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After the fire

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon on January 2, 2010

music by Kevin MacLeod, Daybreak

Recorded by a stream in a damaged forest five months after a fire, the redwood forest doesn’t stop to mourn its loss or consider its tragedy.  The forest immediately begins the process of regeneration, of rebirth. Seeds immediately drop, seedlings sprout and life moves forward.  What may appear to be a tragedy may well bring new life, new beginnings, changes we don’t immediately understand.

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Music: Kevin MacLeod

If you are using an iPhone please use the “Download” link to listen in Quicktime.

Moments Count Interviews Dr. David Grand, psychotherapist, author, film maker,  producer, and inventor of a revolutionary technique for healing trauma.

Please feel free to download as many copies of this interview as you wish.  If you or anyone you know needs this assistance, please provide them with a copy of this interview or with a link to this interview on our website.

To find a trained Brainspotting therapist in your area contact Dr. Grand’s assistant:

Laurie Delaney, BioLateral Business Manager
2415 Jerusalem Avenue, Suite 105
Bellmore, NY 11710

lauriedela@aol.com

Telephone: (516) 826-7996

To learn more about Brainspotting:

Dr. David Grand’s website:  http://www.brainspotting.pro

Lisa Schwarz website (Dr. Grand’s associate):  http://lisaschwarz.com/

Link to BSP trainers

Countries in which BSP training had taken place

Phase One Training DVD

To purchase Biolateral CDs or downloadable MP3 files

FREE 2-minute DOWNLOAD of Biolateral Sound from Dr. David Grand available at Ignite the Genius Within

David is the author of:


Focusing on a “target image” associated with a traumatic memory, the client is led through a step-by-step process of recalling scenes, emotions and physical sensations while receiving “bilateral stimulation” through guided eye movements, alternating sounds in headphones or alternately receiving squeezes, massaging rubs or taps on the left and right sides of the body. According to Grand, one-time traumas (car accidents, bombings, hurricanes) can be released in one session, even in a few minutes, while deeper disturbances (repeated child abuse, war experiences) may take longer and may involve additional methods of therapy. He provides compelling anecdotal evidence of EMDR’s effectiveness with train engineers traumatized by suicides and accidents on the tracks; survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing and Florida’s Hurricane Andrew; mothers of slain children in Brooklyn; residents of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Israel and the occupied territories; survivors of child abuse; and professional actors and athletes.

Dr. David Grand produced a special audio CD to be used in conjunction with Ignite the Genius Within by Dr. Christine Ranck and Christopher Lee Nutter.  The book is a revolutionary multimedia instrument that provides an experience of heightened self awareness never before delivered in a book. Following no chronological order, providing no doctrine to believe, starting off with the premise that the person who picks it up isn’t learning about anything but themselves, Ignite the Genius Within turns the conventions of creativity and spirituality on their heads. The Artist’s Way for The Matrix generation, Ignite the Genius Within takes creativity out of a realm exclusive to “artists”, and redefines it as the power each of us have to turn every moment of life into a beautiful work of art.  Go to the website at to receive a FREE DOWNLOAD of biolateral sound by Dr. David Grand.

Additional Works by Dr. David Grand

I Witness: A play based on personal stories from the 9-11 disaster.

Come Hell or High Water (see trailer below) Documentary of BrainSpotting Healing of trauma victims of Hurricane Katrina.  CHHW is currently being submitted to film festivals around the world.  Watch for it in theaters in the coming year.

Dr. Grand’s projects in process

STSD, Cracking the Code of Sports Traumatic Stress Disorder with Alan Goldberg.  Look for it in 2010.

Trauma Doc: A television reality series in which David Grand travels with victims back to the scene of their trauma to help them confront the trauma and begin their process of healing.  Look for it in 2010.

Watch the trailer for Come Hell or High Water,  Dr. David Grand’s 2010 documentary covering his work healing trauma victims of hurricane Katrina.

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It seems popular right now to write songs asking you to consider, if today were your last day, what would you do with it?
This moment is ALWAYS the first moment that begins the rest of the your life. If this moment is both the first moment of the rest of your life and the beginning of the last day of your life, how is your perspective on your life changed?
What will you do differently?
How will you love differently?
How will you treat the people in your life differently?

Starting today…

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How to draw the best out of what appears to be a lost chance can be difficult to see.

But if we take a new look at a relationship and see it through fresh eyes our personal world might turn in a whole new direction.

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My Journey East of Eden

October 31, 2009

My Journey East of Eden
October 31, 2009
At what age do we take responsibility for our actions? When do we become accountable for our decisions? I learned a critical life lesson when I decided to use John Steinbeck’s East of Eden for a class assignment. I was 15. I haven’t forgotten the book – or what [...]

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Thank you Father Damien

October 12, 2009

I am not Catholic. But, I am one who has already spent much of my life inspired by the life and work of Father Damien. If you are unfamiliar with the work of Father Damien, then I am honored to be the one to introduce you to this fine and noble man.

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Dragon Path

October 4, 2009

Dragon Path
October 4, 2009
Are you talking yourself into a quest for the treasure or for the dungeon?

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Everyday you get up…

August 19, 2009

Everyday you get up.
Everyday……
You do.
You wake up.
Now, are you one of those people who greets the day!?! Or do you stare at it?
I spend a lot of time blinking at the ceiling. It’s white.
It stares back at me. My eyes are blue.
I like to fancy myself someone who begins the day embracing controversy….
Maybe you woke [...]

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Fear: Beat it at its own game …

August 14, 2009

Brave.
Courageous.
Great words.
I like ‘em.
Don’t’ you?
But, let’s be honest with each other. We only understand what they are if we acknowledge that we have stared into the flash-flame scarlet-hot eyes of – Fear.
I know Fear. I’d introduce you, but I’m sure you two have met before.
Now Fear and I, we have spent way too many hours [...]

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