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The Art & Science of Resilience in the Wake of Trauma with Laurence Gonzales

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The Rider and the Elephant, You Know?

The self has all these different layers to it, many of which we're not aware of. People end up talking to animals, or they're visited by the apparitions of dead ones. The lower parts of the brain are constantly suggesting actions for us that we veto. This whole subterranean system of directing is the norm.

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