Show notes
Kimberly Pierce has been practicing as a Physician’s Assistant at a rural Vermont clinic for the last 37 years and has become a passionate advocate for understanding the impact of trauma on health. In this episode, Kim discusses:
- The groundbreaking results of the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) health study
- How stress causes sometimes devastating physiological changes in the body
- How the solution to childhood trauma is community
- The impact of incorporating the ACE screening tool into her patient visits
- The influence of trauma on epigenetic expression
- The devastating impact of inter-generational, cultural and racial trauma
- How important it is for children to have at least one person take a genuine interest in them
- The role of shame
- There’s hope because healing can happen
- How her documentary, “The Faces of ACE’s” came to be
To contact Kim Pierce, send an email to [email protected]
For information about Brene Brown’s work on shame and vulnerability https://brenebrown.com
For information about the Energy Genesis healing chamber: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/energy-medicine
