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This somatic approach. I've only recently had this term from my partner. And she says it's amazing. And she told me to speak to you on this podcast because she says you'll really help to change her opinion on this. What is this somatic approach to healing?

This somatic approach. I've only recently had this term from my partner. And she says it's amazing. And she told me to speak to you on this podcast because she says you'll really help to change her opinion on this. What is this somatic approach to healing?

Why are women just seem to be so much better at this stuff than men? Because they're doing like Pilates, yoga. These are all things, dancing. These are things typically women do more than men. And it seems women are just more in touch with it.

Why are women just seem to be so much better at this stuff than men? Because they're doing like Pilates, yoga. These are all things, dancing. These are things typically women do more than men. And it seems women are just more in touch with it.

One of the interesting things that you write about, which I found particularly interesting because I saw little flashes of myself in the words, is you said, I found that the more traumas your patients have in their background, the more creative and successful they often become.

One of the interesting things that you write about, which I found particularly interesting because I saw little flashes of myself in the words, is you said, I found that the more traumas your patients have in their background, the more creative and successful they often become.

Often.

Often.

Yeah, yeah. It's the people who have had to struggle, who often see new possibilities and have no choice but to discover new options.

Yeah, yeah. It's the people who have had to struggle, who often see new possibilities and have no choice but to discover new options.

They might be outside with a drug addiction.

They might be outside with a drug addiction.

I think there's a bit of a joke in the investment community that says you'll get better returns if you invest in someone, an entrepreneur or a founder that is a little bit traumatized. And I actually think, I don't want to misquote her, but I had Barbara Cochran, who's a shark on Shark Tank in the USA here on the show. And one of the things she said to me was,

I think there's a bit of a joke in the investment community that says you'll get better returns if you invest in someone, an entrepreneur or a founder that is a little bit traumatized. And I actually think, I don't want to misquote her, but I had Barbara Cochran, who's a shark on Shark Tank in the USA here on the show. And one of the things she said to me was,

with all of her investments, the ones that tend to do the best are those that have a little bit of a trauma in their past. And she says, because when they call me with a problem, they call me with the solution attached versus people who have never had trauma. They call me and just tell me the problem.

with all of her investments, the ones that tend to do the best are those that have a little bit of a trauma in their past. And she says, because when they call me with a problem, they call me with the solution attached versus people who have never had trauma. They call me and just tell me the problem.

So they'll call me and say, listen, Barbara, this has happened and this is what we're going to do about it. And that was her, you know, she said it in a slightly humorous way, but I wondered if you thought there was any truth in this idea that... Yeah, I think that's, again, a selection bias of people she worked with.

So they'll call me and say, listen, Barbara, this has happened and this is what we're going to do about it. And that was her, you know, she said it in a slightly humorous way, but I wondered if you thought there was any truth in this idea that... Yeah, I think that's, again, a selection bias of people she worked with.

Because I wondered if you've had an anomalous early upbringing, does that make you an anomalous adult? Does it increase the probability that you become an anomalous, slightly different adult? Oh, absolutely. And that can go everywhere.

Because I wondered if you've had an anomalous early upbringing, does that make you an anomalous adult? Does it increase the probability that you become an anomalous, slightly different adult? Oh, absolutely. And that can go everywhere.