Learning How to Address Trauma and Healing in the Church w/ Sharon Wegman

Most individuals, at some point in their lives, have experienced a form of trauma. Some experience trauma related to natural disasters and events that they have no control over, while others experience interpersonal trauma which involves intentional and/or unintentional damage to a person's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. When it's all of these together, it causes significant damage to a person's overall well-being. 

On today's episode, Sharon and I discuss how the pastors and leaders can address trauma and healing within the church using a trauma-informed approach. This includes using a biblical worldview, but focuses on understanding the physiological and emotional effects that trauma has on the body. God created our bodies with the ability to heal themselves, but He also included a huge part of that trauma healing to include having safe and secure relationships within the body of Christ. May we continue to foster these types of relationships in our Christian communities to bring healing to those hurting within the church. 

We also discuss the following topics: 
- What is trauma and what does it look like? 
- God's alarm system
- Different responses to trauma
- Biblical examples of traumatized individuals
- How safety and security heals trauma
- How to provide people language for their trauma
- Lastly, what the church and pastors can do to help. 

If you have any questions or comments on this topic, feel free to  email me at slconnect08@gmail.com.

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