emotions and, 87–88, 125–126
energy work and, 148–149
explained, 56, 125–127
methods for practicing, 136–142
nutrition and, 142–145
physical movement and, 147–148
self-regulation tool kit and, 149–150
sleep and, 146–147
tensions and stress and, 123–124
see also heart consciousness
Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, The (van der Kolk), 96
body-shaming, impact of, 124, 126
boundary setting, body consciousness and, 150–151
Bowlby, John, 20
Braden, Gregg, 173
brain, connection to heart, 171–174
breathing practices, body consciousness and, 135, 141, 194
Caretaker conditioned self, 113, 115
defined, 114
ego consciousness and, 166
self-assessment, 119
Chapman, Dr. Gary, 1–2, 223
“chasers,” abandoned children and, 98
checklists
for authentic needs, 54–55
for emotional safety and security, 33–35
for nervous system, 89–92
for social coherence, 257
childhood
abandonment wounds and conditioned selves, 79, 85, 95–100
author and heart consciousness, 184–191
author’s unmet emotional needs during, 4, 24–26, 37–38, 97, 107–108
checklist for emotional safety and security in, 33–35
co-regulation and, 209–212
ego stories and, 153, 155–158, 160–161
embodied Self and, 48–50
emotional conditioning and, 224–225
hurt inner child, in everyone, 99–106
hurt inner child, observing of, 111–112
hurt inner child, reconnecting with, 106–111
