Capturing The Present Moment with David Carr: from the archives
The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
4.5 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
"Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential."
-Winston Churchill
I’m going to let you in on a secret. The Trauma Therapist Podcast isn’t really about trauma. It’s actually a podcast about the human spirit. It’s about the incredible people who’ve experienced trauma and the people who work with those people. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with David Carr and there is no doubt that David’s story is one of inspiration. Devastation, yes. But resilience, motivation and inspiration, too.
David has written an exposé titled, 'We Can Overcome: An American Trauma.' This is riveting, and at times hard to read, and yet also inspiring and empowering. (And I’m not getting paid to say that.)
As a boy, David heard the stories of what his father endured as a boy: Fists appearing like unexpected rain, kicks in the side, and nails in his skin. But Carr’s father never set a hand on him. The cycle of abuse, however, was not broken: David suffered mental and physical abuse from the people that were supposed to protect him.
As an adult, he realizes that his continuing mental anguish was self-inflicted. In challenging himself to see his life in a new way, David realized that the story of his childhood trauma did not consist of what happened to him, but rather way he responded to what happened. This realization set the stage for him to embark on a transformative journey—one that began as a terrified child—but has since included him as a mixed martial artist, as the vice chairman of The Joyful Child Foundation, and as an advocate for children’s rights nationwide, and he has built two successful international companies.
He lives on a Southern California ranch style home with his wife of twenty years and three children. I loved speaking with David. His strength and courage is pretty palpable, and so too is his recognition and acceptance of his own vulnerability.
In This Episode
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
- Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive, Jeffrey M. Schwartz
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
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| 1:20.1 | That's I-N-C-U-M-E-N-T-A-L.com. |
| 1:24.9 | Today we have another episode from the archives with one of my incredible guests. |
| 1:29.8 | Enjoy. |
| 1:40.8 | Our welcome back to the trauma therapist podcast. |
| 1:43.3 | My name is Guy McPherson. My mission is to help |
| 1:46.2 | trauma therapist be their incredible selves, to be human, to be real, not just a clinician. |
| 1:52.8 | I'm a big believer in who we are is more important than what we know. And this requires |
| 1:57.1 | cultivating authenticity, genuineness, and vulnerability, and that requires intention. |
| 2:02.9 | You can learn more about my courses and workshops by going to the Traumathotherapistproject.com. |
| 2:08.1 | That's the Traumathorapistproject.com. Let's get started. |
| 2:13.4 | All right, guys, welcome back to the Traumathropers podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. |
| 2:17.1 | Super excited today to introduce my guest, David Carr. guys, welcome back to the Trauma Therapers podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. Super excited today to introduce to my guest, David Carr. David, welcome. Thank you, Guy. I'm a big fan, and I love your podcast. Thank you so much for having me. Awesome. Appreciate it. David's written an exposea titled We Can Overcome an American Trauma. As a boy, David heard the stories of what his father endured as a young |
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