Bryan Post is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and founder of Post Institute, an organization dedicated to helping parents heal wounds created by trauma. Post Institute has published over 100 books, DVDs, CDs, audio recordings, webinars, and articles on parenting children who have experienced pre-birth and early life trauma. One of America’s leading child behavior and adoption experts, Bryan has taught and offered love-based, family-centered principles and concepts to over one million parents and professionals worldwide. He also currently serves as the Clinical Director for Parents in Training, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides wraparound services to adoptive families throughout Northern California.

Bryan joins me today to discuss trauma and stress and how we can manage our responses to them. He defines trauma and describes its dynamics in adopted children’s lives. He explains why the loss of someone close to us can cause a physiological disruption and why taking the time to grieve is important. He dissects how trauma causes us to become fearful and stress-sensitive. He also shares what we can learn as adults from soothing a child who’s having a tantrum at the supermarket and underscores how we can learn to work through fear-based anxiety and stress responses by practicing mindful breathing.

“All emotional reactivity stems from unfinished business. The moment you find yourself being stressed out, it has far more to do with you than the other person in the situation.”  - Bryan Post

This week on Mastering Overwhelm:
Bryan’s background and his passion for helping adoptive families
Adoption and why it can be a traumatic experience for a child
Bryan’s definition of trauma and the basis of post-traumatic stress disorder
Society’s aversion to grief and other negative emotions
How practicing mindful breathing can help us manage fear-based anxiety and stress responses
The allostatic load and window of tolerance
Addiction as a trauma response
The physiology of stress and trauma reactions
How to help soothe a child having a tantrum in the supermarket
Navigating emotional highs and lows

Resources Mentioned:
Book: The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life by Joseph Ledoux
Book: Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You - at Work and in Lifeby Spencer Johnson
Book: Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson

Connect with Bryan Post:
Bryan Post Website
Post Wraparound
Post Institute
Book: From Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children Using a Love-Based, Family-Centered Approach
Post Institute on Facebook
Post Institute on Twitter
Bryan Post on LinkedIn
Bryan Post on Instagram
Bryan Post on Facebook
Bryan Post on YouTube

