Thank you, friends, for clicking on this episode of the Pondering Purple podcast, a source of information, insight and inspiration for those who love MKs and those who are MKs. ··· This episode is based on an article by the same name: Understanding Trauma in the Lives of MKs Resources: The rest of the resources mentioned in the podcast might be most easily accessed by clicking on the links embedded in the article above. If you prefer to see them individually, they are here: Aundi Kolber definition of trauma How trauma impacts the brain About the CDC/Kaiser study on Adverse Childhood Experiences Negative future outcomes of high ACEs scores TCK Training's findings on ACEs among TCKs TCK Training's findings specific to MKs The "shoulds" that keep MKs from reporting Six Permissions MKs Need Suffering and the Heart of God (Diane Langberg) Try Softer (Aundi Kolber) Artistic rendering of Aundi Kolber interview (Morgan Harper Nichols) The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk) More of my MK-related resources can be found at the following links: 1. My most-read articles listed on my website. 2. My playlist of video "nuggets" on Youtube. 3. My novel about a missionary family, Of Stillness and Storm. Four ways to make sure you don't miss an episode: 1. Click subscribe after you find Pondering Purple on the podcast platform of your choice. 2. Friend and follow me on Facebook--I'll announce new episodes as they release. (Make sure you hit "Follow first" under the "Follow" tab.) 3. Join The MK Hub, a group on Facebook solely devoted to sharing new materials as I produce them. 4. Receive email notifications by writing “subscribe to podcast” in the subject line of a message you send to [email protected]. (I promise--that's all you'll receive. No newsy epistles or cat pictures!) ··· Please use the media links included with the podcast to share this resource in your missionary, MK and TCK circles. I'd love it if you also left a comment on whatever platform you use, so Pondering Purple can be less of a monologue and more of a conversation. ··· The title of the podcast is a nod to the complex, beautiful, sometimes confounding, always life-shaping and ideally life-enhancing effects of growing up in the color swirl of cultures and worlds. ··· Music: Bethany J. Dueck. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/michele-phoenix/message