Dr. Meaghan has the privilege of sitting down with James S. Gordon, a psychiatrist and the author of The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma. Dr. James Gordon has edited and authored 10 books and over 140 articles in professional journals and publications that include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Atlantic. He has served as an expert for 60 Minutes, CNN, NPR, and other news organizations.
Dr. Gordon is also the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Over the past 29 years under Dr. Gordon’s leadership, CMBM has implemented successful, large-scale programs of self-care and group support and Mind-Body Skills Groups with conflict-affected populations in Kosovo, Gaza, and Israel; Syrian refugees in Jordan; native communities in the US facing suicide epidemics; and communities that have experienced natural and climate-related disasters in Haiti, Louisiana, Houston, Northern California, and Puerto Rico. CMBM is currently implementing model programs with US Veterans and with communities devastated by school shootings and the opioid epidemic.
The Transformation. is a comprehensive step by step guide to trauma-healing. Dr. Gordon comes on the show today to talk about how trauma affects the body and what we can do to help to move past traumas being stored in our bodies. This is an amazing podcast that is full of useful information for all of our listeners.
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