Tackling Trauma — An Interview with Mark Brady, Ph.D, Part 2 (ep.11)

Welcome to the GUTS podcast.

Today we’ll be diving into part two of our conversation about trauma with Mark Brady, Ph.D.

Mark is a transpersonal neurobiologist, neuroscience educator, and recent throat cancer survivor. He’s also the prize-winning author of a number of books, magazine articles and academic papers and has published The Flowering Brain blog regularly for 14 years.

In part one of the series, we talked about trauma and disease, how to heal from trauma and how to heal emotional trauma — so be sure to check it out if you haven't given it a listen yet.

Some of these trauma topics are also discussed in this episode, along with:

• Stress hormones and how they affect the brain
• Is there such a thing as the compulsion to repeat trauma
• Healthy ways to deal with trauma
• Does the “suck it up” attitude cause trauma on top of trauma?
• Solutions-focused therapy vs. traditional “talk” therapies
• Trauma, grief and acceptance

RELEVANT LINKS

• Visit The Flowering Brain @ https://thefloweringbrain.wordpress.com
• Mark Brady, Ph.D. books: https://amzn.to/3Lbhh4x
• The Anatomy of an Upset, by Mark Brady, Ph.D.
• Trauma & Chronic Illness, by Veronique Mead, MD, MA