Navigating Trauma and PTSD

Navigating Trauma is a self-paced course designed to help learners better understand PTSD, trauma responses, and the ways trauma can affect the mind, body, emotions, and relationships. Through short educational videos and guided grounding practices, learners are introduced to key concepts such as acute traumatic stress, PTSD, complex PTSD, the nervous system, fight-flight-freeze-faint responses, emotional flooding, shame, fatigue, resilience, therapy options, and practical tools for healing. The course also includes body-based exercises that support grounding, sensory awareness, breath regulation, and reconnecting with the present moment. Each video is followed by simple reflection questions to help learners pause, process what they have heard, and connect the material to their own experience in a safe and thoughtful way. This course is not a replacement for therapy, but it can serve as a gentle first step, an educational resource, or a companion to professional support for those seeking to understand trauma and build practical coping skills.

Disclaimer: This course may bring up strong emotions.