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Bryan Post is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and founder of Post Institute, an organization dedicated to helping parents heal wounds created by trauma. Post Institute has published over 100 books, DVDs, CDs, audio recordings, webinars, and articles on parenting children who have experienced pre-birth and early life trauma. One of America’s leading child behavior and adoption experts, Bryan has taught and offered love-based, family-centered principles and concepts to over one million parents and professionals worldwide. He also currently serves as the Clinical Director for Parents in Training, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides wraparound services to adoptive families throughout Northern California.
Bryan joins me today to discuss trauma and stress and how we can manage our responses to them. He defines trauma and describes its dynamics in adopted children’s lives. He explains why the loss of someone close to us can cause a physiological disruption and why taking the time to grieve is important. He dissects how trauma causes us to become fearful and stress-sensitive. He also shares what we can learn as adults from soothing a child who’s having a tantrum at the supermarket and underscores how we can learn to work through fear-based anxiety and stress responses by practicing mindful breathing.
“All emotional reactivity stems from unfinished business. The moment you find yourself being stressed out, it has far more to do with you than the other person in the situation.”  - Bryan Post
This week on Mastering Overwhelm:
<ul>
<li>Bryan’s background and his passion for helping adoptive families</li>
<li>Adoption and why it can be a traumatic experience for a child</li>
<li>Bryan’s definition of trauma and the basis of post-traumatic stress disorder</li>
<li>Society’s aversion to grief and other negative emotions</li>
<li>How practicing mindful breathing can help us manage fear-based anxiety and stress responses</li>
<li>The allostatic load and window of tolerance</li>
<li>Addiction as a trauma response</li>
<li>The physiology of stress and trauma reactions</li>
<li>How to help soothe a child having a tantrum in the supermarket</li>
<li>Navigating emotional highs and lows</li>
</ul>
Resources Mentioned:
<ul>
<li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Brain-Mysterious-Underpinnings-Life/dp/0684836599/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+emotional+brain+by+joseph+e.+ledoux&amp;qid=1669099057&amp;sprefix=the+emotional+brain%2Caps%2C406&amp;sr=8-1">The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life</a> by Joseph Ledoux</li>
<li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peaks-and-Valleys-Spencer-Johnson-audiobook/dp/B001UL7NVM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peaks+and+valleys+by+spencer+johnson&amp;qid=1669100147&amp;sprefix=peaks+and+vall%2Caps%2C378&amp;sr=8-1">Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You - at Work and in Life</a> by Spencer Johnson</li>
<li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-audiobook/dp/B07F7LS2ZW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=who+moved+my+cheese&amp;qid=1669100158&amp;sprefix=who+moved+my+%2Caps%2C317&amp;sr=8-1">Who Moved My Cheese?: An </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-audiobook/dp/B07F7LS2ZW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=who+moved+my+cheese&amp;qid=1669100158&amp;sprefix=who+moved+my+%2Caps%2C317&amp;sr=8-1">A-Mazing</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-audiobook/dp/B07F7LS2ZW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=who+moved+my+cheese&amp;qid=1669100158&amp;sprefix=who+moved+my+%2Caps%2C317&amp;sr=8-1"> Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life</a> by Spencer Johnson</li>
</ul>
Connect with Bryan Post:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.bryanpost.com/">Bryan Post Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://postwraparound.com/">Post Wraparound</a></li>
<li><a href="https://postinstitute.com/">Post Institute</a></li>
<li>Book: <a href="https://www.feartolovebook.com/misc-28687180">From Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children Using a Love-Based, Family-Centered Approach</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/postinstitute">Post Institute on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/postinstitute_">Post Institute on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanpost1/">Bryan Post on LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bryanpostofficial/">Bryan Post on Instagram</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bryanpost567/?_rdr">Bryan Post on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5-uTmUc1fDKFqVWHepuRQ">Bryan Post on YouTube</a></li>
</ul>
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The Mastering Overwhelm Podcast – How to Thrive in Business, Relationship and Life.You are successful. I know you want to enjoy it.This podcast is focused on supporting successful business leaders, like you who are stretched in all directions and feel trapped by crushing responsibilities.Our conversations will focus on:
Moving from constant firefighting to proactive impactful action.
Building deeper relationships with our friends and families
Making time for our mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

Join us each week to create sustainable, enjoyable success.

The Mastering Overwhelm Podcast &ndash; How to Thrive in Business, Relationship and Life.You are successful.&nbsp;I know you want to enjoy it.This podcast is focused on supporting successful business leaders, like you who are stretched in all directions and feel trapped by crushing responsibilities.Our conversations will focus on:
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Join us each week to create sustainable, enjoyable success.

How to Thrive in Business, Relationship and Life

Mastering Overwhelm

The Mastering Overwhelm Podcast – How to Thrive in Business, Relationship, and Life. You are successful. I know you want to enjoy it. This podcast is focused on supporting successful business leaders, like you who are stretched in all directions and feel trapped by crushing responsibilities. Our conversations will focus on:

Moving from constant firefighting to proactive impactful action.
Building deeper relationships with our friends and families
Making time for our mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

Join us each week to create sustainable, enjoyable success.

The Mastering Overwhelm Podcast &ndash; How to Thrive in Business, Relationship, and Life. You are successful. I know you want to enjoy it. This podcast is focused on supporting successful business leaders, like you who are stretched in all directions and feel trapped by crushing responsibilities. Our conversations will focus on:
Moving from constant firefighting to proactive impactful action. Building deeper relationships with our friends and families Making time for our mental, physical and spiritual well-being.
Join us each week to create sustainable, enjoyable success.

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