Dr. Suzan Song is an internationally recognized humanitarian psychiatrist, anthropologist, and advocate who's dedicated her career to supporting forcibly displaced youth, former child soldiers, and other vulnerable populations worldwide. Her debut book, Why We Suffer and How We Heal: Using Narrative, Ritual, and Purpose to Flourish Through Life's Challenges, draws on two decades of clinical and advisory experience to offer a framework for navigating suffering across cultures and contexts. In it, Dr. Song weaves together neurobiology, psychology, and human behavior research to help individuals and leaders recognize and move through trauma responses — from burnout and hypervigilance to withdrawal — and find healing through narrative, ritual, and purpose.

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