Journalist and This American Life Producer Stephanie Foo and Her Trauma Recovery

Stephanie Foo has written a raw and detailed first-person account of her trauma recovery journey, titled What My Bones Know. We delve into the roadmap of her recovery, discuss what's right and what's wrong with current notions of mental health treatments, and more! Show Notes: 01:04 - Stephanie's book What My Bones Know. 04:33 - The process of how the book was written. 05:35 - Dealing with the distorted view of self that comes with complex trauma. 06:35 - The unconventional therapy of Dr. Ham. 08:45 - What needs to be changed with conventional therapy. 09:25 - The responses to What My Bones Know. 10:37 - Trauma is trauma is trauma. 13:18 - The way we think of mental health absolutely has to change. 17:46 - The promotion of culturally-insensitive psychotherapy 18:27 - Talking about Iris Chen's book Untigering. 19:51 - Companies say they want to promote a work/life balance, but your boss never takes anything off your plate. 21:58 - Dr. Greg Siegle and BADASS. 24:54 - Complex PTSD and the pandemic. 27:27 - Feel your feelings. 30:34 - Dealing with The Hulk. 32:50 - Talking about hope and agency. 36:07 - Stephanie's advice for parents dealing with complex trauma. #complextrauma #complexPTSD #StephanieFoo #whatmybonesknow #trauma #culturallysensitive #untigering #survivingthepandemic #theincrediblehulk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandwich-parenting/message