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Today, my guest is Dr. Ariel Schwartz.

Ariel is a clinical psychologist, author, internationally sought out teacher, and a leading voice in the healing of trauma and complex trauma. She offers workshops for therapists on EMDR and somatic therapy, and she maintains a private

practice in Boulder, Colorado.

She has written a book called the Post-Tramatic Growth Guidebook, and with Sounds True, Dr. Ariel

Schwartz has created a new audio teaching series.

It's called Trauma Recovery, a mind-body approach to becoming whole.

Speaking with Ariel gave me confidence, confidence that I could be present, turn to whatever painful experiences our

dialogue might bring up, and that I could grow and have a heroine's story, as Ariel teaches,

each one of us can turn our life story into a heroes or heroine's journey. Take a listen.

Ariel, as a way for our listeners to get to know you a little bit, to start, could you share

your own journey such that you became an expert, someone who focuses

on trauma, healing, and post-traumatic growth? How did that become the focus or one of the main

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