Healing Stress/Anxiety/Trauma with Mindfulness and Neuroscience
Cultivating Nervous System Resilience, Calm, and Inner Peace
With Michael Postma, Ed.D. & Nicole A. Tetreault, PhD
Thursdays, 5:00pm - 6:30pm PT
May 14 - June 18, 2026
Meeting virtually via Zoom
In a world that often moves too quickly for our hearts and nervous systems,
many of us carry the invisible weight of stress, emotional overwhelm, and unresolved trauma. For neurodiverse individuals, gifted creatives, and deeply feeling minds, this experience can be especially intense; our brains and nervous systems are wired to sense, feel, and process the world in profound ways.
When we are triggered, the brain’s survival circuitry can take over, pulling us into patterns of fear, tension, or emotional reactivity. Over time, this can leave us feeling stuck in cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, or exhaustion, making it difficult to experience the beauty, connection, and joy that life offers.
Yet neuroscience and contemplative wisdom offer hopeful news: the brain and nervous system are capable of change. With intentional practices, we can gently rewire our patterns, calm the body, and cultivate greater emotional balance and resilience.
In this heart- and mind-centered program, Dr. Nicole A. Tetreault and Dr. Michael Postma guide participants through a compassionate journey of healing and self-discovery using insights from neuroscience, psychology, mindfulness, and contemplative traditions. Together, we will explore how trauma shapes the brain and body—and more importantly, how we can create new pathways of safety, compassion, and peace.
Through psychoeducation and experiential practices, participants will learn tools to:
● Understand the neuroscience of emotional regulation
● Recognize trauma triggers and shift out of survival patterns
● Develop emotional intelligence and compassionate awareness
● Calm and regulate the nervous system
● Build resilience through mindfulness and somatic practices
● Cultivate deeper self-compassion for self and others
Each session blends science with restorative practices, including guided meditation, breath awareness, somatic exploration, expressive writing, and deep relaxation practices that nourish both mind and spirit. These approaches help quiet the mind, restore balance to the nervous system, and create space for greater clarity, creativity, and joy.
Most importantly, this journey invites you to reconnect with your true essence—the place within you that is naturally calm, compassionate, and whole. As we deepen our awareness and learn to care for our nervous systems with kindness, we begin to rediscover something beautiful: the simple joy of being alive, present, and connected.
Join us in this transformative experience as we learn to heal and cultivate calm, resilience, and heartfelt peace.
Meet the Instructors
Michael Postma, Ed.D.
Dr. Mike Postma is a teacher, administrator, consultant, speaker, and author dedicated to the holistic development of both gifted and twice-exceptional children through his company Gifted & Thriving, LLC.
Over the last two decades, Dr. Postma has worked in the field of gifted/talented education as both a teacher and administrator in the public and charter school system in Minnesota and North Carolina, and was the architect of the Minnetonka Navigator Program, a magnet school specifically designed for highly gifted and twice-exceptional students. Dr. Postma was also the Executive Director of SENG from 2017-2019 and Director of Programming until 2022.
Dr. Postma has published a number of articles and two books, the latest titled The Inconvenient Student: Critical Issues in the Identification and Education of Twice Exceptional Students.
He currently lives in Bellingham, WA and is the father of four children, three of whom are twice-exceptional. Learn more here.
Nicole A. Tetreault, PhD
Dr. Nicole Tetreault is a spiritual neuroscientist, author of Insight into a Bright Mind, meditation teacher and international keynote speaker on topics of neurodiversity, positive psychology, creativity, mental health, wellness. She is a professor at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education and leads a new generation of meditation teachers, holistically weaving the ancient wisdom of meditation practices backed by modern neuroscience, to wire our minds for love!
As the founder of Awesome Neuroscience and Beyond the Cell, Dr. Nicole works at the intersection of science and spirituality, communicating the most promising neuroscience and positive psychology in her writings, corporate trainings and meditation retreats, supporting people around the world to increase creativity, deepen peace, awaken awareness and compassion.
Her program, Beyond the Cell is a transformative program designed for underserved communities globally focused on guided meditation, neuroscience, and expressive writing to support and uplift communities with tools for stress reduction, resilience, healing and empowerment. As a recipient of the Women Leaders in Buddhism award, she, in collaboration with GO Dharmic, are sharing meditation school programs in India and US.
Dr. Nicole believes we can wire our minds for positive neural plasticity, liberating us to live the lives we dream.
