The Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Podcast

Jul 23 2023 30 ep. 57 mins 476
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A podcast hosted by David Treleaven, author of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, featuring a variety of guests speaking about the intersection of mindfulness, meditation, and trauma.

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Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

Jul 23 2023 18 mins  
Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David Treleaven

Body Appreciation Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

Jul 23 2023 11 mins  
A guided meditation by David Treleaven on appreciating the body.

Episode 28 | A Final TSM Podcast Episode

Oct 24 2022 55 mins  
In this solo episode, David speaks about the reasons he’s stepping back from TSM and three of the most important lessons he learned over the years: the importance of practicality, the inability to meet everyone’s needs, and the pros and cons of focusing on safety in trauma-sensitive work. David also shares his gratitude for the community and his visions for the future.

Episode 27 | Mindful Education, Trauma, and Social Emotional Learning

May 24 2022 44 mins  
In this episode David speaks with Meena Srinivasan, an expert in the field of mindful education and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). They discuss the relationship between SEL and mindful education, the mental-health crisis of Covid and the particular forms of stress that educators are facing in school systems, the difference between mindfulness as a path versus mindfulness as a too

Episode 26 | Mindfulness, Trauma, and Psychedelic Therapies

Mar 23 2022 87 mins  
In this episode, David speaks with Joe Flanders and Andrew Rose, two leaders in the field of psychedelic-assisted treatment. They discuss the current movement around psychedelic treatment, conditions that support healing and transformation in psychedelic therapy (including mindfulness), working with “stuckness” in psychedelic treatments, and the relationship between mindful awa

Episode 25 | Eating Disorders and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

Dec 21 2021 58 mins  
In this episode David speaks with Katherine Metzelaar about the relationship between mindfulness, trauma, and disordered eating. They discuss the prevalence of eating disorders, the ways undernourishment can impact our capacity to be mindful, how the spectrum of eating disorders connects to trauma, cultural assumptions around thinness and fatness, and why a trauma-informed lens is

Episode 24 | Mindfulness and Trauma in South Africa

Nov 18 2021 68 mins  
In this episode, David speaks with Simon Whitesman about mindfulness and trauma in the context of South Africa. They discuss how mindfulness practice can increase the capacity to face historical trauma, the importance of elderhood in contemplative and trauma-healing spaces, the power of non-judgemental awareness in clinical work, and the reason trauma-sensitive mindfulness is so im

Episode 23 | The Risks of Meditation

Oct 12 2021 60 mins  
In this episode David speaks with Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl, co-authors of the Varieties of Contemplative Experience (VCE) study—a landmark investigation into the nature of meditation-related difficulties, including trauma. They are two of the world’s experts in studying the difficulties people can encounter in meditation, as well as the factors that contribute to th

Episode 22 | Resilience, Mindfulness, and Healing Trauma

Sep 14 2021 51 mins  
In this episode, David speaks with Anjuli Sherin, author of the book Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World. They discuss the relationship between trauma and resilience in clinical and contemplative practice, the way resilience can be a counter-balance to over-focusing on traumatic stimuli in meditation, and cultural aspects

Episode 21 | The Joy of Mindfulness Teaching and Practice

Jun 11 2021 49 mins  
In this episode David speaks with mindfulness author, speaker, and educator Diana Winston. Diana is Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and teaches meditation worldwide. They discuss the relationship between mindfulness research and practice, the professionalisati