Testimony & Reception

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• Epistemic Giggling
  The use of tonal affect (e.g., chuckling, smirking, polite laughter) by an authority figure to…
• Witnessing
  The act of receiving another's truth without flinching, judging, or disappearing. Core to HAIR and…
• Shadow Feeling
  A shadow feeling is a vague, persistent sense that something is wrong or that something…
• Avoidance Shame Spiral (A.S.S.)
  The Avoidance Shame Spiral describes a self-reinforcing cycle: a person avoids a task or responsibility,…
• Attunement
  Attunement refers broadly to the capacity to perceive and respond to the state of another…
• Co-Regulation
  A mutual process of emotional stabilization—where one being's attunement helps another's nervous system find safety.