Episode 64 - Jake White
Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.
On today’s episode, Jake shares about what brought him to becoming a Somatic Experiencing and how he uses this approach to help his clients find healing and space for healing. He gives us some practical things to consider and also some strategies that you can do today to help bring your nervous system to a place of calm. Enjoy!
Jake White practices somatic experiencing and he has been in private practice for the past ten years. He specializes in helping people recover from the symptoms of trauma through an approach that focuses on releasing stress through the body and nervous system. He works through individual coaching as well as through group programs. He is a father of two boys Luke and Abel and he has a wife named Elli White. They live on a cattle farm in West Virginia where they raise their two boys and work to care for the land.
You can find more information about Jake and his practice at his website, www.jakewhitehealing.com and also on Facebook and Instagram.
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Topics Jake mentions:
*Pay attention to your body and how it responds to life stressors - depression, Auto-immune disorders, headaches, and ailments that your doctor might not be able to pinpoint a cause could potentially be a stressed nervous system
*Energy medicine was what led Jake to Somatic Experiencing
*Dr. Peter Levine has dedicated his life to developing Somatic Experiencing and has a variety of books that discuss trauma and healing.
*Don’t forget that the little things mean a lot to our bodies…just slowing down can help.
*Waking the Tiger and Trauma and Memory by Peter Levine are both great books to start with
*Diane Poole Heller has a lot of great resources and works with early attachment
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