Centers for Disease Control and PreventionĤ. Here is a great list of trauma-related resources for those interested.Ģ. We will start with an outdoor aperó and watch the doc together, with facilitated discussion following.Ģ0:00 onwards Discussion, including provided materials ( Wisdom of Trauma companion booklet and discussion guide, pictured below) Join our panelists for a discussion of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and justice system involvement, how trauma awareness can. This is a special hosted screening for an intimate group. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society. Gabor Maté to explore why our western society is facing such epidemics. In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Can our deepest pain be a doorway to healing Donate to watch the film We have translated and subtitled the. The abnormality does not reside in the pathology of individuals, but in the very culture that drives people into suffering and dysfunction.” 6 What is going on? “So much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually normal responses to an abnormal culture. 5 The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA.
4 Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually.
1 Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, 2 and kills over 800,000 people a year globally 3 and 48,300 in the USA.
One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year. The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. Https://blueknotfoundation– Band of Burnoutslab is hosting a garden screening of the new documentary The Wisdom of Trauma (2021) featuring Dr Gabor Maté on Wednesday 28 th July.
You can sign up and get more details here: → Register for the Global Online Movie Broadcast and Event – The Wisdom of Trauma and watch the trailer here: When we come together and begin to embrace our own humanity - to see each other not for what we’ve done, but for what we’ve been through – we can then begin to put the pieces together for a more compassionate world.
This is a film and series which inspires and unites. Our culture is not trauma-informed, and many people living with the effects of their trauma whether it is mental distress, chronic pain, physical health issues, addictive behaviours and isolation slip through the cracks, and don’t get the care that they need. It is accompanied by additional talks, panels, meditations, music and integration sessions that feature over 30+ guests including Bessel van der Kolk, Jewel, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Schwartz, Ashley Judd, and others.īlue Knot’s work like that of Gabor Mate focusses on possibilities for healing and trauma awareness. Gabor Maté, not only a leading trauma expert but a survivor who openly shares his personal challenges, with guest appearances by Russell Brand and Tim Ferriss. This ground-breaking film provides an alternative narrative and a vision of hope, compassion and healing in our very divided world.īlue Knot is honoured to be an affiliate for the relaunch for this film for its screening from October 4 th-10 th leading up to very our own Blue Knot Day later in the month. “The Wisdom of Trauma” World Premiere reached 4 million people in 220 countries in June when it was first released.