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Shifting Mindsets: Cultivating Resilience

John Minchillo
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AP

Children learn from an early age how to deal with stress from their environment and caregivers. In today's episode of Shifting Mindsets for Better Health, we examine how to cultivate resilience to mitigate the effects of toxic stress and trauma caused by adverse childhood experiences.

Shifting Mindsets: Cultivating Resilience

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.