Hosts Jennie and Nina are talking with Rachel Zimmerman, an award-winning journalist covering health and medicine for over two decades. Rachel is talking about her unique and up close perspective on loss and grief and trauma. She breaks down what current research is doing to understand how collective trauma as well as intergenerational trauma impact us today, as a society and as individuals. She also shares her very personal story of trauma around loss and grief. Her daughter’s father and her former husband committed suicide. At the time, Zimmerman explains she wasn’t sure how her life could go on. She couldn’t see a future where any of them would ever be happy again. Hers is a story of resilience. What is food trauma? Food and culture and trauma. It’s part of life that touches us all. Connect with Rachel ⁠Connect with Nina and Jennie⁠Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠ads.spotify.com. ⁠

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