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What Does It Mean to Establish Safety First in Trauma Recovery?
We hear a lot about the importance of safety and its effect on nervous system regulation in trauma recovery, but what does establishing safety first actually mean in everyday life? And how do we build genuine physical and psychological safety? … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, choice, environment, integrated relationships, relational safety, relationships, safety, somatic, Stress, Trauma
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“Isn’t That How It Works?”
One of my doctors was telling me about his path into medicine. He attended a highly prestigious private school. He went on to say that there, he met a mentor who connected him with someone at Georgetown University. That relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged development, environment, mentors, network, opportunities, private school, privilege, stability, support
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The Brilliance of Being Free: What the DuPonts Can Teach Us About Inequality
I recently took a tour of the Nemours Estate, and from the very first room, the docents kept repeating the same line: “The DuPonts were brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.” The first time they said it, they were talking about AI DuPont … Continue reading
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Tagged brilliance, brilliant, DuPont, environment, estate, genius, Inequality, mansion, Nemours, privilege, wealth
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The DSM is Bunk: IPNB Offers a Humane and Scientific Understanding of Mental Health
Some trauma experts have said that if the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) acknowledged trauma, it would be a very thin volume because virtually everything else would fall beneath it. But from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading