How To Heal Genetic, Cultural, and Individual Trauma with Dr. James Gordon

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Medicine

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth. Trauma isn’t just psychological; it impacts us all the way down to our genes. And those epigenetic changes don’t just stay with us—they can be passed down through several generations. That means the trauma we may be working through isn’t just our own, it’s the stress and trauma of our parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents. I know this might sound bleak, but today’s conversation on The Doctor’s Farmacy with Dr. James Gordon is about healing from all types of trauma to find greater mind-body peace. Dr. James Gordon, author of Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing, is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. Gordon is internationally recognized for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School and was chairman (under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush) of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Cozy Earth. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Cozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and non-toxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How the war in Ukraine is affecting Ukrainians’ mental health (5:24 / 2:00) Recognizing trauma as a universal part of life (11:15 / 8:00) Epigenetics and generational trauma (13:35 / 9:44) Techniques Dr. Gordon uses to heal generational, cultural, and individual trauma (17:03 / 13:45) Healing America’s divisiveness (24:53 / 21:10) Integrating unnamed and underlying cultural trauma (36:36 / 32:25) Moving beyond the medical model when it comes to trauma (41:59 / 38:00) Identifying and healing personal trauma (42:41 / 39:08) Stories of transformation from Dr. Gordon’s work (55:00 / 50:52) The importance of healing oneself first (1:00:54 / 56:40) Learn more about Dr. Gordon at jamesgordonmd.com. To support his trauma healing work in Ukraine, visit cmbm.org and click DONATE.

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy.
0:03.6	Trauma suppresses those genes that help us
0:07.7	deal more effectively with stress and make us more vulnerable to future stress.
0:12.7	That's what triggers are all about in the sense.
0:15.1	We're reactivating on a biological level the trauma we've previously experienced.
0:22.6	Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark.
0:24.6	As a busy doctor with multiple jobs,
0:26.6	I'm all about tools that make my life simpler.
0:29.1	And since testing is something I rely on to help almost all my patients,
0:32.3	I was really excited to learn about Rupa Health.
0:34.6	Hormones, organic acids, nutrient levels, inflammatory factors,
0:38.4	and gut bacteria are just some of the many things I look at
0:42.4	to find the most effective path to optimal health for my patients.
0:46.0	But that means I'm placing orders through multiple labs, which is just an overall pain.
0:49.6	And it also makes keeping track of results
0:52.2	more difficult for me and my patients and other doctors.
0:55.2	Rupa Health has totally changed that.
0:57.9	They've made functional medicine testing simpler and more convenient than ever.
1:01.5	So that practitioners like me can focus on helping their patients.
1:05.6	With Rupa Health, functional medicine practitioners can access more than 2000
1:09.7	specially lab tests from over 20 labs like Dutch,
1:12.4	vibrant America, Genova, great planes and more.
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