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Book · 2025 · Self-Help

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. · Brought up by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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It was at that point after that that jack made a number of recommendations for resources that we'll talk about later but included books by peter levine like waking the tiger the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk and a handful of other things.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2020 Listen at 14:09

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Waking the tiger waking the tiger was his first book and he's written many wonderful books since then somatic somatic experiencing his method is called.
Gabor Mate The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2024

Why people recommend it

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is an influential exploration of how the human body processes and recovers from traumatic experiences using somatic experiencing. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Dr. Gabor Maté mentioned the book while discussing somatic experiencing as a foundational tool for trauma recovery, noting that it was Peter Levine's first book and highlighting his subsequent contributions to the field. Dr. Maté also recommended the book on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, suggesting it as a valuable reading resource for individuals seeking self-help and healing. Additionally, Tim Ferriss brought up Waking the Tiger on The Tim Ferriss Show, recalling that Jack Cornfield had recommended Peter Levine's works following his own retreat experience dealing with childhood abuse. Ferriss referenced the book again when listing helpful resources for listeners navigating their own healing journeys. Throughout these podcast episodes, speakers emphasized the practical utility of Levine's somatic methodology in understanding the physical manifestations of trauma and navigating the path toward long-term recovery and nervous system regulation.

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Gabor Mate waking the tiger waking the tiger was his first book and he's written many wonderful books since then somat… 2
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“waking the tiger waking the tiger was his first book and he's written many wonderful books since then somatic somatic experiencing his method is called”
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“Read Peter Levine's book Waking the Tiger on trauma.”
Tim Ferriss it was at that point after that that jack made a number of recommendations for resources that we'll talk ab… 1
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“it was at that point after that that jack made a number of recommendations for resources that we'll talk about later but included books by peter levine like waking the tiger the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk and a handful of other things”
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“waking the tiger which is peter levine”

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