and Angry Than My Family"
      Take Responsibility for Your Wellbeing

16. Tough Times Can Make You Stronger
      Making Sense of Traumatic Times
      Mother Teresa Shines a Light
      Trauma As Our Teaches
      Trust in the Goodness of Life
      No Way But Forward

17. A Soldier Shows the Way
      "Even Death Was Better Than This Inner Numbness"
      "I An Still Alive"
      Sleepwalking Through Life

18. The Body and the Present Moment
      Tremors and the Body's History
      Spirituality Through the Body
      Tremors and the Body
      Tremors and Consciousness
      Tremors and Physics

PART II
THE TRAUMA RELEASE PROCESS (TRP)™

19. The Trauma Release Process™
      How Often?
      Your Tension Is Unique to You
      A Word of Caution

20. The Exercises

Appendix 1      Personnel Working in Trauma Environments
Appendix 2      The Labyrinth of Negotiation and Mediation
Appendix 3      A Vibrational Approach
Endnotes