10:18 min
CLEAR ALL
Joshua and Ryan discuss particularly difficult topics, including trauma, bereavement, traumatic stress, sorrow, and even traumatic death with author, professor, and psychotherapist Dr. Joanne Cacciatore.
This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact our health and well-being.
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A general introduction to what happens in the brain after children face traumatic experiences in childhood, like abuse and neglect. This video is a part of the Childhood Trauma and the Brain resource
There’s growing research into racism’s real impact on the body, especially how stress can impact health and how your DNA works. Resmaa Menakem, a therapist and trauma specialist has been drawing on this research for years.
In celebration of Veterans Day, Talks at Google is honored to welcome Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D.
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Excerpt from the PBS special Meditation for All of Us with Stephan Bodian - Clip 3
The Adverse Childhood Study found that survivors of childhood trauma are up to 5,000 percent more likely to attempt suicide, have eating disorders, or become IV drug users. Dr. Vincent Felitti, the study's founder, details this remarkable and powerful connection.
Meditation Expert Light Watkins demonstrates how meditation reduces stress levels in the body using a Rubik's Cube.
In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains are able to process the event and formulate a self-driven response.