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Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves. He focused on the relationships among these parts and noticed that there were systemic patterns to the way they were organized across clients. He also found that when the clients’ parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr. Schwartz came to call the Self. He found that when in that state of Self, clients would know how to heal their parts.

A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr. Schwartz has published many books and over fifty articles about IFS.

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If ever there was a conversation that links behavior to brain injury/brain health: this is it! Dr. Daniel Amen reminds us that we are fundamentally not bad people, we just have brains that need help. When we consider the men and women living in prison, we can see the obvious need to bring the brain healing techniques we discuss in this video. Better brains make better neighbors.

Dr. Daniel Amen’s mission is to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health. He is dedicated to providing the education, products, and services to accomplish this goal. Dr. Amen is a physician, adult and child psychiatrist, and founder of Amen Clinics with 11 locations across the U.S. Amen Clinics has the world’s largest database of brain scans for psychiatry totaling more than 225,000 SPECT scans on patients from 155 countries. He is the founder of BrainMD, a fast growing, science-based nutraceutical company, and Amen University, which has trained thousands of medical and mental health professionals on the methods he has developed.

Dr. Amen is a 12-time New York Times bestselling author, including Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, The End of Mental Illness, Healing ADD, and many more.

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Philip Folsom is an anthropologist, culture development expert, veteran, and CEO of Wolf Tribe.

He is also the founder of Human Kind—a holistic consulting agency, as well as SPARTA, a critically acclaimed PTSD and suicide prevention program for warriors. He has been a key provider in numerous warrior healing programs including; Raven Drum, Project Odyssey, Wounded Warrior Program & Save A Warrior. Philip is known for his unique Tribework program that focuses on the primary culture components of building healthy and high performing teams.

His clients include organizations such as Microsoft, Apple and Space X and major universities worldwide where he conducts innovative adventure programming such as vision quests, caving, high ropes challenge courses, Zen archery, and interactive workshops with horses and wolves.

Philip has sat on numerous boards including Red Bull’s High Performance Department.

His work is regularly featured on television and podcasts. The time of the lone wolf is over.

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Byron Katie has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than thirty years.

In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning in a state of joy. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Her simple yet powerful process of self-inquiry, which she calls The Work, consists of four questions and the turnaround, which is a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe.

Her books include the bestselling Loving What Is now in a revised edition, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. For more information, visit thework.com.

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My conversation with Dr. Michael Gurian explores the neuroscience of a the brain of a male, the importance of having a male figure in the life of a growing boy, and other things to consider when guiding our sons through their youth.

Dr. Michael Gurian is a marriage and family counselor in private practice and the New York Times bestselling author of thirty two books published in twenty three languages. As a social philosopher, he has pioneered efforts to bring neuro-biology and brain research into homes, schools, corporations, and public policy. The Gurian Institute, which he co-founded, conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs, and trains professionals.

One of the world’s foremost gender experts, Michael travels extensively to provide keynotes and consulting. His engaging and dynamic presentation style, along with the use of case studies, visual aids such as PET and SPECT scans, and interactive demonstrations will help you better understand and assess the needs of both sexes and all genders, and most effectively intervene and work with children and adults from birth through adulthood.

Michael has spoken for the United Nations on violence against women; provided information on boys’ and girls’ educational needs to the White House; and briefed Members of the 114th Congress on the boy crisis in America. A number of Michael’s books have sparked national debate, including THE WONDER OF BOYS, THE WONDER OF GIRLS, BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN DIFFERENTLY!, and LEADERSHIP AND THE SEXES.

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Known around the world as “The Father of Biohacking,” Dave Asprey is an acclaimed health science entrepreneur, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and Danger Coffee, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and host of an award-winning, top 100 podcast, The Human Upgrade. Dave’s mission is to empower and enable people to lead happier, more conscious lives by using biohacking techniques and technology to improve the functioning and destiny of the body and mind.

Dave has created billion-dollar industries to support his breakthrough protocols, including MCT oil, collagen protein, and functional coffees. He’s the founder and CEO of Upgrade Labs, the first biohacking gym, and the creator and host of the Biohacking Conference, the largest, longest-running Biohacking Conference in the world, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. Most recently, he launched the 5-day intensive program for upgrading the brain, 40 Years of Zen, an exclusive retreat that combines neuroscience, nutrition, and neurofeedback practices. Working alongside world-renowned doctors and researchers, Dave continually pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in the name of science and evolution.

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Phil Stutz shares his wisdom and “lessons for living.”

Phil Stutz is the creator of The Tools®. “He is the author of the incredible book: “Lessons for Living.”

With his coauthor, Barry Michels, he wrote the New York Times bestseller “The Tools”, and its sequel, Coming Alive.

Phil graduated from City College in New York, received his MD from New York University, and did his psychiatric training at Metropolitan Hospital. He then worked as a prison psychiatrist on Rikers Island before going into private practice in New York City. He moved to Los Angeles In 1982, where he practiced until his recent retirement.

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James S. Gordon, MD, a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, is internationally recognized for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School, and was chairman (under Presidents Clinton and GW Bush) of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.

Dr. Gordon has also authored several books, including Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing, Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey Out of Depression, Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies, and the award-winning Health for the Whole Person. Dr. Gordon’s latest book, Transforming Trauma, helps readers understand that they will all experience trauma at some point in their lives, and that trauma is a human experience rather than a pathological anomaly. Drawing on current scientific research and 50 years of his own clinical experience, Dr. Gordon demonstrates how people can meet the challenges trauma presents head on and discover that there is joy, meaning, and purpose to be found.

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Devika Bhushan, MD, is a pediatrician and public health leader on a mission to drive health innovation, resilience, and equity. As California’s Acting Surgeon General (2022) and its inaugural Chief Health Officer (2019-2022), Dr. Bhushan was a key public health advisor to the California Governor. In these roles, she led policy and practice innovation at a statewide level by co-leading the launch and implementation of the ACEs Aware initiative, focused on healing from childhood trauma.

Her expertise spans trauma-informed systems, stress and resilience, mental health, and gender and health equity — with work and perspectives featured in The Lancet, Pediatrics, JAMA, Slate, NPR, The Los Angeles Times, and Forbes Health. Dr. Bhushan trained at Harvard and Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Bhushan serves on Stanford’s adjunct faculty and as a senior advisor to entities that aim to advance health, innovation, and equity, ranging from non-profits to a venture capital firm, as well as on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the California Partners Project, co-founded by California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

Dr. Bhushan is also an award-winning mental health spokesperson. Having publicly shared her own journey with bipolar disorder in 2022 to destigmatize mental illness and spread hope, she now leads a newsletter community and YouTube channel/podcast to share evidence-based insights for well-being.

Dr. Bhushan is a parent, an immigrant, and a first-generation Indian-American.

