Jennifer is a runner and outdoor enthusiast with cervical dystonia. She was diagnosed just a few years ago and has already been through multiple rounds of botox, PT and now has had DBS.

Key points include:

• acting fast when you notice something doesn't seem right with your body
• self-advocacy
• find a support team you can trust and which makes a difference in progress

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The information shared in this podcast is not intended to diagnose. recommend nor treat medical conditions. We are not licensed medical professionals and do not take the place of your team of medical professionals.

You can find me here: Julie Bergfeld - julie@juliebergfeld.com and juliebergfeld.com (@juliebergfeldcoaching)

Ruth Chiles is a somatic performance therapist, author, and educator working at the intersection of neuroscience, trauma, and physical and mental flow.

As a musician who experienced and fully recovered from focal embouchure dystonia and other performance blocks, Ruth understands from the inside what it feels like to lose the abilities you rely on most. Ruth Chiles has spent more than a decade developing therapeutic methods that work where others have failed.

Links:

• Focal Dystonia Method
• Focal Dystonia Method on Facebook
• Focal Dystonia Blog

Research:

Self-determination theory

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. Plenum Press.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.

Orientation and self-regulation (Michael Posner)

Posner, M. I., & Rothbart, M. K. (2000). Developing mechanisms of self-regulation. Development and Psychopathology, 12(3), 427–441.

Rothbart, M. K., Sheese, B. E., Rueda, M. R., & Posner, M. I. (2011). Developing mechanisms of self-regulation in early life. Emotion Review, 3(2), 207–213.

Adversity in elite athletes

Hardy, L., Barlow, M., Evans, L., Rees, T., Woodman, T., & Warr, C. (2017). Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of super-elite and elite athletes from Olympic sports. Progress in Brain Research, 232, 1–119.

Sarkar, M., Fletcher, D., & Brown, D. J. (2015). What doesn't kill me…: Adversity-related experiences are vital in the development of superior Olympic performance. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(4), 475–479.

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The information shared in this podcast is not intended to diagnose. recommend nor treat medical conditions. We are not licensed medical professionals and do not take the place of your team of medical professionals.

You can find me here: Julie Bergfeld - julie@juliebergfeld.com and juliebergfeld.com (@juliebergfeldcoaching)

In this episode, Julie and Mindy explore how psychedelics, psychotherapy, movement, mindfulness, creativity, and connection can work together as an ecosystem for healing.

Mindy Tockman, LPC, is a trauma therapist, speaker, and founder of Resonance, an emerging integrative wellness center being developed in St. Louis, MO

Her work integrates Internal Family Systems, somatic therapies, nervous system regulation, mindfulness practices, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to support healing and transformation.

Mindy has completed extensive training in psychedelic-assisted therapies through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychadelics Studies) Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training Program. She has also completed advanced psilocybin training programs in the United States and the Netherlands, attended multiple MAPS conferences focused on the future of psychedelic medicine, and holds a Colorado psilocybin facilitator license.

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The information shared in this podcast is not intended to diagnose. recommend nor treat medical conditions. We are not licensed medical professionals and do not take the place of your team of medical professionals.

You can find me here: Julie Bergfeld - julie@juliebergfeld.com and juliebergfeld.com (@juliebergfeldcoaching)