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You Don’t Need to Come In

I’m currently reading “What Happened to You” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D Perry, MD, PhD, and being reminded that when I am in a trauma activation, I react rather than respond. When that happens, I don’t have access to higher cortical functions like critical thinking.

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That’s Your Trauma Talking

Last year I had the opportunity to hear Gabor Mate, MD speak over several days at a conference. He is the epitome of the compassionate witness, the person you’d want sitting in a confessional.

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