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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

James Gordon on Healing Trauma

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Dr. James Gordon is an American author and psychiatrist known for mind-body medicine. Dr. Gordon is internationally recognized for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine as well as the director of Mind Body Studies and clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School at Georgetown University. In this episode, he and Eric discuss his book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma. Click here to schedule a free 30-minute intro coaching call with Eric to see if working 1-on-1 with him is a fit for you to help you build habits that ground and support you in these times of uncertainty.  But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Dr. James Gordon and I Discuss Healing Trauma and… His book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma The two common and dangerous misconceptions about psychological trauma That trauma comes to everyone sooner or later How everyone can access the path to healing after trauma Post Traumatic Transformation The antidote to the fight or flight response Ways to experience your own ability to shift feelings of anxiety to calm The best time to start healing trauma How to heal population-wide psychological trauma His wartime work of healing trauma Mind-body medicine Techniques and expressive meditation for healing trauma The role of drawing in dealing with trauma The wise guide technique for accessing wisdom and healing trauma Dr. James Gordon Links: The Center for Mind Body Medicine Twitter Instagram Facebook Skillshare is an online learning community that helps you get better on your creative journey. They have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people. Get 2 FREE months of premium membership at www.skillshare.com/feed  If you enjoyed this conversation with Dr. James Gordon on Healing Trauma, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Judith Blackstone Dr. Jon Mills See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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They can not only cover the balance that trauma has disrupted the physiological and psychological

0:06.0

balance.

0:07.0

They can also become more whole and healthier than they've ever been.

0:20.1

Welcome to The One You Feed.

0:22.2

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes

0:26.8

like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:32.2

And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:36.5

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:41.2

We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and

0:45.8

dampen our spirit.

0:47.6

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.

0:51.0

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

0:55.9

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how

1:00.3

they feed their good wolf.

1:16.1

Thanks for joining us.

1:17.1

Our guest on this episode is Dr. James Gordon, an American author and psychiatrist known

1:22.5

for mind-body medicine.

1:24.5

In 1991, he founded and is the director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

1:29.8

At the Georgetown Medical School and Georgetown University, he is the director of mind-body studies

1:35.1

and clinical professor in the departments of psychiatry and family medicine.

1:39.5

Today Dr. Gordon and Eric discuss his book, The Transformation, Discovering Holiness and Healing

1:46.0

After Trauma.

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