Peace After Combat, with Dr. Tiffany Tajiri, Ep #98
We have an interesting guest in this episode of the Coming Clean Podcast. Dr. Tiffany Tajiri is a veteran of the United States Air Force and Special Operations-trained psychologist and is the CEO and founder of Stand Up & Recover. Her passion and commitment to serving others will touch your heart. Listen as Dr. Tajiri shares her insight into the collision of science and God.
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The collision of God and science [03:47]
Why do bad things happen? [05:27]
What about atheists and agnostics? [13:48]
Seeing beyond ourselves [19:38]
The two components of Rhythm Restoration [23:04]
A powerful example of recovery [29:21]
Applying these principles at home [39:21]
Transgenerational trauma and epigenetics [45:55]
Science working with faith
Humans are a series of electrical and chemical impulses. We are neurons and dendrites and synapses and dopamine and serotonin. We are science, and God created science. Dr. Tajiri shares her perspective that God uses science as a miracle. Science is an instrument used to create magnificence in our lives.
When sitting in front of someone who has been through a traumatic, painful event, Dr. Tajiri’s bottom line is: if it’s not love; it’s not God. That rattles people a bit, but it lays the foundation to help them understand why bad things happen and where God is in the midst of suffering.
God created us to love and be loved. For us to love, there has to be a relationship. In order to have a relationship, there has to be free will. Without that free will, the purpose of our creation is null and void. All God wants is a loving relationship with each of us.
Bilateral stimulation
The first thing a baby hears is the mother’s heartbeat. As we’re developing, rhythm is what calms us. Science shows us that rhythm helps regulate the autonomic nervous system and calms us down. So, rhythm is the first component of Rhythm Restoration. The second component is bilateral stimulation. Subconsciously, that happens in REM sleep and is how the brain processes when we learn things. That’s great for learning things but not so great when it comes to traumatic events. Processing those events can be done through a conscious state of awareness using bilateral stimulation.
Bilateral stimulation has been known to enhance the brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This increases our neurons’ ability to be neuro-plastic and rewire in the way that we direct them. Bilateral stimulation is a fancy word, but it’s just things like running or jogging that stimulate both hemispheres of the brain. Using the physical body is a bottom-up approach to processing. In conjunction with changing thinking, a top-down approach, the entire brain is used to transform thoughts. That’s restoration, and the last part is visualization.
Epigenetics and transgenerational trauma
We can choose to change and rewire our brains. If we know we have a genetic predisposition, we can choose to hold our thoughts captive to Christ and not go there. We can be intentional about not putting ourselves in situations that tempt us to do things we don’t want to fall into. For example, we don’t have to go to bars. We don’t have to use alcohol as a way of coping. If we avoid those things, we can rewire our brains. If we don’t activate that gene, we’re not going to pass it down for generations to come. We have the power to stop the cycle if we hold our thoughts captive to pure love and pure truth.
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