Expedition Trauma
A journey from Berlin to Japan and back to herself
She waited. For a message, for a sign, to finally be enough. Perhaps you know this kind of waiting.
Viola sets off: Koh Phangan, Bali, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan. She was looking for distance. What she found were the patterns that have steered her since childhood: waiting for affection, adapting, the inner driver that is never satisfied. And a love in Berlin that makes all of it visible. In the end she understands: the waiting itself was the pattern.
What this book is about
Expedition Trauma is a non-fiction book about how early experiences shape our adult lives: in relationships, at work, in how we treat ourselves. It explains what trauma does in the nervous system, where fear of loss comes from, why we adapt in order to be liked, and how we can learn to talk to our inner parts instead of fighting them.
This knowledge is told through a true story: a journey through Asia and back to Berlin, from meditation, rituals, Qigong and Reiki to the therapeutic work that changes everything.
Well-founded knowledge, clearly explained
The book draws on current trauma research, including Bessel van der Kolk, Peter A. Levine, Stephen Porges and Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems). Each chapter links a lived scene with its psychological background and ends with what you can take away for yourself:
- why the body remembers what the mind wants to forget
- where fear of loss comes from and why it feels so existential
- how attachment patterns steer relationships
- how inner parts change when you listen to them
For people who function on the outside and feel on the inside that something isn't right.
For anyone who wants to understand why they keep ending up at the same point in relationships. And for anyone who wants not just to understand personal growth, but to experience it.
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From functioning to a self that no longer has to hide
The author lives in Berlin. She is a Reiki teacher, meditation teacher and Breathwork trainer. In this book she weaves her own story together with insights from trauma research: the path from a life of merely functioning to a self that no longer has to hide.
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What kind of book is it?
A non-fiction book on psychology and personal growth. The knowledge isn't presented dryly but told along a true story.
Do I need prior knowledge of trauma or psychology?
No. All terms are explained in the book.
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