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Fritzi Horstman interviews Michael Singer about his phenomenal books and perspective about becoming untethered, letting go and “making it nice in there.”

Michael A. Singer is the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Untethered Soul and New York Times bestsellers The Surrender Experiment and Living Untethered, which have been published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. He is also the creator of a leading-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry, and founding CEO of a billion dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with his nearly five decades of spiritual teaching, Michael has made major contributions in the areas of business, education, healthcare, and environmental protection.

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Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., is the President of the Trauma Research Foundation, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and author of NYTimes Bestseller “The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

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After a twenty-year career in family practice, Dr. Gabor Maté began working in Vancouver’s Eastside area with patients who were challenged by addiction and mental illness. Dr. Maté is the best-selling author of four books published in over twenty-five languages, including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder and, along with Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.

Dr. Maté is an internationally renowned speaker, highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development and the relationship between stress and illness. He is currently writing his next book entitled The Myth of Normal: Illness and Health in an Insane Culture, due out in late 2021.

Dr. Maté developed a new therapeutic approach called Compassionate Inquiry which is now being studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians and counselors in their practices.

2:32 – The system is working the way it was designed to. When They See Us – TV series discussed.

3:50 – Quote from Gabor Maté’s book and Fritzi’s 8 ACEs.

4:54 – Promiscuity, workaholics – the need to be lovable and valuable. Addiction patterns serve a purpose.

6:30 – Society belittles people for their trauma coping behaviors.

7:27 – Manifestations of trauma (violence, obesity examples) – society’s attitude and self judgement.

8:17 – What if instead, everyone from schools to courts took trauma into account?

8:50 – People in leadership roles are in fight or flight when making decisions about our lives.

9:08 – Leaders (like Presidents) and their traumatized behaviors.

10:42 – Lawmakers have no problem supporting wars, causes of poverty.

11:10 – Traumatized people in positions of power.

12:15 – Comparing President Carter with Presidents JFK and Clinton.

14:52 – The system is running as it was designed to.

15:29 – Traumatized people who volunteer for the military – PTSD and addiction.

17:30 – Former Veteran in prison.

18:02 – Society creates trauma in the first place then turns traumatized into enemies.

18:40 – Protecting society from violent criminals doesn’t mean we need to put them in prison in its current format.

19:50 – False equivalence between current prison system and protecting society.

20:11 – How the system has failed.

20:52 – We are only tough on lower class crime.

21:44 – Accountability and the hypocrisy of the prison system.

22:10 – Prisoners charged money to call families or buy enough food.

24:24 – Correctional Officers are also highly traumatized.

25:30 – Many professions have tremendous stress, but no one helps the employees.

26:23 – Systemic ignorance of trauma and stress.

27:16 – Self-care while under stress – Gabor describes his ordeal as an expert witness for the courts system. Courts don’t care about the truth, only who wins.

32:19 – How can the average person deal with assaults and hostility within the courtroom?

33:37 – Court appointment physicians thought the accused had a happy childhood. Gabor Mate’ discovered he in fact did not.

35:55 – Addicts are not making a conscious choice – there is a good reason behind the behavior.

37:11 – Addiction behaviors make people feel like a human being, alive and vital.

38:55 – Protective shutting down of emotion by the brain during childhood trauma.

39:20 – Medical professionals including a famous Psychiatrist who don’t understand trauma (ACEs).

41:00 – Things are starting to slowly change for the better.

41:36 – Trauma education is needed so that we can stop hurting our children.

42:35 – Prevention of trauma should begin with prenatal care.

43:15 – Quote from Joseph Campbell

44:09 – How bringing compassion to those who feel they don’t deserve it (in prison) makes incredible difference.

45:19 – Mentally insane woman who was executed.

46:50- Wesley Purkey – ACE score of 10 also executed.

47:35 – The heartbreak of losing people we care about at CPP.

48:24 – Self-care is essential to continue the work of changing the system.

49:00 – Rapists were raped, pedophiles were raped as children.

49:40 – Marshall Rosenberg amazing quote after visiting a convicted pedophile/murderer.

50:46 – Understanding is not excusing.

51:42 – Edith Eger, Hungarian psychotherapist who was in Auschwitz.

53:11 – Do we want to be conscious and aware or act from vengeance and unresolved anger?

53:53 – Great spiritual teachers like Buddha and Jesus.

55:15 – When They See Us – Netflix series.

56:01 – Why does the media not seek the truth?

58:00 – CPP creating awareness of Do No Harm.

58:31 – Norway prison model.

59:04 – The Presence Process by Michael Brown sent to prisons.

59:58 – Compassion Inquiry training.

1:00:46 – Very few of us are wholly integrated.

1:01:55 – Making conscious choices and apologizing when wrong.

1:03:20 – The term “Digging In” when feeling under attack.

1:04:37 – People not wearing masks thinking they’re being manipulated or bullied.

1:07:00 – Value is in the work itself when it comes to changing the system.

1:10:00 – Prisons are the most challenging manifestations of society’s trauma, but there is a ripple effect from helping someone.

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Dr. Perry is the Principal of the Neurosequential Network, Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy and a Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.

Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions. His work on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs and policy across the world.

Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered. Dr. Perry’s most recent book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey was released in 2021.

In this interview we discuss:

• What is Dr. Perry’s definition of Trauma?
• Same trauma effects people differently
• 3 E’s of Trauma: Event, Experience and Effect
• Significance of Childhood Trauma and Developmental Trauma
• Regulation vs. Dysregulation
• Self Soothing
• Reactivity
• 3 R’s: Regulate / Relate / Reason
• People living in their brain stem… Addicts , people living and working in prison
• How do we heal in prison?
• Living in the brain stem
• Functional IQ
• Getting to the cortex
• Healing in community

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Dr. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is a Doctor of Chiropractic. His postgraduate training includes the fields of neuroscience and neuroplasticity, quantitive electroencephalogram EEG measurements, epigenetics, mind-body medicine and brain heart coherence as a researcher, lecturer, author and corporate consultant. His interests lie in demystifying the mystical so that people have all the tools within their reach to make measurable changes in their lives.

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Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. 

 In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders. 

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017) and co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ , which currently is used by more than 1400 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, to improve language processing and state regulation.

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Dr. Levine is the founder of the Somatic Experience Trauma Institute. He’s worked in the field of stress and trauma for over 40 years. He is the developer of the Somatic Experiencing Method. He’s written several books on trauma, including Trauma and Memory, In An Unspoken Voice and Waking the Tiger.

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Dr. Vincent J Felitti, MD from Kaiser Permanente is the co-principal investigator, along with Robert F. Anda MD from the CDC, of the Adverse Childhood Experiences research study.

