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Welcome to trust me.

The podcast about cult's extreme belief and the abuse of power from two growers, not showers who've actually experienced it.

I'm Lola Blanc.

And I am Megan Elizabeth.

And today our guest is Dr. Richard Tedeschi, professor of psychology at UNC Charlotte,

and pioneer of the concept of post-traumatic growth or positive transformation after trauma.

So exciting.

I love this episode.

We're going to dive into post-traumatic growth.

It's different forms and why it's different from resilience.

His definition of trauma and how the disruption of our core

beliefs plays a role and how shifting focus after trauma to what your life can be now can change

everything. And we're going to talk about the importance of finding what he calls an expert

companion, what integration of our trauma means and now having a mission and telling our story

can help us heal. That's right, guys. Couldn't agree more. I think after we have

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