(or at least a book community.)
Book Club
UNBOUND has a
VISION: Build a human community of growth focused readers who connect in person or virtually, both synchronously and asynchronously, over books that explore the mind-body intersection, the nervous system, and personal growth through embodied experience.
MISSION: Crowd source authors and books that meet this vision and organize regular meetups for discussion. Provide a digital platform for disseminating logistics and documenting the community.
“In contrast, EMDR, as well as the treatments discussed in subsequent chapters—internal family systems, yoga, neurofeedback, psychomotor therapy, and theater—focus not only on regulating the intense memories activated by trauma but also on restoring a sense of agency, engagement, and commitment through ownership of body and mind.”
Bessel van der Kolk, "The Body Keeps the Score"
Let’s Read Together
Get in touch if you'd like to join us at a meetup or suggest a book
Read more about The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma and find a great published conversation with Bessel van der Kolk right HERE
“No matter how much insight and understanding we develop, the rational brain is basically impotent to talk the emotional brain out of its own reality.”
-from The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
"Psychologists usually try to help people use insight and understanding to manage their behavior. However, neuroscience research shows that very few psychological problems are the result of defects in understanding; most originate in pressures from deeper regions in the brain that drive our perception and attention."
-from The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
“Mindfulness increases activation of the medial prefrontal cortex and decreases activation of structures like the amygdala that trigger our emotional responses. This increases our control over the emotional brain.”
-from The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.