The ACE study changed the way we understand the impact and predisposing influence childhood trauma has on adult health issues. It helped bring to the forefront the realization that we aren’t bad people but, rather, bad things have happened to us which have subsequently impacted our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Dr. Felitti graduated from John Hopkins Medical School, starting his medical career as an infectious disease physician in 1968. Dr. Felitti founded the Department of Preventive Medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Diego and held the position of Chief of Preventive Medicine in 2001. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California and a Fellow at the American College of Physicians.

2:05 – Origins of the ACE survey

3:23 – Obesity program uncovers hidden childhood trauma and sexual abuse

4:35 – Major study of 26,000 adults CDC and Kaiser Permanente

5:00 – 10 most common ACES selected that kept coming up with obese patients in weight loss program

5:50 – Initial sample was biased (74% white, middle class)

6:09 – 5% of people in initial study had family member go to prison

7:09 – Of 1000-person sample of those enrolled in obesity program, 55% experienced childhood sexual abuse

8:20 – Female prison population, nearly 100% experienced past sexual abuse

8:41 – ACE survey includes “often or very often” meaning repetitive emotional abuse

9:25 – Parents telling children to keep quiet about abuse, or not believing them, equates to parental neglect (adds another ACE)

10:15 – Unpredictable abuse leads to hypervigilance

11:04 – Domestic violence

12:38 – 440,000 patients over several years were surveyed by integrating ACE questions into medical history questionnaires

13:30 – Mathematician analyzed whether or not the ACE study had any effect on subsequent healthcare of patients

14:00 — ACE survey results in amazing reductions in medical visits within following 12 months

14:25 – Vermont legislature invited Dr. Felitti to present, including ACE information in their state-run programs. Now 22 more states have passed similar legislation.

16:26 – Example of high cholesterol – is it genetics? ACEs?

17:24 – ACEs affect health in three categories including coping (crystal meth is street version of meth antidepressant from 1940s)

19:19 – One of Dr. Felitti’s more memorable patients – obese, heavy smoker, history of childhood molestation

22:46 – Neurochemical depression – life experiences cause chemical changes

23:37 – Prevalence of anxiety in society and 64% of Americans with at least 1 ACE

25:50 – Should we do ACE with the census?

26:55 – Patients appreciated medical staff acknowledging their “dark secrets” and still making them feel accepted

28:39 – Cities have published ACE survey in their newspapers

29:28 – School play idea – address abuse via fictional character development

31:45 – Awareness is key, rage is not who we are

32:37 – ACE awareness in prisons

32:55 – Why doesn’t the media address the childhoods of murderers? Wesley Purkey had an ACE score of 10. We executed him.

35:23 – 2000 ACE surveys have gone out to prisons

36:27 – 4 or more ACEs, seven times more likely to go to prison

36:54 – 3 pathways ACEs lead to disease: Coping mechanisms, toxic stress (brain chemistry) and epigenetics (influences on gene function)

41:58 – autoimmune issues associated with ACEs

42:24 – toxic stress and brain releases pro-inflammatory chemicals

44:45 – Need to improve parenting across the nation

45:57 – COVID and suppressed immune system

47:24 – lifelong fight or flight following child abuse

49:36 – ACEs can take years off of a person’s life

50:15 – Addiction behavior; short term benefits versus future health problems

51:30 – What helps people to heal?

55:15 – Universal understanding, lifting of shame

56:10 – Trauma-informed programs for prisons

58:56 – Role of autobiographical writing in healing of ACEs

1:01:29 – How to create a trauma-informed society

1:03:14 – Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, pediatrician who became California’s Surgeon General after integrating ACEs into her practice

1:05:58 – 27 more states needed to integrate ACE information into their operations

1:08:05 – 2.2 million people in prison

1:09:29 – Physicians need to have ability to see full picture of patient’s health, including past childhood trauma

1:11:47 – Benefits of hypnotherapy – American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

1:20:05 – Solutions (alcohol, workaholic, smoking etc.) all to mask real feelings

1:21:35 – 2021 will be the year America becomes trauma-informed.

1:21:58 – For more information, Google or YouTube Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

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Another road map to transformation with the unstoppable visionary Richard Mireles. This conversation will also be included in our Trauma Talks series and will be delivered to prison tablets across the nation!

Richard Mireles is a dynamic public speaker and expert communicator with advanced leadership and communication certifications with the world-recognized Toastmasters International. He is Certified Career Coach having graduated under the tutelage of Master Coaches Christina Lee and Dr. Yvette Hall of Paradigm 360 LLC. An inspiring leader and powerful orator who delivered over 65 transformational coaching seminars and workshops. Richard possesses the uncanny ability to capture a room’s attention while conveying impactful messages to any audience. Having spent over 20 years inside the CDCR, Richard made abundant contributions as a co-founder of the Inside Solutions think tank and lead intern for CROP Organization’s programs offered within correctional institutions.

Richard graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Management from California Coast University. He has an advanced certification as an Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) (CADC II) counselor who received a certificate of recognition from the California State Senate for his contributions to the recovery community. He is a graduate of Initiate Justice’s “Institute of Impacted Leaders” and has spoken as a criminal justice reform advocate at the California State Capitol on 5 separate occasions and has conducted 90 legislative visits. Richard is also the only known incarcerated person to earn the status of Associate Trainer from John Maxwell’s EQUIP Leadership. Richard was found suitable for parole at his initial Board of Parole Hearing and was released in March of 2019.

Today he is the Director of Outreach and Engagement at CROP Organization and Host of The Prison Post Podcast. He trains transformational/personal empowerment seminars in carceral settings, community colleges, and leaders of nonprofit organizations.

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Our mission at Compassion Prison Project is to create trauma-informed prisons and communities. Our guest today is Jarvis Jay Masters, our first interview with someone on Death Row.

Jarvis Jay Masters was born in Long Beach, California, in 1962. He is a widely published African American Buddhist writer and the author of That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row which is the latest pick for Oprah’s Book Club.

His poem “Recipe for Prison Pruno” won the PEN Award in 1992. He has kept an active correspondence with teachers and students across the country for two decades, and his work continues to be studied in classrooms in both grade schools and colleges. Since taking formal refuge vows with H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche in 1991, Jarvis has also been guided by Ven. Pema Chödrön, with whom he shares an enduring friendship. In 2020, he became the subject of a podcast series Dear Governor as well as a new biography, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place, by David Sheff.

Originally sent to San Quentin State Prison in 1981 for armed robbery, Jarvis was convicted of conspiracy to murder a prison guard in 1985 and sentenced to death in 1990. He was placed in solitary confinement and endured there for twenty-one years, from 1985 to 2007. Jarvis exhausted his state appeals in 2019, and his case is currently in the federal courts.

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Our mission at Compassion Prison Project is to create trauma-informed prisons and communities. Our guest today is Jarvis Jay Masters, our first interview with someone on Death Row.

