why this course is
needed right now?

The importance of understanding and normalizing the entire spectrum of mental health is needed more than ever. Who we are, how we interact with ourselves, others, and our Heavenly Parents are impacted by what has happened in our lives. The impact of hard things and the absence of good things in our lives affect us daily in our thoughts, feelings, and CHOICES.

Mental health challenges are not something a select few experience, nor should they be dealt with on the sideline. Our past wounds must be attended to with the appropriate tools and resources.

If you have ever: felt like you needed to have it all together, can't say no, withdrawal from others, responded unproportionally to something, were afraid to share your feelings, avoided conflict, did something to please another, wanted to conform to others to feel accepted, blamed others, needed a constant distraction, felt responsible for another's feelings, judged others, worried about what others thought of you, couldn't stop thinking about something, felt afraid others were mad at you, compared yourself to others, felt envious of others, took on responsibilities of others, wanted to be better than others…something is hurting inside of you and is yearning to be attended to. These are mental health issues and it is important to remember everything is on a spectrum in the mental health field. 
Most of us have some wounding. And it has nothing to do with not being strong, faithful or a lack of spiritual capacity. The wounds can't be erased by making a better choice or practicing more faith.

Teaching the use of 'Sunday School basics' with, at times, uninformed (but well-intentioned) advice on coping with mental health struggles members face is insufficient and can be harmful. I have witnessed people feeling understood, dismissed in their experiences, and suffering in silence due to the lack of understanding of where mental health issues originate.

I believe spiritual practices can be part of the healing journey, and spiritually attending to trauma and attachment wounding is a critical part of the process. 

I want to bring mental health into active awareness for members and the Church. Those things that impact our mental health are essential, and I believe sacred parts of us.

Our wounds are also very normal parts of us that impact our daily lives, our interactions with others, how we approach the gospel, and our relationships with our Heavenly Parents.

As we are informed about trauma, I hope we can approach mental health with much more compassion, welcoming the wounded parts that many of us experience. I also hope the things that impact our mental health will be integrated into how we individually and collectively approach gospel principles and discussions with one another. I also believe being more informed on mental health could invite collective healing that is needed in the Church.

What you will learn in the course...

1. What is needed for the optimal state of emotional health in the body?
2. What is emotional regulation, and what does emotional regulation have to do with our thoughts, behaviors, and interactions with self and others?
3. What does the Polyvagal theory teach us about the importance of safety in the environment and in our bodies?
4. How does understanding the elements that create our sense of self help us know the impact of emotions and relationships?
5. How an understanding of trauma and attachment theory can compassionately expand our knowledge of the roles of our Heavenly Parents, our ability to make choices (agency), and the conditions that are needed to help us learn, grow, and change behavior.
6. What do healing and wholeness mean, and what do they feel like in the body?

1. Who has attachment wounding?
2. What is attachment theory?
3. Why building a secure attachment is essential.
4. What conditions are needed for building a secure attachment?
5. What develops in a child during interactions with caregivers?
6. What are the different styles of attachment?
7. How to build a secure attachment as an adult.
8. What are our developmental attachment needs?
9. What is shame, and how is it different than guilt?
10. Why are understanding attachment theory and developmental needs critical for healing? How this knowledge can compassionately shift our discussions at Church around choices, thoughts, feelings, behavior, interactions with self and others, and relationship with the gospel ?

1. Why is a connection to the body necessary for healing?
2. Understanding the many parts of us.
3. What is a trigger, and why do we experience them?
4. What do triggers look like?
5. Types of triggers.
6. What is important to understand triggers?
7. Understanding how the body is our most significant resource-what pain, thoughts, and behavior tell and guide us to.
8. How to recognize how our body is urging us to heal?
9. Why compassion is an essential component of healing?
10. What are the various types of compassion?
11. Why is compassion hard to give to self?
12. How the body automatically responds to change?
13. Understanding how the wisdom held in body and all  discussed in the course, can create a more safe environment at Church. 

1. What is trauma?
2. How are trauma symptoms developed?
3. Importance of addressing trauma.
4. Who has been traumatized?
5. What are the implications of not resolving trauma symptoms (individually and collectively)?
6.What are trauma symptoms?
7. What are the types of trauma?
8. Why is it essential to be able to identify signs of trauma?
9. How was the body designed to heal?
10. How does the body respond to an overwhelming event  and how does the body protect us from pain?
11. What is the window of tolerance?

Module 4

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

THE Language of Healing

Setting the StaGe

Trauma 101

Attachment theory 101

Course details...

  1x a week

 Live-in person or virtual

Will be announced  soon!

  4 weeks

  2 hours

 $265

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If interested in taking the course or have a question, please contact me.