Conference Day 1
Impacts Of Trauma
Understanding how trauma manifests as symptoms in the brain, body and behaviors

The addiction inoculation

The root cause of pain

Navigating the living journey of grief

Trauma and immune responses in the brain

Transforming chronic pain

Managing stress and burnout after trauma

The 5 levels of compassion

Trauma, substance use and psychiatric disorders

Becoming free from dissociation

How trauma & PTSD can impact your sex life
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: What's your relationship with yourself?

Yoga: Coordinating breath and movement

Meditation to find presence
Conference Day 2
Methodologies For Healing Trauma Part 1
Therapies designed to help you feel whole again

Self-regulating for trauma healing

Tapping to release resistance to healing trauma

Healing complex PTSD using IFS therapy

The impact of microaggressions and how to respond

Modeling trauma techniques

Healing trauma with DBT & radical self-acceptance

Embracing our traumatized parts

Havening techniques for healing trauma
Becoming safely embodied

Hip hop therapy

Using the Change Triangle for emotional education
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: Rediscover who you are

Yoga: Grounding practice 1

Guided deep relaxation
Conference Day 3
Collective Trauma
Understanding intergenerational, cultural, social and institutional trauma

Healing our collective trauma

Trauma as a lens to understand cultural mistrust

Processing collective grief
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Trauma healing: remembering to forget

Why people don’t heal

Understanding and healing from gender trauma

Healing intergenerational trauma

Recovering from sexual assault

Trauma and oppression
Mental health and racial trauma

Healing organizational trauma

The trauma of concealment
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: What does your inner child feel

Yoga: Grounding practice 2

Cultivating deep rest
Conference Day 4
Relational Trauma
When trauma happens in our close relationships and families, it requires a relational approach

How to love and let go

Healing relational trauma

Recovering from narcissistic abuse

Restorative relationship conversations

The gifts of being an empath

Trauma informed nonmonogamy

Treatment for complex PTSD in children and families

Healing the trauma of the feminine

Kink and trauma

Recovering from betrayal

The 3 core emotional needs
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: Self-care builds self-esteem

Yoga: Pleasant scent and neuroplasticity

Meditation to cultivate self-love
Conference Day 5
Trauma And The Body
Trauma healing is more than understanding, it requires full body integration

Committing to the journey of trauma healing

Presence and awakening on the healing path

Yoga therapy for trauma & PTSD

Trauma sensitive mindfulness

You are the placebo

Healing sexual trauma

The science of stuck

Expressive arts therapy

The power of the exhale

Integration using the brain body connection

Neurodynamic breathwork
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: The power of vulnerability

Yoga: The breath and the parasympathetic response

Guided surrendering
Conference Day 6
Methodologies For Healing Trauma Part 2
Cutting edge psychedelics research and somatic approaches for treating trauma

Understanding obsessive compulsive disorder
Trauma and plurality

Healing trauma with psychoanalysis and buddhism

Healing internal family systems

The future of psychedelics for healing trauma

Resolve your anxiety with tapping

Why a somatic approach is so critical

Balancing the vagus nerve with essential oils

The myth of self-sabotage: getting unstuck

Trauma as a gateway to core transformation

Creating inner safety for healing trauma
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: It's okay to be you

Yoga: Developing a new relationship with your body

Gratitude meditation

Meditation for deep sleep
Conference Day 7
Functional Medicine
Supporting our healing from the inside out using nutrition, supplements and mindfulness

The 5 pillars of inflammation

Healing anxiety & depression with natural medicine

Healing the toxic effects of trauma

Food as medicine for healing trauma

The biology of trauma

Freedom from the trauma of aging

Neurotransmitter imbalances and high cortisol in PTSD

Ayurveda to heal & prevent illness after trauma

Using your thoughts actions and beliefs for healing

Uric acid and balancing your metabolism

Addressing ancestral and in-utero trauma
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: How to shift a negative state

Yoga: Moving body scan

Accepting the present moment

Simple guided meditation

A simple grounding exercise
Conference Day 1
Understanding how trauma manifests as symptoms in the brain, body and behaviors
Impacts Of Trauma

The addiction inoculation

The root cause of pain

Navigating the living journey of grief

Trauma and immune responses in the brain

Transforming chronic pain

Managing stress and burnout after trauma

The 5 levels of compassion

Trauma, substance use and psychiatric disorders

Becoming free from dissociation

How trauma & PTSD can impact your sex life
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: What's your relationship with yourself?

Yoga: Coordinating breath and movement

Meditation to find presence
Conference Day 2
Therapies designed to help you feel whole again
Methodologies For Healing Trauma Part 1

Self-regulating for trauma healing

Tapping to release resistance to healing trauma

Healing complex PTSD using IFS therapy

The impact of microaggressions and how to respond

Modeling trauma techniques

Healing trauma with DBT & radical self-acceptance

Embracing our traumatized parts

Havening techniques for healing trauma
Becoming safely embodied

Hip hop therapy

Using the Change Triangle for emotional education
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: Rediscover who you are

Yoga: Grounding practice 1

Guided deep relaxation
Conference Day 3
Understanding intergenerational, cultural, social and institutional trauma
Collective Trauma

Healing our collective trauma

Trauma as a lens to understand cultural mistrust

Processing collective grief
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Trauma healing: remembering to forget