Jarvis Jay Masters was born in Long Beach, California, in 1962. He is a widely published African American Buddhist writer and the author of That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row which is the latest pick for Oprah’s Book Club.

His poem “Recipe for Prison Pruno” won the PEN Award in 1992. He has kept an active correspondence with teachers and students across the country for two decades, and his work continues to be studied in classrooms in both grade schools and colleges. Since taking formal refuge vows with H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche in 1991, Jarvis has also been guided by Ven. Pema Chödrön, with whom he shares an enduring friendship. In 2020, he became the subject of a podcast series Dear Governor as well as a new biography, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place, by David Sheff.

Originally sent to San Quentin State Prison in 1981 for armed robbery, Jarvis was convicted of conspiracy to murder a prison guard in 1985 and sentenced to death in 1990. He was placed in solitary confinement and endured there for twenty-one years, from 1985 to 2007. Jarvis exhausted his state appeals in 2019, and his case is currently in the federal courts.

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Originally filmed to be included in our Trauma Talks program, this conversation includes a discussion about resilience and solitary confinement. It is our goal that we break the cycle of violence that exists in our prisons, our communities and our families.

Our Returning Citizen Roundtable Part 2 features Jason Bryant, Eldra Jackson III and Robert Mosqueda.

Jason Bryant is the Program Director for CROP (Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs), holds a BA from Adams State University with an MA in Philosophy from California State University and an MS in Psychology from California Coast University. He has 20 years of lived experience within the CDCR. Jason dedicated his term of incarceration to higher education and serving other people through thoughtful conversations and coaching about new possibilities for people’s lives. In 2020, Jason’s sentence was commuted by Governor Newsom who ordered his immediate release from prison due to his remarkable contributions in transformative and rehabilitative work while incarcerated.

Eldra Jackson III is the Co-Executive Director of Inside Circle. A writer and sought after public speaker on the topics of at-risk youth advocacy, effective criminal justice rehabilitation and turning around ‘toxic’ masculinity, Eldra brings clarity of purpose, mission focus, and inspiration to his role at Inside Circle. He was living at New Folsom Prison when he found Inside Circle and began the inner personal journey that eventually led to his release in 2014 and his current leadership role. A living example of successful rehabilitation and re-entry, Eldra has dedicated his free time on the outside to serving at-risk youth, acting as a facilitator, trainer, and mentor for organizations like Youth Empowerment and Goals Association, Shoulder to Shoulder, and the Alternatives to Violence Project.

Robert Mosqueda is the Program Manager with the Women Center Youth and Family Services located in Stockton, CA. He is passionate about criminal justice; having grown up in the Department of Corrections with a father who was an Associate Warden and was incarcerated in California Department of Corrections. He speaks from personal experience how those in correction play a vital role in the rehabilitation process.

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Originally filmed to be included in our Trauma Talks program, this conversation dives into the ACE Quiz as well as a discussion about the prevalence of childhood trauma in the trauma to prison pipeline. This conversation is included in Episode 2 of our series which is being implemented in several prisons and communities in the United States. It is our goal that we break the cycle of violence that exists in our prisons, our communities and our families.

Our first Returning Citizen Roundtable discussion about childhood trauma featuring Shaka Senghor, Jason Bryant, Eldra Jackson III and Robert Mosqueda.

Shaka Senghor entered prison in 1991 for committing second-degree murder. Today, he’s a best-selling author, lecturer at universities, and leading voice on criminal justice reform. During his 19 years incarcerated—including seven in solitary confinement—Shaka began a journey of self reflection, inspired by reading and writing as a means of understanding his past, his present, and his future potential. By embracing forgiveness, hope, and everything that’s possible when you refuse to be defined by your past, he’s become a leading voice on the potential inherent in us all when given support and a second chance. In the decade since his release, he’s written books, garnered awards and fellowships, lectured at universities, started and worked with nonprofits seeking to lift people up, visited the White House, been interviewed by Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey, given award-winning TED talks, featured in a song with Nas, and tirelessly worked to help create the personal and societal change we need for a more inspired, just, fulfilling future.

Jason Bryant is the Program Director for CROP (Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs), holds a BA from Adams State University with an MA in Philosophy from California State University and an MS in Psychology from California Coast University. He has 20 years of lived experience within the CDCR. Jason dedicated his term of incarceration to higher education and serving other people through thoughtful conversations and coaching about new possibilities for people’s lives. In 2020, Jason’s sentence was commuted by Governor Newsom who ordered his immediate release from prison due to his remarkable contributions in transformative and rehabilitative work while incarcerated.

Eldra Jackson III is the Co-Executive Director of Inside Circle. A writer and sought after public speaker on the topics of at-risk youth advocacy, effective criminal justice rehabilitation and turning around ‘toxic’ masculinity, Eldra brings clarity of purpose, mission focus, and inspiration to his role at Inside Circle. He was living at New Folsom Prison when he found Inside Circle and began the inner personal journey that eventually led to his release in 2014 and his current leadership role. A living example of successful rehabilitation and re-entry, Eldra has dedicated his free time on the outside to serving at-risk youth, acting as a facilitator, trainer, and mentor for organizations like Youth Empowerment and Goals Association, Shoulder to Shoulder, and the Alternatives to Violence Project.

Robert Mosqueda is the Program Manager with the Women Center Youth and Family Services located in Stockton, CA. He is passionate about criminal justice; having grown up in the Department of Corrections with a father who was an Associate Warden and was incarcerated in California Department of Corrections. He speaks from personal experience how those in corrections play a vital role in the rehabilitation process.

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We recently interviewed Chris Wilson, author of “The Master Plan.” Chris is a visual artist, author, film producer and social justice advocate, and was serving a life sentence when he started writing “The Master Plan.” In his memoir, Chris writes about his journey from being incarcerated to becoming the successful entrepreneur he is today.

Chris Wilson is a living example of how discipline, self-determination and knowing your self worth can change everything: including getting yourself out of prison.

Chris splits his time between Baltimore, Maryland, and New York City. Through his work, he investigates societal injustices, human relationships, and public policies. His book, “The Master Plan,” continues to inspire people from all walks of life.

His artwork is collected and displayed internationally and his production company, Cuttlefish, has produced several successful films, including The Box, which was recently featured in the Tribeca Film Festival. He is also the founder of the Chris Wilson Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs and prison education, including re-entry and financial literacy for returning citizens, as well as art-related programs.

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April is Child Abuse Awareness month and I can’t think of a better guest than Dr. Gabor Maté to discuss what happens to a child when he faces abuse and neglect while growing up. This was one of my all-time favorite conversations. We discuss Authenticity vs. Attachment, why a young, traumatized person is attracted to gangs, what happens to a young brain when it’s traumatized and Dr. Maté answered questions sent in by men from prison.

