Because when you're traumatized, you experienced an emotional and a cognitive shattering of your brain.

And part is working over here, part is working over here, but we need to bring it together.

It's like we went through an emotional concussion.

Isn't that an interesting statement from the late Dr. Norm Wright about the impact of trauma in our lives?

The good news, of course, is we can find healing and hope of a recovery in God.

And we're going to hear more about that today on Focus on the Family with Jim Bailey.

Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

John, last time we shared a very important and eye-opening conversation that we recorded

with Norm just a couple of years before he passed away.

Norm had been a frequent guest on this program, and in the later years of his life, he

became a certified traumatologist where he provided specialized counseling for people who were suffering from shock

and grief and pain. And we wanted to share some of his incredible wisdom and insights again with

you today. Now, if you missed the program last time, I want to recommend you contact us for an

audio copy of that or check YouTube to review it or get the focus on the family app and

access all the great content whenever you like. Now a lot of what Dr. Wright shared last time

came from a book he wrote called When It Feels Like the Sky is Falling, How to Find Hope in

an Uncertain World. And you can get your copy of that when you click the link in the show notes.

And let's go ahead now and hear part two of our conversation with Dr. Wright on today's episode of Focus on the

Family with Jim Daly. You've had so much experience helping people work through catastrophic events

and natural disasters. You talked about last time shooting, school shootings,

things like that, workplace violence. And you've been at it for 35 years in that particular area,

in addition to marriage counseling and all your great work over decades. In that context,

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