Lori Dixon

Minefields defined - in land warfare, an area of ground containing mines placed with or without patterns.

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So often couples - who clearly love each other - are risking separation and seeking marriage counseling. It doesn't take long however, to see that it may not be an incompatiblity issue . . . they may have a trauma issue!

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Whether both suffer from past traumas or triggers, or you have an unaffected person trying to live with a jumpy, trigger-proned individual, understanding is the beginning of healing.

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Don and Lori Dixon will share their own experiences of learning how they navigated their own marriage minefield as quiet, steady Don tiptoed with a zero ACE score (Adverse Childhood Experience), and Lori clomped into the relationship with a hyperviglant score of 5. Using Lori's own Trauma Squares™ illustration, trauma and offenses are clearly defined in a unique and visual analogy.

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Practical coping skills will be shared as we explore the "whys", the "what the hecks" and the "what nows"! 

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Let's explore

• Why putting a glass in the mug cupboard may impact someone's very sense of safety

• What bells have to do with it?

• Why coming up behind your spouse quietly may land you in a hospital room

• Money? Too much? Too little? It may be more about control versus bank balances.

• Why driving distances vary  with one of you allowed to drive within 10 feet of the car infront, but the other is expected to maintain 2 semi length distances

• There may appear to be many double standards! 

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Trauma Squares, the term as well as all visuals, are copyrighted and permission is required to refer, post or utilize any aspect of the teaching.

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