Fresh Take: Dr. Christine Koh On Building a Family After Adverse Childhood Experiences
b'Dr. Christine Koh, in her own words, is a "music and brain scientist turned multimedia creative." Christine creates content to help people live better, happier, and with elevated purpose and intention, including the Edit Your Life podcast. She\'s also someone who grew up with adverse childhood experiences, and has experience in building a family when our family of origin was not the kind of family we want.\\nIn this episode we discuss the measurable physiological detriments of toxic stress; the importance of safe, stable, nurturing environments; and most importantly, that it is possible for significant challenges of early adversity to be met once they are no longer cloaked in shame. As Vincent Felitti, co-founder of the ACE Study, explains: \\u201cWhen we make it okay to talk about what happened, it removes the power that secrecy so often has.\\u201d\\nHere are links to some of the writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode:\\nChristine Koh: The Adults Who Saved Me And What You Need To Know About ACEs\\nDonna Jackson Nakazawa for Psychology Today: 8 Ways People Recover From Post Childhood Adversity Syndrome\\nDr. Nerissa Bauer for healthychildren.org: ACEs- Adverse Childhood Experiences\\nNPR.org: Take the ACE Quiz- And Learn What It Does And Doesn\'t Mean\\nCDC.gov: Adverse Childhood Experiences\\n\\nand follow Christine and her work at christinekoh.com\\n\\n* Leave us a rating or review in your favorite podcast app! *\\nJoin us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok @whatfreshhellcast\\non Twitter @WFHpodcast\\nquestions and feedback: info@whatfreshhellpodcast.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'