About Dr. Gabor Maté

After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Gabor Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness.
His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His next book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture is due out on September 13, 2022. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally.
Learn more about Dr. Gabor Maté, his books and his work here.

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Dr. Jay Faber is a clinical and forensic psychiatrist, child psychiatrist, and adult psychiatrist at Amen Clinics. He has more than two decades of experience in Child Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, and Adult Psychiatry and Pharmacological Management, treating patients in clinical private practices in Colorado, California and Georgia. In addition to his work at Amen Clinics, Dr. Faber is President of BrainSource, a corporation founded to teach adolescents how to build successful lives.

Since working at the clinic, Dr. Faber has also written a book; Escape: Rehab Your Brain To Stay Out of The Legal System. The book focuses on five areas to help individuals work on implementing disciplines to never return to that system again.

Dr. Faber received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and an MD from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Faber completed his Residency in Adult Psychiatry, and went on to receive a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Harbor UCLA Medical Center in 1991 as well as a Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at USC Institute of Psychiatry and Law in 1995.

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This short, 15-minute conversation between our founder, Fritzi Horstman and Dr. Kim Gorgens informs about the unique effects of Traumatic Brain Injury as it applies to the 50 to 80% of those residing in prisons in the U.S., how it effects our behavior and we also learn what Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor is!

Dr. Kim Gorgens is a Professor of Psychophysiology, Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at the University of Denver. She manages a large portfolio of traumatic brain injury (TBI) related research and has lectured extensively on those issues (including a 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion, a 2018 TED talk on brain injuries in criminal justice, several NPR spots and an interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper). Her work has been featured in USNews, Newsweek, Salon.com and more. Her research studies the reported injury history, cognitive function and brain biomarkers of youth and college athletes, probationers and inmates. Her mission is to better understand the short and long-term impacts of injuring our most vital organ.

To learn more about TBI or to download our Traumatic Brain Injury Packet which includes Dr. Kim Gorgens’ resources, click here.

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Mark Moskowitz had a 28-year career in finance including a time owning his own hedge fund. During a spiral in his life, Mark found himself pleading guilty to wire fraud for taking $700,000 of the funds assets. He was sentenced to 33 months and went to Otisville Federal Prison. It was there that he learned about his trauma as a child that led to a life of low self-esteem and poor decision making.

Since his release in 2019 Mark has dedicated himself to teaching the principles he learned while incarcerated. He is a speaker, coach, CPP volunteer and will be releasing his first book in the Spring of 2022. Click here to pre-order Mark’s book, Within: How I Found My Authentic and Happy Self in a Federal Prison.

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Our guests today are filmmaker Katherin Hervey, influencer Troy Williams and community leader Michael Nelson.
This conversation, with the director and two principle participants in the making of the award-winning film “The Prison Within”, touches upon taking responsibility for our own violence, our accountability as a society and how we get down to doing the work necessary to heal the past both individually and collectively.
Katherin Hervey is an award-winning filmmaker whose work focuses on those of us who live in the margins but refuse to be marginalized. THE PRISON WITHIN, her award-winning first feature film, sprung from her work as a Los Angeles Public Defender and volunteer prison college instructor. THE PRISON WITHIN premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, winning Best Social Justice Documentary, In addition, Katherin is a thought leader in the field of criminal justice reform, featured in the Business Insider, The Guardian, Forbes, and other publications, tv and radio shows, and podcasts. The Prison Within will also be part of the Compassion Prison Project’s Trauma Talks Curriculum.
While incarcerated (from the age of 15), Michael Nelson successfully completed his Associates degree; and was certified as a rape/crisis counselor. He is co-founder of Kid C.A.T and created Acting with Compassion and Truth (A.C.T.) at San Quentin, Nelson holds his work with Kid C.A.T. as his responsibility to contribute to restorative work, and has dedicated a great deal of his life to the program.
Troy Williams became a certified paralegal, helped facilitate, participate, and develop the Victim-Offender Education Group (VOEG) curriculum for Insight Prison Project, served as Executive Director of San Quentin’s Restorative Justice Interfaith Roundtable, co-founded San Quentin’s financial literacy program and F.E.E.L. philosophy (Financial Empowerment Emotional Literacy), and founded a video production program, and was founder of the first ‘behind bars’ audio production program: the award-winning San Quentin Prison Report (SQPR) while he was incarcerated. Williams spent the last seven years of his incarceration teaching his peers to produce audio and building the media lab now used by Ear Hustle.
In addition to his work as a motivational speaker, actor, cinematographer, filmmaker, and audio producer, Williams is the Founder and Executive Director of Restorative Media.
In 2018, Troy was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship where he is working to create a national multimedia platform and community engagement program that will help formerly incarcerated people document their lived experiences and engage the public.
Visit theprisonwithin.org to watch the film today.

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Our guests today are filmmaker Katherin Hervey, influencer Troy Williams and community leader Michael Nelson.

This conversation, with the director and two principle participants in the making of the award-winning film “The Prison Within”, touches upon taking responsibility for our own violence, our accountability as a society and how we get down to doing the work necessary to heal the past both individually and collectively.

Katherin Hervey is an award-winning filmmaker whose work focuses on those of us who live in the margins but refuse to be marginalized. THE PRISON WITHIN, her award-winning first feature film, sprung from her work as a Los Angeles Public Defender and volunteer prison college instructor. THE PRISON WITHIN premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, winning Best Social Justice Documentary, In addition, Katherin is a thought leader in the field of criminal justice reform, featured in the Business Insider, The Guardian, Forbes, and other publications, tv and radio shows, and podcasts. The Prison Within will also be part of the Compassion Prison Project’s Trauma Talks Curriculum.

While incarcerated (from the age of 15), Michael Nelson successfully completed his Associates degree; and was certified as a rape/crisis counselor. He is co-founder of Kid C.A.T and created Acting with Compassion and Truth (A.C.T.) at San Quentin, Nelson holds his work with Kid C.A.T. as his responsibility to contribute to restorative work, and has dedicated a great deal of his life to the program.

Troy Williams became a certified paralegal, helped facilitate, participate, and develop the Victim-Offender Education Group (VOEG) curriculum for Insight Prison Project, served as Executive Director of San Quentin’s Restorative Justice Interfaith Roundtable, co-founded San Quentin’s financial literacy program and F.E.E.L. philosophy (Financial Empowerment Emotional Literacy), and founded a video production program, and was founder of the first ‘behind bars’ audio production program: the award-winning San Quentin Prison Report (SQPR) while he was incarcerated. Williams spent the last seven years of his incarceration teaching his peers to produce audio and building the media lab now used by Ear Hustle.

In addition to his work as a motivational speaker, actor, cinematographer, filmmaker, and audio producer, Williams is the Founder and Executive Director of Restorative Media.

In 2018, Troy was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship where he is working to create a national multimedia platform and community engagement program that will help formerly incarcerated people document their lived experiences and engage the public.

