Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect nearly everyone. How do these experiences live on in our bodies and how do we recover from them? This first episode of Season One introduces the topic of  ACEs. Throughout this season we'll dive deep into the science, experiences and recovery from childhood adversity.

In this episode we referenced several ideas that you may want to learn more about.

• Original ACE study done by Vincent Felliti and colleagues. Published in 1998 in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. 
•  The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke-Harris tells the backstory of Felliti's discovery and subsequent study. This book also looks in-depth into the science of ACEs and how we can heal. 
•  Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina has more information on how early childhood experiences have long term impact.
• The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr talks about the separation of medical doctors from preventative and public health approaches to health. 
•  When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate discusses the movement in medicine becoming more and more specialized and less holistic.

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)
• Silence Await by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/17432 Ft: oldDog
• nightRain by airtone (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/55887