In this final episode of Season One we recap what we learned about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and talk about our favorite moments on the show. Thank you for joining us for season one! We look forward to being back in your podcast feeds later this year.

Meditation and mindfulness help many people find recovery from childhood adversity. In this bonus episode, Joseph guides us through a body scan meditation.

The script for this meditation comes from UC Berkeley's greater good in action resource page.

Meditation and mindfulness practices are a useful and accessible tool for healing from childhood adversity. In this bonus episode, Athalie guides us through a loving kindness meditation.

Compassion meditations, like this loving kindness one, help us develop the brain circuits involved in caring and connection with other humans.

The script for this meditation comes from UC Berkeley's greater good in action resource page.

Rowan, our producer, joins us to talk about life shared with a partner and children who have high ACE scores. He shares about helping other heal, while maintaining your own mental health.

Song Credits

Many thanks to the following artist for licensing their music under Creative Commons. 

• I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Athalie and Joseph explore the practice of mindfulness and how it helps people heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). They talk about their own journeys with mindfulness and how to get started.

We discuss the following resources in this episode:

• Headspace Guide to Meditation documentary on Netflix
• 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Exercise - University of Rochester

Song Credits

Many thanks to the following artist for licensing their music under Creative Commons. 

• I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Lesley is a mental health counselor who specializes in attachment focused trauma therapy. She works with children and their families, including children in foster care and adoptive parents. We explore how working with a therapist can bring healing to Adverse Childhood Experiences.


Song Credits

Many thanks to the following artist for licensing their music under Creative Commons. 

• I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Maria Montoya joins us to talk about how Adverse Childhood Experiences impacted her life, the healing she has experienced, and the new legacy she is building for her own children.

Song Credits

Many thanks to these artists for licensing their music under Creative Commons. Tracks featured in this episode, in order of first appearance, are:

• I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque
• Between Worlds (Instrumental) by Aussens@iter (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664 Ft: (Smiling Cynic)
• nightRain by airtone (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/55887

Dr. E'Toyare Williams, also know as Dr. Torie or Dr VicTORIEus, wrote her doctoral dissertation on how school's extracurricular programs could serve as a buffer to youth experiencing ACEs. Her research studied how these structured activities could reduce the negative impacts for youth experiencing Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Resources

During this episode we talked about the ACEs section of the CDC website.

Here is where you can find Dr. Torie:

• https://www.bevictorieus.com/ 
• @dr.victorieus on Instagram
• @DrVictorieus on Twitter
• Be VicTORIEus Facebook group

Song Credits

Many thanks to the following artists for licensing their music under Creative Commons. All other music on this episode was produced by The Social Cure team.

• I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque
• Whisper by Robbero (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Robbero/44803