Visit theprisonwithin.org to watch the film today.

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Brian Koehn is the founder of Social Profit Corrections, a nonprofit organization. He has over 28 years of experience in the field of private corrections serving in various leadership roles, including 14 years as a Complex Warden and Warden at five separate facilities, managing contracts in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the United States Marshal Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, multiple States, detention and county jails.

Mr. Koehn has been instrumental in developing policies and processes that focus on resident change initiatives, security, and staff well-being and training. Mr. Koehn is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the US Army.

Check out his amazing vision on his Social Profit Corrections website.

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She co-teaches with Peter A. Levine, PhD. and Dr. Gabor Maté. Betsy is the author of HUMANUAL, an Epic Journey to your Expanded Self and The Actor’s Secret. As a well-known educator, she has published numerous articles in the Huffington Post. She maintains a private practice online internationally.

Please visit: HUMANUAL.com

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James R. Doty, M.D. is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University of which His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the founding benefactor. Dr. Doty works with a variety of scientists from a number of disciplines examining the neural bases for compassion and altruism. He is also a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Doty is an inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, having given support to a number of charitable organizations supporting peace initiatives and providing healthcare throughout the world.

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Eldra Jackson III, Co-Executive Director of Inside Circle. A writer and sought-after public speaker on the topics of at-risk youth advocacy, effective criminal justice rehabilitation and turning around ‘toxic’ masculinity, Eldra brings clarity of purpose, mission focus, and inspiration to his role at Inside Circle. He was an inmate at New Folsom Prison when he found Inside Circle and began the inner personal journey that eventually led to his release in 2014 and his current leadership role. A living example of successful rehabilitation and re-entry, Eldra has dedicated his free time on the outside to serving at-risk youth, and acting as a facilitator, trainer, and mentor.

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Peter is a writer, speaker and thought leader in human awakening and potential. He calls himself the mind architect, which after this conversation, I kind of get it.

Peter works with everyone, from world class athletes to stay at home parents, to redesign the subconscious mind.

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award winning journalist, an internationally recognized speaker whose work explores the intersection of neuroscience, immunology and human emotion. Her mission is to translate emerging science in ways that help those with chronic conditions find healing.

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Jason Hernandez is an advocate for clemency, process reform, and serves on the board of the Buried Alive Project, which works to eliminate life without parole sentences handed down under federal drug law. Hernandez is known as one of Obama’s eight – the first wave of low level nonviolent drug offenders to be granted clemency by President Barack Obama. While in prison, Hernandez became a respected jailhouse attorney and was paid to work on other prisoners cases, many of which involve parental rights, child support and divorce. Hernandez contributed to an op ed piece to the New York Times entitled The Power of Clemency in January 2018. Also in 2018, Hernandez received a Latino Justice Media Fellowship and a Soros Justice Fellowship. He is developing a curriculum and toolkit to support clemency campaigns, working with the legal clinic at the Texas A&M University School of Law and New York University.

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Dr. Kim Gorgens is a Professor of Psychophysiology Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at University of Denver. She manages a large portfolio of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) related research and has lectured extensively on those issues including a 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion, a 2018 Ted talk on brain injuries and criminal justice, several NPR spots and an interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper. Her work has been featured in US News, Newsweek, Salon, and more. Her research studies the reported injury history, cognitive function and brain biomarkers of youth and college athletes, probationers and inmates. Her mission is to better understand the short and long term impacts of injuring our most vital organ.

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Dean Williams was appointed Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections by Governor Jared Polis on January 8, 2019. Prior to joining the Colorado DOC, he was the Commissioner of Corrections in Alaska where he oversaw the operation of community jails, halfway houses, pretrial and sentenced facilities, probation, parole and pre-trial efforts in the state.

Dean served in several capacities during his time in Alaska, to include: Special Assistant to Governor Walker, Special Assistant in the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Researcher for the Alaska Legislature, Executive Director of the Downtown Soup Kitchen, Juvenile Justice Superintendent, Youth Counselor for the Dept. of Juvenile Justice and Reserve Police Officer for the Anchorage Police Department.

Dean holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Ohio University.

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Dr. Christine Montross is a 2015 Guggenheim fellow in nonfiction. She’s also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Dr. Montross’ latest book, Waiting for an Echo, was named a New York Times Book to Watch For, a TIME magazine Book to Read in July, and an Amazon.com Best Book of the Month. Waiting for an Echo is a hauntingly honest look into the life of a person living in an American prison where Dr. Montross writes, “Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom, but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where ninety-five percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.”

Dr. Montross is currently a practicing in-patient psychiatrist and performs forensic psychiatric examinations. She completed medical school and residency training at Brown University, where she received the Isaac Ray Award in Psychiatry and the Martin B. Keller Outstanding Brown Psychiatry Resident Award.

In this podcast, Dr. Montross discusses her vast experience and research leading up to Waiting for an Echo and breaks down very plainly the detrimental effect of solitary confinement on a person’s health and wellbeing.

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Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been facilitating large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. Over the last decade, he has facilitated dialogue with thousands of people around healing the collective traumas of racism, oppression, colonialism, genocides in the U.S., Israel, Germany, Spain, and Argentina. He is the author of the book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. His non-profit organization, the Pocket Project, works to support the healing of collective trauma throughout the world.

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Rick Raemisch, who has decades of experience working in numerous areas of the criminal justice system, was appointed as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections by Governor John Hickenlooper in July 2013. During his time with the CDOC, Rick has successfully implemented prison reforms in Colorado and except 15 days maximum punitive segregation has ended the use of restrictive housing. Rick is recognized as a leader on prison reform and is highly sought after to participate as a subject matter expert on both the national and international level. He has testified on corrections matters before a U.S. Senate Sub-Committee involving the over use of segregation, and has participated in numerous forums on corrections at prestigious universities including Yale Law School, New York University School of Law, and New York City’s John Jay College. Rick has also assisted and been a member of the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. meetings in Cape Town and Vienna to re-write prisoner standards, now known as the Mandela Rules. He has authored a number of corrections articles including in the New York Times and has also been profiled by them.

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Stephanie Covington, PHD, LCSW, has over 35 years of experience as an international lecturer, author, clinician and organizational consultant.  She is a noted pioneer in work with gender responsive and trauma-informed treatment in private, public and institutionalized settings.  She is the author of several books as well as 10 researched based curricula including Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women and Voices: A Program of Self Discovery and Empowerment for Girls.  She is the co-author of Helping Men Recover.

