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Content note: This article contains references to homicide, graphic fire-scene imagery, aggression toward a child, and suicide.  A retired firefighter and the founder of Fire to Light, an organization dedicated to advancing preventative Mental Fitness training inside the fire service, Brandon drew on his own lived experience and independent global

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Anouk Bindels is a psychologist, systems therapist, coach, and trainer with a private practice in the Netherlands. Her work focuses on understanding the roots of trauma and the protective patterns people develop in response to difficult experiences. Drawing on 40 years of experience supporting people affected by trauma, her Heart

For over a decade, Charon has worked with individuals and couples in the territory where most healing becomes visible and felt: the body. A Licensed Master Social Worker, relationship therapist, somatic psychotherapist, and shamanic bodyworker, her approach is trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply relational, drawing on attachment theory, polyvagal theory, Compassionate

In this excerpt, the podcast’s two years and 100 episodes are celebrated through 25 moments, along with a tribute to two beloved voices lost along the way. Hear the full conversation on The Gifts of Trauma Podcast. Last week, we aired our 100th episode of The Gifts of Trauma podcast.

Sat Dharam Kaur ND is a practising naturopathic doctor with a focus on women’s health, cancer, and mind-body healing approaches. Since 2012, Sat Dharam has been collaborating with Dr. Gabor Maté and, in 2019, structured his work into the Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Online Training. As an expert Kundalini Yoga instructor,