Healing Your Childhood Trauma | The Oprah Podcast

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah BUY THE BOOK! "What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey, published by FLATIRON BOOKS | MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS, is available wherever books are sold. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250223180/whathappenedtoyou/ Go here for more information about Dr. Bruce Perry’s work: https://www.bdperry.com/ Buy the book on Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/what-happened-to-you/id1543114119 Buy the book on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/57vmMk9T5dkvhXVjEHTlqn?si=b127dc1e14e14a7e In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, world-renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist, Dr. Bruce Perry, offers his advice on how to heal from childhood wounds. Oprah and Dr. Perry co-authored the #1 New York Times bestselling book, What Happened to You? Which has sold over 1 million copies. Dr. Perry discusses why asking this simple question is so important to understanding one’s story and behavior. He also gives scientific and practical guidance on why certain traumas can have lasting impacts on our lives and how little moments of hope make all the difference. Oprah shares stories from her own life offering ways to overcome our challenges. People from around the country join via Zoom to share their experiences and receive advice from Dr. Perry and Oprah on how to heal and move forward from their personal traumas. 00:00:00 - Welcome Dr. Bruce Perry 00:03:18 - Understanding others starts with knowing their story 00:04:38 - Difficult people are responding to how they are being treated 00:07:03 - The most damage happens between these ages 00:11:15 - Dr. Bruce Perry says its not too late to change your brain 00:12:05 - Many different types of people can create an environment for healing 00:13:18 - Welcome Annie 00:14:58 - How to forgive someone for not loving you the way you needed 00:16:30 - Oprah loves this definition of forgiveness 00:18:07 - How Oprah forgave her own mother 00:20:56 - Welcome Alexis 00:23:31 - How trauma affects your whole body 00:26:39 - How to rebuild trust with ourselves and others 00:28:39 - Welcome US District Judge Esther Salas 00:34:05 - How “What Happened to You” helped Esther heal 00:35:48 - How “What Happened to You” changed the way Judge Salas sees people in her courtroom 00:37:17 - Regulation vs. dysregulation 00:39:48 - Welcome David 00:45:10 - Oprah’s story about feeling safe 00:48:40 - How to rewrite your script and start your healing 00:51:42 - How do we break self-destructive patterns 00:57:10 - What Oprah hopes people take away from “What Happened to You” Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprah/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381