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Mobiilipelaamisen Nousu Suomessa

Mobiilipelaaminen on noussut merkittäväksi ilmiöksi Suomessa, muuttaen tapaa, jolla suomalaiset kuluttavat aikaansa ja viihdyttävät itseään. Yhä useammat ihmiset kääntyvät älypuhelimiensa ja tablettiensa puoleen löytääkseen pelillistettyä viihdettä missä ja milloin tahansa. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelemme mobiilipelaamisen kasvua Suomessa, pureudumme sen taustoihin ja vaikutuksiin sekä pohtimme, mitä se kertoo nykypäivän kulutuskäyttäytymisestä.

Mitä tekijöitä ovat ajaneet mobiilipelaamisen suosion kasvuun Suomessa? Miten mobiilipelit ovat muokanneet suomalaisten vapaa-ajanviettotapoja ja digitaalista kulutuskäyttäytymistä? Mitä seurauksia tällä ilmiöllä voi olla yhteiskunnalle ja yksilöille? Astu mukaan mobiilipelaamisen lumoavaan maailmaan ja tutustu ilmiön moniulotteisiin puoliin tässä syvällisessä tarkastelussa.

Mobiilipelaamisen suosio kasvaa jatkuvasti

Mobiilipelaamisen nousu Suomessa on ollut merkittävä ilmiö viime vuosina. Yhä useammat suomalaiset ovat löytäneet tiensä mobiilipelien pariin, ja pelaaminen älypuhelimilla ja tableteilla on yleistynyt nopeasti.

tiedot osoittavat, että suomalaisten mobiilipelaaminen on kasvanut huomattavasti viime vuosina. Erityisesti erilaiset mobiilipelisovellukset ja verkkopelit ovat suosittuja, ja pelaajat viihtyvät erilaisissa peliympäristöissä.

Mobiilipelaamisen suosio on osittain johtunut teknologisten innovaatioiden kehittymisestä, mikä on mahdollistanut entistä monipuolisemman ja viihdyttävämmän pelikokemuksen mobiililaitteilla.

Suomi on myös tunnettu pelialan osaamisestaan, ja monet suomalaiset peliyhtiöt ovat olleet mukana kehittämässä menestyksekkäitä mobiilipelejä, jotka ovat saavuttaneet suurta suosiota kansainvälisesti.

Suomalaiset mobiilipelaajat ja heidän käyttäytymisensä

Mobiilipelaaminen on noussut merkittäväksi ilmiöksi Suomessa viime vuosina. Yhä useammat suomalaiset pelaavat pelejä älypuhelimillaan, mikä on johtanut mobiilipelaamisen suosion räjähdysmäiseen kasvuun. Erityisesti erilaiset mobiilipelit, kuten strategiapelit, pulmapelit ja roolipelit, ovat saavuttaneet suuren suosion mobiililaitteilla pelattuina.

Tämä mobiilipelaamisen nousu on osittain seurausta älypuhelinten teknologisen kehityksen myötä tapahtuneesta edistyksestä. Nykyaikaiset älypuhelimet tarjoavat entistä parempia grafiikoita ja suorituskykyä, mikä tekee pelaamisesta entistä nautinnollisempaa ja houkuttelevampaa. Lisäksi mobiilipelit ovat usein helppokäyttöisiä ja saatavilla missä tahansa ja milloin tahansa, mikä lisää niiden suosiota entisestään.

Suomi on tunnettu pelialan osaamisestaan, ja mobiilipelaamisen nousu maassamme on vahvistanut tätä mainetta entisestään. Suomalaiset pelistudiot ovat tuottaneet useita menestyksekkäitä mobiilipelejä, jotka ovat saavuttaneet valtavan suosion niin kotimaassa kuin kansainvälisestikin. Mobiilipelaamisen kasvu Suomessa näyttää jatkuvan vahvana trendinä, ja se tarjoaa uusia mahdollisuuksia niin pelaajille kuin pelialan ammattilaisillekin.

Mobiilipelaamisen vaikutus Suomen pelialaan

Mobiilipelaaminen on kasvattanut suosiotaan Suomessa viime vuosina merkittävästi. Yhä useammat suomalaiset ovat löytäneet mobiilipelit kätevänä ja viihdyttävänä ajanvietteenä arjessaan. Erityisesti erilaiset mobiilipelit, kuten pulmapelit ja strategiapelit, ovat saavuttaneet suuren suosion eri ikäryhmien keskuudessa. Mobiilipelaamisen nousuun on vaikuttanut myös teknologisten innovaatioiden kehittyminen, mikä on mahdollistanut entistä monipuolisempien ja laadukkaampien pelikokemusten tarjoamisen mobiililaitteilla.

Suomessa mobiilipelaamisen kasvu näkyy myös pelialan yritysten menestyksessä. Monet suomalaiset pelistudiot ovat luoneet maailmanlaajuisesti tunnettuja mobiilipelejä, jotka ovat saavuttaneet valtavan suosion kansainvälisillä markkinoilla. Tämä on vahvistanut Suomen asemaa pelialan keskuksena ja luonut uusia työpaikkoja alalle. Mobiilipelaamisen nousu on siis tuonut mukanaan sekä kulttuurista että taloudellista merkitystä Suomelle.

Tulevaisuuden näkymät mobiilipelaamiselle Suomessa

Viime vuosina mobiilipelaaminen on noussut merkittäväksi ilmiöksi Suomessa. Yhä useammat suomalaiset kääntyvät älypuhelimiensa ja tablettiensa puoleen löytääkseen viihdettä ja pelattavaa missä ja milloin tahansa. Tämä trendi on saanut aikaan kasvavan kysynnän mobiilipeleille, ja suomalaiset pelikehittäjät ovat vastanneet tähän tarpeeseen luomalla innovatiivisia ja koukuttavia pelejä.

Monet suomalaiset peliyhtiöt, kuten Supercell ja Rovio, ovat saavuttaneet maailmanlaajuista menestystä mobiilipeleillään. Suomi onkin noussut yhdeksi johtavista mobiilipelialan toimijoista maailmassa. Mobiilipelaamisen nousu on tuonut mukanaan myös taloudellisia mahdollisuuksia Suomelle, sillä ala työllistää tuhansia ihmisiä ja tuottaa merkittäviä tuloja maan taloudelle.

Mobiilipelaamisen suosio on kasvanut merkittävästi Suomessa viime vuosina ja näyttää jatkavan vahvaa nousuaan tulevaisuudessa. Yhä useammat suomalaiset nauttivat mobiilipeleistä monipuolisen tarjonnan ansiosta, joka kattaa niin perinteiset pelit kuin uudet innovaatiot. Tämä kehitys heijastaa digitaalisen viihteen muutosta ja mobiililaitteiden merkityksen kasvua arkipäiväisessä elämässämme. Mobiilipelaaminen ei ole ainoastaan viihdettä, vaan se on myös yhdistävä tekijä suomalaisten keskuudessa, luoden uusia yhteisöjä ja tarjoten mahdollisuuden nauttia pelikokemuksista missä ja milloin tahansa.

