Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, identifies certain life experiences that could be key indicators of health problems that surface later in life. What's made this study so impactful? Alex Colston, a New Vista Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinician Educator for Children's Services, joins us in this episode to unpack the ACEs study and to highlight the importance of having Protective Factors to move deeper into a healthy life.

Follow the links below that were discussed in this episode to take your own ACEs test and find out more about the ACEs study + Protective Factors:

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) test
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) resources
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/about.html

Protective Factors resources
https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dmch/ecdb/Documents/KYFactSheetRevised82014.pdf

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