It's Black History Month, so we are celebrating 4 Black Authors who are changing history by sharing their solutions.

Resmaa Menakem is a fellow social worker who wrote My Grandmother's Hands and I discuss how this book has impacted me, my work and offered incredibly useful tools for HEALING within families and our greater culture.

You can find Resmaa's work here https://www.resmaa.com/about  and My Grandmother's Hands here https://amzn.to/3DCnaGo

Stay tuned for our next episode where we explore bell hooks All About Love.

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I'm so excited to bring you my personal Mentor and Coach DeeDee Stout.  When I was in the trenches of a toxic and lethal 'voluntary' program of help that harmed, I had lost hope.  Little did I know that MOST WOMEN will experience this in carceral programs (in fact, most humans).  DeeDee and I speak about her experiences in the Substance Use community from working IN systems of harm to escaping them and why she wrote her book (I highly recommend) Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking and Screaming.  Her work focuses on Harm Reduction and Human-Centered Care and she has taught many of us...  

Dee Dee Stout was named one of the top 10 Harm Reductionists you should know by Psychology Today and is a Harm Reduction Coach, Consultant and Teacher/Trainer with over 30 years of experience in the substance use treatment industry.  She has been noted in many media outlets, movies, videos and podcasts and is the Author of Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking and Screaming.  Learn more about DeeDee and her services here! https://www.deedeestoutconsulting.com/

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc. available here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass

I recently had Bariatric Revision Surgery.  I talk about Pacing, self-compassion and gut hormones as it relates to so many of our chronic illnesses.  This matters because we live in a world that drills it into our brains to produce, produce, produce!  Let's think bigger, wiser and more sustainable!  These are the guts of genuine healing.  Listen up and let me know what you think! 

Let's talk New Year, New Goals, New Tools!

Today's episode I will discuss caring for self as a Trauma Survivor.  I will share my own journey from productivity to effectiveness and what I'm doing about that in 2023 through a trauma focused and harm reduction lens.  Listen up for those of you with shame, guilt and 'not good enough' feelings... 

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor.

Chapter 12: Horticulture on the Moon: Parenting, Undermined

Barriers to parenting and how our ‘norms’ often set parents up to fail

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Thanks for listening! 

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor.

Chapter 11: What Choices Do I Have? Childbirth in a Medicalized Culture

The unnecessary Traumas associated with childbirth and why it matters how are doctors are trained

Listen as we explores the ‘lay of the land’ in terms of Trauma and its effects.  Mate’s work is relatable, digestible and groundbreaking.

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Next up, Chapter 12: Horticulture on the Moon: Parenting, Undermined

Barriers to parenting and how our ‘norms’ often set parents up to fail

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in December!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor.

Chapter 10: Trouble at the Threshold: Before We Come Into the World

Why a mother’s health and stress matter pre-birth

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Next up, Chapter 11: What Choices Do I Have? Childbirth in a Medicalized Culture

The unnecessary Traumas associated with childbirth and why it matters how are doctors are trained

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor.

Part 2: The Distortion of Human Development

Chapter 8: Who Are We Really?  Human Nature, Human Needs

What are basic human needs and exploration of how our ‘norms’ work against them

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Next up, Chapter 9: A Sturdy or Fragile Foundation: Children’s Irreducible Needs

Vital Child Development Needs and the generational cost of not meeting them

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor.

https://drgabormate.com/book/the-myth-of-normal/

Chapter 9: A Sturdy or Fragile Foundation: Children’s Irreducible Needs

Vital Child Development Needs and the generational cost of not meeting them

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Next up, Chapter 10: Trouble at the Threshold: Before We Come Into the World

Why a mother’s health and stress matter pre-birth

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them

Part 2: The Distortion of Human Development

Chapter 7: A Traumatic Tension: Attachment vs Authenticity

When human needs compete we all lose and how ‘Type C’ personality is a byproduct and often causal factor in our future health

In the following chapters we will be exploring:

I promise it’s not all doom and gloom though, we will be covering solutions as well, so stay tuned, listen up and let me know what you think!

Next up, Chapter 8: Who Are We Really?  Human Nature, Human Needs

What are basic human needs and exploration of how our ‘norms’ work against them

If you like the Podcast, you may also like my other offerings here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass.  Check out my Group Coaching Course (50% off in Decemember!), my webinars, my tiktoks, my book, 1:1 sessions, etc.

There are lots of ways to work with me.  Let’s Uncover Your Inner Assets!