What changes when we stop asking “What’s wrong with you?” and begin asking “What happened to you?”
In Episode 173 of An Evolving Man Podcast, Piers Cross speaks with Ton Mazzone, filmmaker behind Traumality — an independently produced documentary exploring childhood adversity, attachment, trauma, the nervous system and mental health.
Ton spent years struggling with social anxiety and depression. After seeking medical help, he was given a diagnosis and medication, but little explanation for why he felt the way he did. Discovering trauma later became a profound turning point: his symptoms began to make sense as understandable responses to earlier experiences rather than proof that he was fundamentally broken. Pasted text
Piers and Ton explore psychoeducation, ACEs, shame, Internal Family Systems, somatic approaches, male vulnerability, trauma-informed schools, incarceration, boarding school and the need for systems that respond with greater curiosity and compassion.
They also discuss the limitations of purely symptom-focused approaches to mental health and what might become possible if healthcare, education and leadership became more trauma-informed. Pasted text
A powerful conversation about understanding the roots of distress, restoring agency and building a more trauma-informed society.
Watch Traumality:
https://traumality.com
Find Piers:
https://piers-cross.com
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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.
He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.
He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1
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Piers Cross
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