Chris Freeze - FBI to Trauma Training

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this Aww Shift Podcast episode, we have invited Chris Freeze, retired FBI agent and speaker. Traumas haunted millions of individuals worldwide, with some getting help while others stay cooped inside their world. With his 23 years of experience during his FBI career, Chris sets his sight on educating the world about leadership, trauma, and hope.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:49]</span> <strong>Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After 53 years of pounding his head against the wall, wondering things don't change, I understood why we keep talking about leadership, wishing things were different and hoping for a better tomorrow, but they're not. It's all because of the adverse childhood experiences and trauma that go to the world. I need to share with people that there is a different way of living.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:31]</span> <strong>Concept of Trauma</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We tend to push those emotions and experiences away from us. We want to escape from it because it was a painful journey. When talking about trauma-informed leadership, transforming other people's minds from contempt to curiosity felt like I have succeeded.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[15:29] There was a study in the late '90s, and they came up with the ten most common types of trauma:</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">physical, emotional, sexual abuse, physical-emotional neglect, substance abuse, etc.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">And laying on top of these traumas are people telling you how unimportant, stupid, idiot, useless, etc., you are, and you will not amount to anything. By the time you get to adulthood, it will all be ingrained in you because you were told those things throughout your life. Nobody pushed you to achieve your dream.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[16:38] Whether it’s in our childhood or workplace, what’s missing is