"We define ‘trauma’ as an event outside the normal human veins of experience. At least one-third of couples, globally,…"

"There’s very good literature [on shellshock] from 1919 and 1920. But then there was pushback, people saying: ‘You’re …"

"Something has always really puzzled me. I was born in 1943 in the Netherlands. A very large number of kids of my gene…"

"Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior dis…"

"As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue i…"

"Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connect…"

"As I often tell my students, the two most important phrases in therapy, as in yoga, are “Notice that” and “What happe…"

"We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by…"

"The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves."

"It is striking how many times people carve out a piece of exceptional intelligence – exceptional creativity – that al…"