What Happened to you? Episode 3

Show Notes

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry. Lots of trigger warnings - this was a hard one to read for some of the members. Were you impacted emotionally, intellectually or both? And where is the hope in this book?

Discussion Points:

This is a hard book to read. Trigger warning.
Link between biological and psychological health
Déjà vu - what is it?
The importance of social relationships with depth
Coping mechanisms
Implicit bias from when we are children
The impact on children in their first few months of their life
Where is the hope? Was the book told without empathy?
Learning about others who had past trauma
Did this book impact you emotionally or intellectually or both?
Trauma on a spectrum
Missing the protective factors and talk of risk factors

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Book Interrupted Website

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

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