Join me as I sit down with one of my lifelong best friends, David Young for a conversation on all things trauma. 

As a certified meditation teacher, coach, and group facilitator David works with communities and organizations to heal from collective trauma, re-establish healthy communication, and love fearlessly.

In this episode, David speaks vulnerably about his own journey and how the dissolution of his 10-year marriage helped him reevaluate his life and healing path. 

Our conversation includes stories about parenting, what it looks like to begin embracing our own pain, and why we actually need others in order to begin healing.

There are no words to describe how beautiful, impactful, and wise this conversation is.

Trust me. You don’t want to miss this!

David is a 5/1 Emotional Manifestor

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What is Trauma? What’s the difference between “big T” and “little t” trauma 

• What is a trauma response and how does it show up in our behavior?

• How personas and identities get invented in order to protect us from feeling our own pain

• How letting go of trauma patterns allows us to receive love 

• How acknowledging our emotions is the first step in the healing process

• How to communicate responsibly when we get triggered 

• How “therapy speak” takes us out of fully being present with ourselves and others

• How to become a better parent by dealing with our trauma 

• What it looks like to “be with” someone’s experience vs. “fixing” their experience 

• Why we live in a hyper-individualized culture and why we need healthy interdependence

• Why healing ourselves first is necessary in order to heal the collective 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• WholeHearted 

• What is NARM?

• Hakomi Method

• Somatic Experiencing 

Connect with Sam on Instagram here:

⁠⁠__@samwise⁠⁠

Connect with David here: 

• LinkedIn

• @david.jyoung

David is the co-creator and co-facilitator of Attuned: Becoming Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive In Professional Settings and Radical Wholeness: A 10-Week Online Journey. He is a student of collective trauma healing with Thomas Hübl and loves traveling, hanging out in tea shops, and camping with his kids.