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"From trauma educator and somatic guide Kimberly Ann Johnson comes a cutting-edge guide for tapping into the wisdom and resilience of the body to rewire the nervous system, heal from trauma, and live fully. In an increasingly polarized world where trauma is often publicly renegotiated, our nervous systems are on high alert. From skyrocketing rates of depression and anxiety to physical illnesses such as autoimmune diseases and digestive disorders, many women today find themselves living out of alignment with their bodies. Kimberly Johnson is a somatic practitioner, birth doula, and postpartum educator who specializes in helping women recover from all forms of trauma. In her work, she's seen the same themes play out time and again. In a culture that prioritizes executive function and ""mind over matter,"" many women are suffering from deeply unresolved pain that causes mental and physical stagnation and illness. In Call of the Wild, Johnson offers an eye-opening look at this epidemic as well as an informative view of the human nervous system and how it responds to difficult events. From the ""small t"" traumas of getting ghosted, experiencing a fall-out with a close friend, or swerving to avoid a car accident to the ""capital T"" traumas of sexual assault, an upending natural disaster, or a life-threatening illness--Johnson explains how the nervous system both protects us from immediate harm and creates reverberations that ripple through a lifetime. In this practical, empowering guide, Johnson shows readers how to metabolize these nervous system responses, allowing everyone to come home to their deepest, most intuitive and whole selves. Following her supportive advice, readers will learn how to move from wholeness, tapping into the innate wisdom of their senses, soothing frayed nerves and reconnecting with their ""animal selves."" While we cannot cure the painful cultural rifts inflicting our society, there is a path forward--through our bodies. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook."

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Call of the Wild is a massively needed, impeccably articulated, and stunningly approachable teaching on the intricate workings of our nervous systems and how to heal our trauma through our bodies--for good. Big concepts are made digestible. Delicate nuances are made approachable and meaningful. This book is a call to our health, wholeness, and embodiment through reincarnating our most innate and instinctual parts. -- Livia Shapiro, MA, author of The Somatic Therapy Workbook An enthralling trip through the human nervous system: how it came to be, how it goes astray, and how to get it back on track. -- James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author Kimberly Ann Johnson creates real clarity around the difficult concepts of attachment, boundaries, trauma, and sex. An attuned guide, she makes sense of entanglements, reassuring our nervous systems that we have the tools we need to cut through confusion. Call of the Wild helps us repair and head home with a better understanding of how to be human. -- Dr. Stan Tatkin, author of Wired for Love

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Kimberly Ann Johnson is the author of the classic early mothering book The Fourth Trimester and has spent twenty years working with people and their bodies as a sexological bodyworker, somatic experiencing practitioner, yoga teacher, and birth doula. Her mission is to spread her unique integrative model of holistic, body-based healing among fellow birth professionals, yoga teachers, and bodyworkers. Kimberly Ann Johnson is the author of the classic early mothering book The Fourth Trimester and has spent twenty years working with people and their bodies as a sexological bodyworker, somatic experiencing practitioner, yoga teacher, and birth doula. Her mission is to spread her unique integrative model of holistic, body-based healing among fellow birth professionals, yoga teachers, and bodyworkers.

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