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How Childhood Trauma Can Shape Helpers And Fuels Burnout
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A lot of us hit adulthood thinking our childhood is “over,” then we watch ourselves react like a younger version of us just grabbed the steering wheel. Dr. Adam McCormick joins us to unpack why that happens, especially for people in service roles, and why the helping professions are full of high-functioning survivors who look fine on the outside while carrying heavy inner pressure.
We get practical about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and a distinction that changes everything: ACEs are what happened, but trauma is the wound and the meaning we made. From there we talk…
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