When We Connect, We Survive with Dr Shauna Springer on the 10 Beliefs About Mental Health That Are Quietly Killing Our Bravest
About this episode
Dr. Shauna Springer discusses the misconceptions about mental health that may endanger our bravest individuals and emphasizes the importance of connection in healing.
What if the things we say and do to support our bravest are actually the things putting them at risk? Dr. Shauna Springer is back. A Harvard-trained psychologist and Chief Psychologist at Stella Mental Health, she’s spent over a decade as a trusted “doc” to warfighters and first responders. Her new book, Fallout: 10 Common Beliefs That Kill Our Bravest and the Truths That Can Save Them, dismantles the well-intentioned myths quietly costing lives — from suicide awareness campaigns to the idea that resilience can simply be taught. In this episode, Shauna aka Doc joins Jon and Will to dig into why connection beats every tool and treatment, why grief and trauma need completely different approaches, and the innovative biological treatment changing how PTSD is healed. IN THIS EPISODE: 1. Why suicide awareness campaigns can increase risk instead of preventing it 2. The difference between grief, trauma, and moral injury — and why they need different treatment 3. Elasticity vs. resilience: a better framework for sustainable peak performance 4. Why suicide often feels selfless, not selfish, to a warrior — and how that changes prevention 5. The dual sympathetic reset (DSR/SGB): treating…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jon Macaskill, Will Schneider
Guest: Dr Shauna Springer
Topics covered
- mental health
- PTSD treatment
- suicide prevention
- grief and trauma
- resilience
- connection
Keywords
- mental health
- PTSD
- suicide awareness
- grief
- trauma
- resilience
- connection
- treatment
- biological treatment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stella Mental Health, Harvard
Books & works: Fallout: 10 Common Beliefs That Kill Our Bravest and the Truths That Can Save Them
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