When I think about media exposure, whether that's social media or the news or

listening to the radio, however it is that you're taking in really the constant

information that we're all trying to process. For me, it's why I have those other practices

is that then I know how much can I expose myself to the adversities that are around me

in a way that actually I can still digest. Do I have those practices, you know,

for me I'm a therapist, whether that's going to supervision and consultation, whether

that's going into my own therapy, whether that's sitting on my meditation cushion, right?

Do I have the practices that allow me to digest what is happening in my current world?

And I think that's, you know, in a way kind of ties in all of those five domains.

Do I have the practices that allow me to navigate the inevitable challenges that are going to

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You may have heard of the idea of post-traumatic growth. Today's episode is on peri-traumatic growth,

which is a fancy way of talking about how to protect yourself while the trauma is actually

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Colorado, where she provides therapy and supervision. I noticed her sharing free, very high-quality

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I'd highly recommend checking out her array of resources at Dr. Ariel Schwartz.com. Okay, let's jump

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