Why people don’t heal

Understanding and healing from gender trauma

Healing intergenerational trauma

Recovering from sexual assault

Trauma and oppression
Mental health and racial trauma

Healing organizational trauma

The trauma of concealment
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: What does your inner child feel

Yoga: Grounding practice 2

Cultivating deep rest
Conference Day 4
When trauma happens in our close relationships and families, it requires a relational approach
Relational Trauma

How to love and let go

Healing relational trauma

Recovering from narcissistic abuse

Restorative relationship conversations

The gifts of being an empath

Trauma informed nonmonogamy

Treatment for complex PTSD in children and families

Healing the trauma of the feminine

Kink and trauma

Recovering from betrayal

The 3 core emotional needs
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: Self-care builds self-esteem

Yoga: Pleasant scent and neuroplasticity

Meditation to cultivate self-love
Conference Day 5
Trauma healing is more than understanding, it requires full body integration
Trauma And The Body

Committing to the journey of trauma healing

Presence and awakening on the healing path

Yoga therapy for trauma & PTSD

Trauma sensitive mindfulness

You are the placebo

Healing sexual trauma

The science of stuck

Expressive arts therapy

The power of the exhale

Integration using the brain body connection

Neurodynamic breathwork
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: The power of vulnerability

Yoga: The breath and the parasympathetic response

Guided surrendering
Conference Day 6
Cutting edge psychedelics research and somatic approaches for treating trauma
Methodologies For Healing Trauma Part 2

Understanding obsessive compulsive disorder
Trauma and plurality

Healing trauma with psychoanalysis and buddhism

Healing internal family systems

The future of psychedelics for healing trauma

Resolve your anxiety with tapping

Why a somatic approach is so critical

Balancing the vagus nerve with essential oils

The myth of self-sabotage: getting unstuck

Trauma as a gateway to core transformation

Creating inner safety for healing trauma
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: It's okay to be you

Yoga: Developing a new relationship with your body

Gratitude meditation

Meditation for deep sleep
Conference Day 7
Supporting our healing from the inside out using nutrition, supplements and mindfulness
Functional Medicine

The 5 pillars of inflammation

Healing anxiety & depression with natural medicine

Healing the toxic effects of trauma

Food as medicine for healing trauma

The biology of trauma

Freedom from the trauma of aging

Neurotransmitter imbalances and high cortisol in PTSD

Ayurveda to heal & prevent illness after trauma

Using your thoughts actions and beliefs for healing

Uric acid and balancing your metabolism

Addressing ancestral and in-utero trauma
Bonus Sessions

In therapy: How to shift a negative state

Yoga: Moving body scan

Accepting the present moment

Simple guided meditation

A simple grounding exercise
Meet Your Hosts

Alex Howard
Alex is the founder of Conscious Life, and co-host of the world leading Super Conference series. He is also founder of The Optimum Health Clinic, one of the world’s leading integrative medicine clinics, which has a team of 25 full time practitioners supporting thousands of patients in 50+ countries.
Alex is an immensely experienced psychology practitioner, having delivered more than 10,000 consultations. He has also led the Therapeutic Coaching practitioner programme since 2005, training the next generation of psychology practitioners. Since March 2020, Alex has been documenting his therapeutic work with real life patients via his In Therapy with Alex Howard YouTube series.
Alex has published research in journals such as the British Medical Journal Open and Psychology and Health and is the author of two books, Why ME? and Decode Your Fatigue (published by Hay House). His third book, featuring his work on trauma, is being published in September 2023.

Meagen Gibson
Meagen Gibson is the CEO of Conscious Life. Her career includes award-winning journalist, educator and entrepreneur. Meagen’s enthusiasm and energy for personal development led her to take the leadership role at Conscious Life.
Meagen is passionate about taking complex concepts and distilling them down to simple, accessible applications we can use to take action in our everyday lives.
Meagen is an experienced teacher, facilitator, and speaker on the subjects of journalism, entrepreneurship, film and video as well as improv.
Her previous television work in the U.S. includes The Voice and Who Do You Think You Are.
Most recently, Meagen co-created and directed the series, How I Created A Cult, for Conscious Life. The series is currently available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV in North America.

Jaia Bristow
Jaia Bristow is a multiethnic queer content creator and group facilitator, who has been working in events and media production since 2010, and hosting groups around social identity since 2016. She is the creator of Beyond Boxes with Jaia Bristow, a podcast and youtube channel exploring labels and identity. Jaia runs in-person and online workshops on power, privilege and prejudice, and works as a diversity and inclusivity consultant. She has been practicing meditation since childhood, been a student of the Diamond Approach spiritual path since 2016 and training in nonviolent communication (NVC) since 2018.

Kirsty Cullen
Kirsty became CEO of OHC in 2020 after a decade of working within various departments within the organisation, including formerly as Director of Nutrition. Previously having worked in executive recruitment for 10 years, her interest in nutrition began as a consequence of health issues experienced by her own daughter, and her own mother's struggles with M.E/CFS.
Following her graduation in Nutritional Therapy, Kirsty embraced a number of different and exciting career opportunities through the establishment of her own nutrition clinic, which saw her undertake a number of nutrition roles within the professional sports arena. This included working as a Nutritional Therapist at St George’s Park National Football Centre and also for the League Managers Association, assessing and advising football managers and elite athletes on health, energy provision and injury recovery. Kirsty also worked as Lead Nutritional Therapist at Derby County Football Club, establishing an umbrella nutrition strategy for the club, in addition to providing one-to-one nutrition plans for all players.