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This episode explores how unaddressed trauma affects men's behavior and emotional expression, featuring insights from trauma specialist Dr. Kevin Scott.

Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s. #WorkMomSays trauma doesn’t come back as a memory — it comes back as a behavior, and until you understand that, you can’t change it In this episode, Lori Jo Vest is joined by Dr. Kevin Scott, trauma specialist and Marine Corps combat era veteran, to explore how unaddressed trauma silently drives the way men think, feel, and behave in the world — at home, at work, and in relationships. Drawing from Dr. Scott’s clinical expertise, his personal journey through dark and tumultuous chapters, and his work doing crisis intervention training for law enforcement, the conversation covers everything from big T vs. little T trauma to moral injury, trauma response styles, mother woundedness, and why men are so rarely given the tools to express or even recognize their own pain. Lori and Dr. Scott also share practical guidance for anyone — man or woman — who isstruggling with unresolved trauma and wondering where to even begin. Themes Discussed in This Episode What trauma actually is, and why secondary and vicarious trauma are just as real as direct trauma The difference between big T and little T trauma — and…

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