The Social Cure
When we look around us at the problems in society, it can seem overwhelming. Where do you even start to find solutions to the biggest social issues? How do things like where we live, our childhood experiences, our social supports, our race, and sexual identities affect our efforts towards happiness and health? The Social Cure is a place where we have candid conversations about social and health issues.
Episodes
19 episodes
S1E16: Season One Finale
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 feed...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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15:17
S1B2: Bonus Body Scan Meditation
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...
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Season 1
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5:13
S1B1: Bonus Loving Kindness Meditation
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 ...
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Season 1
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7:42
S1E15: Rowan on Healing Other’s ACEs
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 CreditsMany thanks to the foll...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:59
S1E14: Mindfulness & ACEs
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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34:39
S1E13: ACEs Expert - Lesley Joy Ritchie, LMHC
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 heal...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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39:05
S1E12: Maria Montoya on ACEs
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 CreditsMany thanks to these artists...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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40:22
S1E11: ACEs Expert - Dr. Torie
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 co...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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28:27
S1E10: ACEs Expert - Mariam Yahya
Mariam Yahya is an elementary school teacher. She discusses how our education system can support children who face Adverse Childhood Experiences. She shares how individual teachers and the education system at large are becoming more aware of AC...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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38:18
S1E9: ACEs Expert - Dr. Anna Kaminski
Dr. Anna Kaminski is a medical doctor who has experience working with her patients on the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences. She has some great insights on working with individual patients, as well as how our overall health care systems ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:48
S1E8: ACEs Expert - Louise Pietrafesa, MSW
Louise Pietrafesa is a clinical social worker and licensed metal health counselor who's had lots of experience with ACEs throughout her career. She worked on an interdisciplinary team at an obesity clinic in Seattle in the early 1980's th...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:05
S1E7: Joseph's Story
Co-host Joseph shares his journey and how he became involved in The Social Cure podcast. Joseph talks about his own of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the various places he has found healing.ResourcesHere are ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:36
S1E6: Athalie's Story
Athalie shares how she decided to start The Social Cure podcast and how the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has impacted both her work as a medical professional and her personal journey.Here’s some resources we discuss d...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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56:09
S1E5: Ken Massada on ACEs
Ken Massada, host of The Things We Don’t Say podcast, joins us to talk about his adverse childhood experiences. Ken shares his thoughts on the unique challenges faced by children who are immigrants and people of color.Here’s where you c...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:17
S1E4: General Mutombo on ACEs
Seattle-based comedian General Mutombo joins us to talk about his adverse childhood experiences, how they've impacted his life, and where he has found hope and healing for himself and those around him.Here’s where you can find mor...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:41
S1E3: Toxic Stress and ACEs
We're continuing our exploration of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by exploring different types of stress, including toxic stress. Toxic stress is one of the primary ways we experience long term damage to our bodies as a result of adverse...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:56
S1E2: How ACEs Work
How do our childhood experiences turn into chronic disease as we progress through our lives? This episode dives into the layers that are behind many of our common chronic and debilitating illnesses. We're exploring a pyramid from the CDC that v...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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23:22
S1E1: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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31:37