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Trauma, Burnout & the Brain: Why You Can’t Communicate Under Stress | Brooke Bralove
When your brain goes into survival mode, communication breaks down.
In this episode of Connected Conversations, hosted by Elena Petrova (Founder & CEO of Ad Astra, Inc. and AdAstraConnect), we sit down with Brooke Bralove, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, psychotherapist, and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, to explore how trauma, stress, and vicarious trauma affect the way we think, feel, and connect.
Brooke breaks down what actually happens in the brain during fight, flight, or freeze, and why misunderstandings, conflict, and emotional overwhelm are often rooted in our nervous system, not…
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