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In order to overcome trauma people need to feel safe enough to open up their hearts and minds to others and become engaged with new possibilities. This can only be done if trauma survivors, and their communities, are helped to confront and confess the reality of what has happened and are helped to feel safe again. In many non-Western cultures this... See more

Seasons 1-3: Hear Jen and Manoush’s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with help from experimental blockchain technology. Founded with support from PRX’s Radiotopia and Consensys. These strange first three season were covered by the The New York Times, AdWeek, Recode, Refinery29, Quartz , Bitcoin Magazine, and the... See more

One of the most devastating effects of trauma is that people’s biology changes into a biology of threat; this is expressed on multiple levels, in stress hormones, immunology and what the brain selects to pay attention to. The intrinsic reward system changes, as do “attractors”—what turns you on or leaves you cold. As a consequence, traumatized... See more

When you have trouble writing, it’s usually because you don’t know what you’re trying to say. Most writing problems are actually thinking problems. And you can't copyedit your way out of poor thinking.