The Missing Link: The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Health

Kimberly Pierce has been practicing as a Physician’s Assistant at a rural Vermont clinic for the last 37 years and has become a passionate advocate for understanding the impact of trauma on health. In this episode, Kim discusses:

• The groundbreaking results of the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) health study 
• How stress causes sometimes devastating physiological changes in the body
• How the solution to childhood trauma is community
• The impact of incorporating the ACE screening tool into her patient visits 
• The influence of trauma on epigenetic expression
• The devastating impact of inter-generational, cultural and racial trauma
• How important it is for children to have at least one person take a genuine interest in them
• The role of shame 
• There’s hope because healing can happen
• How her documentary, “The Faces of ACE’s” came to be

To contact Kim Pierce, send an email to [email protected]

For information about Brene Brown’s work on shame and vulnerability https://brenebrown.com

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