LE Botanica Presents: FREE Knowledge

Hey Soul Family,

We’re going to get in deep today when it comes to trauma responses and what they are. According to the APA (American Psychological Association), trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and even physical symptoms such as nausea or headaches. These feelings are completely normal. Today we’re going to go over and discuss the 4 different types of trauma responses that could have been developed during your childhood or adolescence. There is a very good chance that you fall within at least one of these categories, although it is common to fall within at least two categories. The four categories that we will discuss are fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. There are two other categories that you may also find- friend or flop but I find that these are extensions or branches of fawn and freeze respectively. Understanding our trauma responses and learning more effective ways to cope with and deal with stress will also be beneficial to healing your inner child.

Hey Soul Fam!

With everyone becoming deeply triggered into healing and shadow working this year, it is the perfect time to learn some tools. Becoming self-aware during the shadow working is probably one of the biggest keys that will help you with the process. How do we become self-aware? By questioning everything around us, including ourselves. In asking ourselves questions, we are made aware of our patterns. By choosing to self-reflect and check in with ourselves daily, we can get a better understanding of our shortcomings and faults. The self-actualization journey is one where you will learn how to spend a lot of time with yourself and your thoughts. It is a time where we learn how to be more introverted and introspective. It is a time where you will be questioning everything about yourself. Those of you who have read my blog about self-actualization know my stance on it coinciding with the spiritual journey and shadow working. We can’t do one without doing the other and becoming self-aware is a crucial part of the journey moving forward.

Hey Soul Fam!

I want to take a moment to touch upon codependency and breaking down what that means from a psychological level because this has been such a huge theme in the last year. Codependency is not to be confused with BEING codependent. Being codependent is something completely different and the definition of codependent is what most people think of when they hear the term codependency used, yet these terms should not be used of thought of in conjunction of one another. 

Hey Soul Fam!

Last week during Thankful Thursday we discussed Self-Actualization and how this concept and theory coincides with our spiritual journey. In my opinion, this journey is intertwined with one another, and you cannot achieve one without fulfilling the other. That is why I believe it is so important to understand the psychological processes one will endure on their spiritual journey. It is important to understand these concepts and learn what it all means. It is important to understand how it will all affect the mind and psyche as we grow and evolve. I truly believe that we can’t grow and reach our highest selves without self-actualizing in the process.