For somebody who suffered abused, just showing up, is winning the World Championship - Laurien Zurhake

People with trauma will always be attracted to something as powerful as martial arts, to change their lives.The question is how does that journey look for them? What is trauma-informed coaching and how does it go with the Ecological approach? Laurien and Alex Zurhake are redefining how people with trauma can use Jiu-Jitsu to change their lives.They are one of the few pioneers of the Ecological approach in Germany and before someone comments, their dog Yuki, is an absolute sweetheart. She is a therapy dog and helps with their method of trauma-informed coaching. Laurien and Alex run their academy @teamlaurienalex out of Munich, Germany.In episode 4, Join us as we talk to them about the Ecological approach, trauma, mental health problems, and their respective Jiu-Jitsu journeys.

To the listener,

A lot of times in podcasts, people spend a couple of minutes introducing the person, while it might serve a purpose, I think it reinforces what the listener already knows; that is the person being interviewed. Before listening to a podcast, almost all of us will read the description and hence I thought it best to start the podcast ‘raw’ without a specific introduction. This will always be the trend for us as it puts the listener right into the mix of things.

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