How To Heal Genetic, Cultural, and Individual Trauma with Dr. James Gordon

The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.

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Trauma isn’t just psychological; it impacts us all the way down to our genes. And those epigenetic changes don’t just stay with us—they can be passed down through several generations. That means the trauma we may be working through isn’t just our own, it’s the stress and trauma of our parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents. I know this might sound bleak, but today’s conversation on The Doctor’s Farmacy with Dr. James Gordon is about healing from all types of trauma to find greater mind-body peace.

Dr. James Gordon, author of Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing, is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. Gordon is internationally recognized for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School and was chairman (under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush) of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• How the war in Ukraine is affecting Ukrainians’ mental health (5:24 / 2:00)
• Recognizing trauma as a universal part of life (11:15 / 8:00)
• Epigenetics and generational trauma (13:35 / 9:44)
• Techniques Dr. Gordon uses to heal generational, cultural, and individual trauma (17:03 / 13:45)
• Healing America’s divisiveness (24:53 / 21:10)
• Integrating unnamed and underlying cultural trauma (36:36 / 32:25)
• Moving beyond the medical model when it comes to trauma (41:59 / 38:00)
• Identifying and healing personal trauma (42:41 / 39:08)
• Stories of transformation from Dr. Gordon’s work (55:00 / 50:52)
• The importance of healing oneself first (1:00:54 / 56:40)

Learn more about Dr. Gordon at jamesgordonmd.com. To support his trauma healing work in Ukraine, visit cmbm.org and click DONATE.