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I am so excited about today's episode. It all about a core concept for the book. Strengthnesses are the defining attributes of traumatized individuals that are both strengths and weaknesses at once. The determining factor as to which side of the strengthness coin you will wind up displaying is the environment. 

Everyone has attributes. Highly traumatized people have that plus some and they are always related to the pieces of us that protected us the most. Learn about my strengthnesses, my journey too accept some and to change others of my strengthnesses in today's episode. 
I'm quite proud of how this one turned out.

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In this episode Owl discusses the ACE study. The first of its kind and a landmark study that explored the connection between childhood adversity and adult health outcomes. The results were shocking. The president of the American pediatric society said that ACEs are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat in the nation. Learn about the connection between adversity and biology and what extra health risks people face with high ACE scores.

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 Today's episode gleans information from new studies that looking into gratitude practices and how to build the most beneficial one. It turns our I've been doing it not really wrong but certainly inefficiently according to the new data. I tell you the benefits of a gratitude practice, the way most people including me set up their gratitude practices and what the science is now saying might be the best way to set up your practice to get the most benefit from it. 

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A phone call from a friend reminded me of something extremely powerful and often overlooked that I think is worth talking about. I think its important to recognize on a podcast that has a lot of self help kind of information and tools for people to improve their lives that there is a side of things that will undoubtedly show its face. When that happens its not meant to be over come. 

We are all gonna have bad days. Even with all the tools in our tool kit, we cant fix it and on those days if we lean into it I believe those days can become holy turning points in our lives. As nice as it would be we aren't meant to solve all our problems. As hard as we try we are all stuck with COVID. We aren't getting the resolution we were once accustom to.  We are all meant to feel exhaustion sadness boredom and fear. Not that often. But at least often enough to maintain a little compassion for others. 

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This weeks episode is all about what is happening behind the curtains, in those moments when we throw in the proverbial towel. There is an elegant and complicated dance happening primarily between dopamine, epinephrine, nor-epinephrine and nociceptin. Some of this dance you have control over and some you don't.

By the end of this episode you'll know what each of those neurotransmitters does by it self, how each interacts with the others and best of all how to leverage your newly found knowledge of this system to judge yourself less while accomplishing more of your goals.

If you like this episode there is  an article on my website with the title "The Neurobiology of F*ck It" @ www.owlchrysalismedicine.com/blog

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This episode is a little different than previous. I wanted to be more transparent this year and make it as honest as possible. Its a resolution of mine for this year to not hide who I am behind what I know. 

So this Episode is extremely personal. It is the story of my Abandonment trauma from my family how it was patched by a friend and then how the universe decided to "test" my patch. Holy crap was that test painful. 

I hope you enjoy this episode.

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If you think you're a crappy meditator in today's episode I tell you why that's probably a good thing. 

There is so much information available today on mediation and mindfulness but since its roots are foreign  we don't fully understand their context. That lack of understanding mixed with the piece meal surplus availability of so many types of meditation has created confusion and choice paralysis for many of us in the west. In many western minds meditation has gotten more complicated than it needs to be. 

The bottom line for meditation and mindfulness is awareness. If you are able to become aware that your nose is itchy or your back hurts while you are meditating well then... That is meditation.  If you are aware of your own experiences you are technically being mindful. 

So all those times your mind wandered or raced during meditation that you took as evidence of your crappiness, is actually confirmation that you are a modern human who successfully meditated.
 
The human mind was meant to wander and explore and invent! It just causes us trouble sometimes if we let it wander too much or too far. Meditation is literally just a practice to teach us to keep an eye and a leash on this wonderful mind of ours. 

If you're interested in Mindfulness

---- I have partnered with Decolonize Healthcare to create a 21 day meditation exploration designed just for you after you listen to this episode.  

Just go to www.decolonizehealthcare.com/challenges and click on the 21 day meditation exploration. 

You get one week each of 3 kinds of meditation each with increasing complexity. 

Give it a try and join a community of other people exploring these concepts together.




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In this episode I share my  best and worst Christmas's memories. (they're a bit dramatic)

The highs and lows of Christmas can be a lot. Once you've identified with love and hate about a thing like Christmas the two extremes become less interesting. I live in a reality where something as large as Christmas is complex interrelated and context dependent. Neither good or bad.

I also share a new to me Christmas story theory I recently heard and did some quick research on because i found it so interesting!! It's right up my alley. It basically says Christmas story has entirely astrological origin! Which would explain why there are dozens of God messiah savior prophets types throughout history born on Dec 25 with similar origin stories.

I hope you enjoy this lighthearted exploratory episode.

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In this episode i talk about the work of Esther Gokhale and explore the ways in which we injure ourselves specifically our backs culturally and individually; from sitting too much to my years in the military to taking the stairs. Back pain is very real but it doesn't need to be so common.

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I have always hated celebrating my birthday. The idea of it has always seemed so selfish to me. I have a younger sister with a December birthday too and I remember when we were poor enough it was a real struggle. My mom barely made ends meet all year and when December came around it was extra food extra heat Christmas AND two birthdays she needed to supply for while living paycheck to paycheck. Because of this the desire to not want to be a financial burden is still alive and VERY well in me today. But I'm celebrating ANYWAY!! Even if it feels uncomfortable. Listen to find out why.

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