The scary thing to say is that we're going to talk about trauma today. I'm not going to say

the scary thing. I'm going to talk about kindness, self-kindness. I'm going to talk about

taking care of yourself, giving yourself room, giving yourself grace, giving yourself some of

the understanding and patience you might need to get back to realizing

you're a good person, a worthwhile person, a person deserving of love and happiness and

respect and care. And I have some examples in today's episode. It's Depression Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

So I kind of do have to bring it back to trauma just a little.

Chances are you've experienced trauma in your life,

a jolt to your system,

an event or many events that shook you up.

Maybe you haven't, you sweet child,

but in that case you almost certainly will.

Sorry, rough place out there.

In a little bit, I'm going to talk to Amanda Knox.

She, of course, was wrongly accused of her roommate's murder in Italy, underwent extensive trial, spent years in jail,

all traumatic events. She's the star of a new documentary where she returns to Italy, talks with

the prosecutor she faced there, and we talk about trauma

and kindness. But first, I've been thinking about how we're not okay here in Minnesota, and how events

and the state of affairs are echoing in our day-to-day world.

Not that we're completely unique in Minnesota.

Other communities have been undergoing very difficult times as well.

Others may still in the future.

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