Send us a textTara speaks to Jo Stewart, a GP in Western Australia about James Rhodes’ book Instrumental. We talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, language, safeguarding and the power of holding space. Find out more about James Rhodes here https://www.jamesrhodes.tv**TRIGGER WARNING**:This is a very dark book in places and in the discussion we talk about the catastrophic abuse Rhodes suffered at the hands of a trusted adult. This might not be an episode for everyone and please don’t listen in the car with your kids listening too. Spotify Playlist as recommended by James Rhodes to accompany the book https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5mmEdd2fEpEiejq4lg2jZERESOURCES JO AND TARA THINK MIGHT BE USEFULThe abetternhs blog written by Jonathon Tomlinson is incredible. This specific post is well worth reading: https://abetternhs.net/2017/10/15/we-need-to-talk-about-trauma/ though the whole blog is totally brilliant Calculate ACE scores and find out more about Adverse Childhood Experiences here: https://acestoohigh.com I cannot recommend the book The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk enough on the subject of the effect of trauma Finally, the amazing novel A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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