Books Behind This Work
The reading behind the mission
Every book below has shaped how we think about trauma, healing, and what it means to help someone in pain.
The source behind the figures on this site: The mortality analysis, the years-of-life-lost calculation, and the case that childhood trauma is the leading root cause of death in America.
The memoir. Kankakee, fourteen children, and the childhood that eventually explained everything else.
What happens when the wound is inflicted, or buried, inside a faith community.
The $2 trillion a year that childhood trauma costs the American economy, and what employers can do about it.
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Every book below has shaped how we think about trauma, healing, and what it means to help someone in pain.
