Waking the Tiger

This book by Peter Levine was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity to heal as well as an intellectual spirit to harness this innate capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question - why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them.

• “jack made a number of recommendations for resources... included books by peter levine like waking the tiger the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “jack made a number of recommendations for resources”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202000:14:00

  Said during "Tim Ferriss, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show and a bestselling author. In this deeply personal solo episode he is also the subject, joined by his friend Debbie Millman as interviewer and fellow survivor. Tim Ferriss publicly shares his childhood sexual abuse for the first time, discussing trauma, near-suicide, and the tools that aided his healing.