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Welcome to the Trauma Therbors Podcast.

My name is Guy McPherson.

I interview incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma.

A big thank you to our sponsors and our guests

who are supporting this show. Five, four, three, two, one. Our folks, welcome back to the podcast.

I'm very excited to have as my guest today. Doug Smith. Doug, welcome. Thank you. It's great to be here.

Doug is a managing partner of Degree, a leadership development and coaching practice

focused on trauma-informed leadership and personal transformation.

Certified trauma-informed coach and author of The Path of Rox and Thorns leadership lessons

from a prison cell.

Doug draws on his lived experience with mental

illness, substance use recovery, and incarceration to help individuals and organizations

lead with accountability, self-awareness, and integrity. His work blends solution-focused

coaching with trauma-informed principles to support leaders and creating cultures that

acknowledge the whole person and cultivate resilience, purpose, and meaningful impact.

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