EP 123| Featuring: Dr. Ardeshir Mehran

Host's Note - If you prefer to watch this interview, check out the YouTube video.

This episode features our guest, Dr. Ardeshir Mehran, who is far from your “typical” psychologist, with more than 30 years expertise, here to talk about his ground-breaking theory: “You are not depressed; you are unfinished.”

TOPICS:
- Their journey - childhood trauma, emotional and physical abuse, staying curious, mystified by high performers, felt like he gave up, then he started to pay attention
- Watching how people tell stories with their bodies
- Somatic changes to those who have been traumatized and how to reconnect to your body and listen to the body's story
- Disconnection from emotions, grieving, loss
- People feel broken or that something is missing
- The seven emotional needs that he says we all have
- "The emotional Bill of Rights"
- Share what you believe in and tell your story
- Trauma survivors minimize your needs
- Trying to close trauma response loops
- Trauma robs us of boundaries
- Why depression are parts of you that are looking for change
- The need to have your energy channelled and to stay learning

GUEST RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Peter Levine  - father of Somatic Experiencing
2. Gabor Mate  - understanding trauma & the body
3. The Book “Lost Connections” by Johann Hari

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST:
1.  Website
2. LinkedIn
3. His Book: You Are Not Depressed. You Are Un-Finished.: Use Feelings of Depression and Anxiety to Fuel a Soaring Life

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