Show Notes

• What is Nurse Burnout? How to Prevent It (ANA, 2024)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014). SAMHSA's concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma14-4884.pdf/
• United States Government Accountability Office [GAO]. (2018).Sexual assault: Information on the availability of forensic examiners (Report No. GAO-19-259T). https://www.gao.gov /products/gao-19-259t 
• Huberman, A. (Host). (September 23, 2024). Dr Victor Carrión: How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RFEkGKKhdE&t=3s
• Kletter H, Matlow R, Tanovic S, Carrion V. Cue-Centered Therapy for Youth Experiencing Posttraumatic Symptoms. Curr Treat Options Psychiatry. 2021;8(3):125-140. doi: 10.1007/s40501-021-00241-3. Epub 2021 Apr 19. PMID: 33898161; PMCID: PMC8054844.

This season is brought to you by the HRSA ANE-SANE workforce development grant (T96HP42062). Re LAB provides workforce training focused on leadership development, mentorship, and support for health care professionals.

SHOW NOTES

Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014). SAMHSA's concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma14-4884.pdf

Stanford Early Life Stress and Resilience Program; Dr. Victor Carrión

Huberman, A. (Host). (September 23, 2024). Dr Victor Carrión: How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RFEkGKKhdE&t=3s

Bremner, J. D., Southwick, S. M., Johnson, D. R., Yehuda, R., & Charney, D. S. (1993). Childhood physical abuse and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 150(2), 235–239. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.150.2.235

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). About adverse childhood experiences. https://www.cdc.gov/aces/about/index.html

Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Processing Model

Perry, B. D., Winfrey, O. (2021). What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing. Flatiron Books.

https://www.bdperry.com/clincal-work

NTDC Classroom Trauma-Related Behaviors – State Dependent Functioning (audio description)

Dr. Hillary McBride’s Staircase Model of the Stress Response

McBride, H. (2021). The Wisdom of Your Body. Baker Publishing Group.

https://hillarylmcbride.com/

Understanding the Stress Response

Cleveland Clinic. (2024). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-hpa-axis

Cleveland Clinic. (2025). Cortisol.  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22187-cortisol

Gecaite-Stonciene, J., Hughes, B. M., Kazukauskiene, N., Bunevicius, A., Burkauskas, J., Neverauskas, J., Bellani, M., & Mickuviene, N. (2022). Cortisol response to psychosocial stress, mental distress, fatigue and quality of life in coronary artery disease patients. Scientific reports, 12(1), 19373. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23712-w

Huberman, A. (Host). (2025, August 4). How to control your cortisol & overcome burnout. [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Huberman Lab. https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/how-to-control-your-cortisol-overcome-burnout

This season is brought to you by the HRSA ANE-SANE workforce development grant (T96HP42062). Re LAB provides workforce training focused on leadership development, mentorship, and support for health care professionals.

SHOW NOTES

Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Processing Model

Perry, B. D., Winfrey, O. (2021). What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing. Flatiron Books.

https://www.bdperry.com/clincal-work

NTDC Classroom Trauma-Related Behaviors – State Dependent Functioning (audio description)

Dr. Hillary McBride’s Staircase Model of the Stress Response

McBride, Ph. D. (2021). The Wisdom of Your Body. Baker Publishing Group.

https://hillarylmcbride.com/

Interoception

Gibson, J. (2019). Mindfulness, Interoception, and the Body: A Contemporary Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2012–2012. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02012

Khoury, N. M., Lutz, J., & Schuman-Olivier, Z. (2018). Interoception in Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of  Randomized, Controlled Trials with Interoception-Based Interventions. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 26(5), 250–263. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000170

Ueno, D., Ohira, H., & Narumoto, J. (2023). Interoception and the autonomic nervous system: Investigating affect, decision-making, and mental health. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1130324

This season is brought to you by the HRSA ANE-SANE workforce development grant (T96HP42062). Re LAB provides workforce training focused on leadership development, mentorship, and support for health care professionals.

SHOW NOTES

Breathwork

Fincham, G. W., Strauss, C., Montero-Marin, J., & Cavanagh, K. (2023). Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 432–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27247-y

Cyclic Sighing

Legget, H. (2023). ‘Cyclic sighing’ can help breathe away anxiety. Stanford Medicine. https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2023/02/cyclic-sighing-can-help-breathe-away-anxiety.html

Balban, M. Y., Neri, E., Kogon, M. M., Weed, L., Nouriani, B., Jo, B., Holl, G., Zeitzer, J. M., Spiegel, D., & Huberman, A. D. (2023). Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal. Cell Reports Medicine, 4(1), 100895–100895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100895

Huberman, A. [Host]. (). How to breathe for optimal health, mood, learning, & performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4m_PdFbu-s

Oxytocin and Self-Touch

von Au S, Marsh N, Jeske V, Hurlemann R, Lausberg H. Effects of self-touch and social-touch on peripheral oxytocin concentrations: A study conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physiol Behav. 2025 Nov 1;301:115061. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115061. Epub 2025 Aug 12. PMID: 40812607.

Uvnäs-Moberg K, Handlin L, Petersson M. Self-soothing behaviors with particular reference to oxytocin release induced by non-noxious sensory stimulation. Front Psychol. 2015 Jan 12;5:1529. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01529. PMID: 25628581; PMCID: PMC4290532.

Takayanagi Y, Onaka T. Roles of Oxytocin in Stress Responses, Allostasis and Resilience. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 23;23(1):150. doi: 10.3390/ijms23010150. PMID: 35008574; PMCID: PMC8745417.

Self Compassion 

Kristin D. Neff. 2023. Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention. Annual Review Psychology. 74:193-218. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-031047

Barlow, M. R., Goldsmith Turow, R. E., & Gerhart, J. (2017). Trauma appraisals, emotion regulation difficulties, and self-compassion predict posttraumatic stress symptoms following childhood abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 65, 37–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01. 006 

López-Castro, T., Saraiya, T., Zumberg-Smith, K., & Dambreville, N. (2019). Association between shame and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 32(4), 484–495. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22411 

Internal Family Systems

Schwartz, R. (2021). No bad parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. Sounds True. 

Schwartz, R. (2024). The Internal Family Systems workbook: A guide to discover your self and heal your parts. Sounds True. 

Anderson, F. G., Sweezy, M., & Schwartz, R. C. (2017). Internal family systems skills training manual: Trauma-informed treatment for anxiety, depression, PTSD & substance abuse. PESI publishing & media.

Hodgdon, H. B., Anderson, F. G., Southwell, E., Hrubec, W., & Schwartz, R. (2022). Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among survivors of multiple childhood trauma: A pilot effectiveness study. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 31(1), 22–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2021.2013375

SHOW NOTES

Shared Neural Capacity & Emotional Contagion

Auer, A., Walther, L.-M., Jendryczko, D., Auer, L., & Wirtz, P. H. (2024). Is your stress my stress? A standardized, randomized-controlled paradigm to study physiological stress contagion based on direct stress observation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 162, Article 106964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.106964

Carr, L., Iacoboni, M., Dubeau, M.-C., Mazziotta, J. C., & Lenzi, G. L. (2003). Neural Mechanisms of Empathy in Humans: A Relay from Neural Systems for Imitation to Limbic Areas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 100(9), 5497–5502. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0935845100

Cleveland Clinic. (2025). Your emotions are contagious. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/emotional-contagion

Glazier, E., & Ko, E., (2025). Mirror neurons critical to development of empathy. UCLA Health. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/mirror-neurons-critical-development-empathy

Jackson, P. L., Meltzoff, A. N., & Decety, J. (2005). How do we perceive the pain of others? A window into the neural processes involved in empathy. NeuroImage, 24(3), 771–779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.006

Seitz, R. J. (2024). Beliefs in Pain and Suffering: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach. Scientia et Fides, 12(1), 51–71. https://doi.org/10.12775/SetF.2024.003

Empathy

Riess, H. (2017). The Science of Empathy. Journal of Patient Experience, 4(2), 74–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373517699267

Riess, H., & Neporent, L. (2018). The empathy effect. Sounds True

Trauma Stewardship

Lipsky, L. van D. The Trauma Stewardship Institute. https://traumastewardship.com/

Lipsky, L. van D., Burk, C. (2010). Trauma stewardship : an everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others (First edition.). Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Trauma-Informed

SAMHSA. (2026). Interagency task force on trauma-informed care. https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/trauma-violence/trauma-informed-care