Trauma response is rooted in strength not weakness. Specail guest MaryCatherine (MC) McDonald, PhD, a research professor and life coach who specializes in the psychology of trauma, stress, and resilience says that our understanding of trauma today is flawed.

She has been researching, lecturing, and publishing on neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience of trauma and stress since beginning her PhD in 2009. She is passionate about destigmatizing trauma, stress, and mental health issues in general, as well as reframing our understanding of trauma in order to better understand and treat it.

Her new book is out now and it's fantastic! 

Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong: And Other Things You Need to Know to Take Back Your Life by MaryCatherine McDonald

 

SOME KEY POINTS 

• When traumatic becomes trauma

• Relating to our traumas without shame

• Misconceptions about triggers

• How traumatic memories are imprinted

• Both top-down and bottom up tools for regulating the nervous system

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1. 305: Breathing and Your Health with Patrick Mckeown
2. 326: Befriending Your Nervous-System with Deb Dana
3. 345: Unraveling the Mysteries of Healing with Lissa Rankin, MD

 

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