25 min.  Maureen and Pierre discuss Elizabeth Stanley's book, Widen the Window:  Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.  

Long title and long book, about 450 pages.  Bessel van der Kolk writes the forward and pays Elizabeth Stanley an astounding tribute saying:  "I don't think I've ever read a book that paints as complex and accurate a landscape of what it's like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing."  WOW. 

Maureen and Pierre take a deep dive into this important resource for mind body health, after previously discussing Bessel van der Kolk's ground breaking book:  The Body Keeps the Score.  A bit of compare and contrast discussion, in addition to bringing up other resources on the topic.  These resources include:  John Bowlby, a British psychologist who developed 'attachment theory.' And Amir Levine, who has updated that theory with insights into adult attachment styles.

Amir Levine's book:  The New Science of Adult Attachments and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love, is an accessible book with a simple, but powerful mathematical theory around partnering and co-regulating through relationships.  Amir Levine is an MD, psychiatrist and neuroscientist associated with Columbia University in NYC.

Widen the Window refers to widening the window of tolerance for stress in order to cope and heal.  

https://elizabeth-stanley.com

https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/amir-levine-md

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowlby