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    Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
    Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
    Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
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    Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

    Written by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

    Narrated by Callie Beaulieu

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    The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults but also affects our physical health and overall well-being. Scientists now know on a biochemical level exactly how parents' chronic fights, divorce, death in the family, being bullied or hazed, and growing up with a hypercritical, alcoholic, or mentally ill parent can leave permanent, physical "fingerprints" on our brains.

    When we as children encounter sudden or chronic adversity, excessive stress hormones cause powerful changes in the body, altering our body chemistry. The developing immune system and brain react to this chemical barrage by permanently resetting our stress response to "high," which in turn can have a devastating impact on our mental and physical health.

    Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares stories from people who have recognized and overcome their adverse experiences, shows why some children are more immune to stress than others, and explains why women are at particular risk. Groundbreaking in its research and inspiring in its clarity, Childhood Disrupted explains how you can reset your biology-and help your loved ones find ways to heal.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 7, 2015
    ISBN9781494584672
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    Donna Jackson Nakazawa

    Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist, public speaker, and author of The Last Best Cure, in which she chronicled her yearlong journey to health, and The Autoimmune Epidemic, an investigation into the reasons behind today’s rising rates of autoimmune diseases. She is also a contributor to the Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine Library book Integrative Gastroenterology. Ms. Nakazawa lectures nationwide. Learn more at DonnaJacksonNakazawa.com.

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    • 5/5
      So much helpful focus on solutions for healing from childhood trauma for adults and for kids. What a relief to not overly focus on the problem. The second half of the book is all about ways to heal, build resilience and overcome for yourself and your children.

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    • 5/5
      Wow! This book is amazing! It starts pretty heavy. There’s a LOT of information packed in and if you’re someone who scored on the ACE score, it might be triggering. But keep reading! It’s packed full of hope and solutions and encouragement towards the end. Very validating!

      1 person found this helpful