CPP Founder Fritzi Horstman welcomes guest Emily Evans, LPCMH, NCC of the Center for Conscious Healing.  www.emilybevans.com.  Emily works with children, adolescents and adults to facilitate healing of the systemic effects resulting from trauma.  Emily specializes in treatment of a range of conditions including PTSD, substance addiction, ADHD and more.  Her approach incorporates both mind and body through application of neuroscience and collective restoration.  Emily is active in various community action teams throughout Delaware with a focus on reducing incarceration, recidivism and racial disparities in the legal system.

Join CPP Founder Fritzi Horstman and guests as they discuss the objectives and approaches involved in bringing trauma awareness and compassionate healing to the forefront of public conversation.

Les Grands Événements de Poker en France

Dans l’univers du poker en France, les grands événements sont des rendez-vous incontournables qui attirent des joueurs passionnés et des spectateurs avides de sensations fortes. Ces tournois de renommée mondiale offrent une plateforme unique où se mêlent stratégie, compétition acharnée et moments de pure adrénaline. De l’ambiance électrique des tables de jeu aux enjeux colossaux, le poker est bien plus qu’un simple jeu de cartes, c’est un véritable art de la stratégie et de la psychologie.

Dans cet article, nous plongeons au cœur des Grands Événements de Poker en France, explorant les tournois emblématiques qui ont marqué l’histoire du poker dans l’hexagone. Découvrez les champions qui ont écrit leur nom en lettres d’or, les moments de suspense insoutenable et les stratégies qui ont fait basculer des destinées. De l’EPT de Deauville au WPT National de Paris, suivez-nous dans cet univers fascinant où se mêlent passion, calculs savants et coups de bluff à couper le souffle. Êtes-vous prêts à plonger dans l’univers captivant des Grands Événements de Poker en France ?

L’Évolution du Poker en France

En France, les grands événements de poker attirent des joueurs passionnés de tout le pays. Parmi les tournois les plus prestigieux, on retrouve le célèbre World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) qui se déroule à Cannes. Cet événement majeur réunit les meilleurs joueurs de poker du monde dans une ambiance compétitive et conviviale. Les participants peuvent également s’essayer à des tournois de poker en ligne sur des plateformes renommées telles que PokerStars et Winamax.

Un autre événement incontournable dans le calendrier poker en France est le Casinara, un tournoi de poker live qui se tient dans les plus grands casinos du pays. Les joueurs ont l’opportunité de rivaliser dans des parties intenses pour remporter des prix exceptionnels. Les passionnés de poker se rassemblent lors de ces occasions uniques pour partager leur amour du jeu et vivre des moments palpitants autour des tables de poker.

Les Principaux Tournois de Poker en France

En France, les grands événements de poker attirent des joueurs passionnés et des spectateurs enthousiastes tout au long de l’année. Parmi les tournois les plus prestigieux figure le World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), qui se déroule à Cannes. Cet événement international réunit les meilleurs joueurs de poker du monde dans une compétition palpitante qui couronne un champion chaque année.

Un autre événement majeur est le France Poker Series (FPS), organisé par PokerStars. Cette série de tournois propose des étapes dans différentes villes françaises, offrant aux joueurs amateurs et professionnels l’opportunité de concourir pour des prix en argent et des titres convoités. Le FPS est devenu un incontournable du calendrier poker en France.

Le Barrière Poker Tour est également un événement très attendu par la communauté poker en France. Organisé par le groupe Barrière, ce tournoi propose des étapes dans les plus beaux casinos du pays, offrant une expérience de jeu de haut niveau aux participants. Les joueurs peuvent se mesurer les uns aux autres dans une ambiance compétitive et conviviale.

Enfin, le France Poker Open est un tournoi populaire qui attire des joueurs de tous niveaux de compétence. Avec des buy-ins abordables et des structures de tournoi bien conçues, le France Poker Open est une excellente opportunité pour les passionnés de poker de vivre l’excitation des tables de jeu et de se mesurer à d’autres joueurs talentueux.

Les Joueurs de Poker Français Célèbres

Les grands événements de poker en France attirent chaque année des joueurs passionnés de ce jeu de cartes stratégique. Le fameux World Series of Poker Circuit fait escale dans différentes villes françaises, offrant aux participants l’opportunité de concourir pour des prix en argent conséquents et de se mesurer à des joueurs de renommée internationale. Ce tournoi prestigieux est un incontournable pour les amateurs de poker en France, qui se préparent tout au long de l’année pour affronter des adversaires redoutables.

En plus du WSOP Circuit, la France accueille également le célèbre European Poker Tour, une série de tournois de poker de haut niveau qui rassemble des joueurs venant des quatre coins du globe. Les étapes françaises de l’EPT se déroulent dans des cadres somptueux, offrant une expérience de jeu inoubliable aux participants. Avec des buy-ins variés et des structures de tournoi compétitives, les événements de poker en France sont une véritable célébration de ce jeu de cartes emblématique, attirant des passionnés de tous horizons pour des moments de compétition intense et de convivialité.

L’Impact Économique des Grands Événements de Poker en France

En France, les grands événements de poker attirent des joueurs passionnés venant du monde entier pour rivaliser dans des tournois prestigieux. Le célèbre tournoi European Poker Tour (EPT) fait escale en France, offrant une occasion unique aux joueurs de s’affronter dans un cadre exceptionnel. L’EPT propose des buy-ins élevés et des cagnottes impressionnantes, attirant les plus grands noms du poker.

Un autre événement majeur dans le calendrier du poker en France est le World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). Organisé dans des casinos renommés tels que le Casino Barrière à Cannes, le WSOPE est un rendez-vous incontournable pour les amateurs de poker. Les participants peuvent concourir pour des bracelets prestigieux et des gains substantiels, ajoutant une dimension excitante à l’expérience du poker en France.

En plus des tournois internationaux, la France accueille également des événements locaux qui attirent un public diversifié de joueurs de poker. Des tournois régionaux et nationaux offrent aux joueurs amateurs et professionnels l’opportunité de se mesurer les uns aux autres dans une ambiance conviviale. Ces événements contribuent à promouvoir la passion pour le poker en France et renforcent la réputation du pays en tant que destination incontournable pour les passionnés de ce jeu de cartes fascinant.

En conclusion, les grands événements de poker en France offrent aux passionnés un terrain de jeu captivant où se côtoient compétition féroce et ambiance électrisante. De l’élégance du WPT DeepStacks à l’excitation du France Poker Open, ces tournois sont l’occasion parfaite pour les joueurs de tous niveaux de vivre des moments inoubliables. Que vous soyez un professionnel chevronné ou un amateur enthousiaste, la scène du poker en France promet des rencontres palpitantes et des défis stimulants, faisant de chaque main jouée une expérience unique et enrichissante.