#300 Bridging Science and Compassion - Wendy D'Andrea | Being Human

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This week's guest is Wendy D'Andrea, a professor of psychology at The New School in New York, where she specializes in trauma and psychobiology. She also works with Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) at The Trauma Research Foundation as its Chief Science Officer.

Wendy's career began early, working with sexual assault survivors. She has gone on to become a researcher of extraordinary breath, having studied widely across the psychobiological effects of trauma to a panoply of trauma treatments at the individual and community levels.

We discuss:

• Her challenging childhood as a carer
• Working with assault survivors
• Trauma-informed sports
• Psychedelics and integration
• The psychobiology of trauma

Links: The Trauma Research Foundation - https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/ The New School Trauma and Affective Psychophysiology Lab - https://www.dandreatraumalab.com/

Chapters: 00:02:00 - Grounded in Personal and Family Background 00:06:53 - Early Life and Experience in the Midwest 00:13:30 - The Compelling Paradox of Trauma 00:19:51 - Partners in Co-Creating the Shape of Your Adventure 00:25:59 - The Therapy of Everyday Experiences 00:32:03 - The Power of Writing for Healing 00:38:39 - Integration of Implicit and Explicit Memory through Writing and Yoga 00:44:39 - The Importance of Immediate Positive Experience in Yoga 00:50:35 - Regulating Self in Yoga 00:56:47 - The Role of Vagal Tone in Facial Expressivity and Health 01:09:35 - Incorporating Spirituality in Trauma Research ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ-RKT4_zqs