Most of us have a wide variety of emotional experiences as a child and teen, and as as adults, of course.

These may include relatively minor and temporary hurts, but also abuse, even trauma.

And these experiences can endure, especially when not addressed or healed, deeply impacting our lives and access to our creativity.

This audio is an AI-generated "podcast" with the "speakers" doing a great job of covering main topics and quotes in my article How Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma affect our lives and creativity:

From article:

“During our childhood, we are much closer to our authentic selves. Even if our memories of childhood may be filled with challenge and discomfort.” Sensitivity therapist and author Julie Bjelland, LMFT

“It’s an often complicated part of being a young performer…being taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives and intentions.” Actor Jamie Lee Curtis

“If you didn’t feel loved enough as a child, the world becomes the realm of the ‘unloved child’ and you find yourself on a never-ending search for acceptance and approval.” Psychotherapist Mihaela Ivan Holtz

"Because of that household dysfunction, our brains do a couple of really significant things: they begin to give us the message that we're not okay." Science Journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Also perspectives of Keira Knightley, Aimie Apigian, MD, Halle Berry, Ben Kingsley, and others.

Also videos and resources.

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