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Shifting Mindsets: Transgenerational Cycles of ACEs

Lowry, John Evan

Childhood toxic stress and trauma can change your body and pass down through generations. In this episode of Shifting Mindsets for Better Health, we examine how Adverse Childhood Experiences cause a transgenerational cycle and why we need to break this cycle.

Shifting Mindsets: Transgenerational Cycles of ACEs

Shifting Mindsets for Better Health is a collaborative production of Central Michigan University’s College of the Arts and Media, the College of Medicine, and the Interdisciplinary Center for Community Health & Wellness.

Dr. Heather Polinsky is the Director of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts at Central Michigan University. Before pursuing academia, Dr. Polinsky worked as an audio engineer at SoundTrax Recording Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina.