The Mark Divine Show From Trauma to Post-Traumatic Growth with Dr. Edith Shiro
Sep 29, 2026
Dr. Edith Shiro, a clinical psychologist and author specializing in trauma and resilience, explores how trauma travels across generations and why it affects more than the original event. They discuss relationships, spirituality, nature, nervous-system regulation, and her five-stage path from radical acceptance to post-traumatic growth. They also examine how relentless ambition and peak performance can conceal unresolved pain.
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How Trauma Crosses Generations
- Generational trauma can appear as bodily familiarity, inherited beliefs, and recurring patterns rather than conscious memories.
- Edith Shiro’s war dreams occurred despite growing up safely, while epigenetic tendencies become expressed or restrained through later experiences and choices.
Trauma Depends On Resources
- Trauma depends less on the event alone than on whether a person has resources, preparation, support, and workable coping tools.
- A prepared soldier with resilience and community support may endure combat without developing post-traumatic stress disorder.
Meditation Became Mark’s Combat Advantage
- Mark Divine used yoga, meditation, breath awareness, and future-self visualization daily while deployed in Iraq.
- He felt increasingly confident in combat, while teammates without comparable regulation skills gradually became frayed.
