What about trauma makes a person feel lost and alone? How does trauma get in the way of intimacy? How can we best support our partners when their trauma gets triggered?

Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews both the therapist, writer and educator Jamila M. Dawson, LMFT and the journalist and podcast host, August McLaughlin on Managing Trauma Triggers

For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-68-managing-trauma-triggers-with-august-mclaughlin-and-jamila-m-dawson-lmft/

Learn more about your guests below:

Jamila M. Dawson, LMFT is a licensed sex and relationship therapist, writer, and educator. She runs her private psychotherapy and consulting business, Fire & Flow Therapy while also teaching as adjunct faculty at Antioch University Los Angeles. She has lectured at University of Southern California, ASSECT Summer Institute, collaborated with a variety of sex therapists and educators as well as with Buzzfeed, Playboy, Harper’s Bazaar and other media outlets. She presents locally and nationally on sexuality, empowerment, BDSM/kink, pleasure, relationships and trauma-informed/healing-focused psychotherapy.

Learn more about Jamila at:

- Website: https://fireandflowtherapy.com

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jamila_Dawson

- Instagram: @fireandflowtherapy

- Facebook: @everydayeroticsextherapy

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamila-dawson-2a033b2b/

August McLaughlin is a nationally recognized journalist and host and producer of the podcast, Girl Boner Radio, a story-driven podcast where she explores sexual empowerment and pleasure with a broad range of guests. Her articles have been featured by Cosmopolitan, the Washington Post, Salon, HuffPost, LIVESTRONG.com, and more. Her 2018 release, Girl Boner, was featured in the New York Times and called “equally fun, risqué, and informative” by Publishers Weekly. She has presented at colleges, recovery centers, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, attended the 2016 United State of Women summit as a nominated changemaker and gave a TEDx talk on her experience overcoming an eating disorder she was diagnosed with while working abroad in the fashion industry.

Learn more about August at:

- Website: https://augustmclaughlin.com/

- Podcast: https://augustmclaughlin.com/podcast/

- Twitter: @AugstMcLaughlin

- Instagram: @AugustMcLaughlin + @GirlBonerMedia

- Facebook: @AugustMcLaughlin + @MyGirlBoner

- LinkedIn: August J. McLaughlin

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www.zachbeach.com

www.the-heart-center.com

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