EP 424: The Trauma Megamix - When You've Lost Your MOJO

<div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">There was quite a reaction to our last session with Dr Gregory Smith, the guy who faced extraordinary trauma, turned his back on society, walked into a forest and stayed there for 10 years. Over the four seasons of The Mojo Sessions, there have been some definite themes appear. The guys at Doublestar, the production team behind The Mojo Sessions, suggested we do a Megamix of five trauma-related conversations back to back as a holiday superset. It's a long-form episode containing five conversations in all.</div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"> </div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">We start with Iris Gardner, the wife of former Navy Seal Commander-in-Chief, Jason Gardner. Iris had a brutal upbringing, living in a house with a sexual predator who was a friend of the family. Iris is brave, humble, and out to share her story so that we can benefit from her learnings. <span style="color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">Starts: 00:07:50</span></div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"> </div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style= "color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">Then we meet Preethaji, who runs the O & O Academy in India. Preethaji has such a simplistic way of demonstrating how many of us, through our thoughts and actions, live in a world of suffering. This conversation shows how we go from a suffering state into a beautiful state. I've interviewed Preethaji a few times, and I find her approach to life and her philosophy a huge advantage. <span style= "color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Starts 01:49:15</span></span></div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"> </div> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style= "color: rgb(52, 73, 94);">Sarah Woodhouse is a research psychologist who specialises in trauma. We talk about trauma and traumatic experiences. What Dr Sarah wrote about in her book "You're Not Broken" is that many people who are suffering from trauma or a traumatic exper