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Trauma is ubiquitous in our society. Over 500,000 children are reported for abuse and neglect each year. One out of four Americans reports having been left with bruises after having been hit as a child, one out of five was sexually molested, one out of eight has witnessed severe domestic violence, and a a quarter grew up with alcoholism or drug... See more

Advice for other startup founders: 1. Starting a company is annoying and hard in ways you shouldn't expect anyone else to validate or sympathize with 2. The average service job is at least 10x harder 3. Believing you can change the world is only useful as an early motivator, the second... See more

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