The Deepest Well, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
The Deepest Well, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
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The Deepest Well
Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Author: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Narrator: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle.

Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness. Even though these events may have occured long ago, they have the power to haunt us long into adulthood, and now we have found that they may even contribute to lifelong illness.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the founder/CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness and recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, expands on similar topics as in her popular TED talk as she demystifies the connection between adversity and ill health. After surveying more than 17,000 adult patients, she found that the higher a person’s ACE score, the worse their health. This led Burke Harris to an astonishing breakthrough—childhood stress changes our neural systems and its impact lasts a lifetime.

Through vivid storytelling that combines both scientific insight with deeply moving stories about her patients and their families, Burke Harris illuminates her journey of discovery from the academy to her own pediatric practice in San Francisco’s poverty-ridden Bayview Hunters Point. She re-roots the story of childhood trauma and its aftermath in science to help listeners see themselves and others more clearly.

For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the innovative and acclaimed health interventions outlined in the The Deepest Well represents vitally important hope for change.

About Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point. She has earned international attention for her innovative approach to addressing childhood stress as a risk factor for adult disease. She serves as expert advisor for the Clinton Foundation's Too Small to Fail Initiative and for California Governor Jerry Brown's Let's Get Healthy California Task Force. Her work has been profiled in The New Yorker, in Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed, and in Jamie Redford's film Resilience. Mother to four children, Dr. Burke Harris is the recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the American Academy of Peditarics and the author of The Deepest Well. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hollis on February 07, 2018

Five stars , I guess , for the concept and the fact that this research has helped so many kids over the years . one star for the misleading title : I was expecting more of a work book and tips. There were, I suppose , two of them hidden. meditate and exercise .......more

Goodreads review by Lubinka on March 10, 2019

Although the title is somewhat misleading (the author explains in great detail the adversity itself, not so much how to heal its effects decades later), the book was extremely enlightening and offered me a much deeper insight into the mind-body connection and how our early childhood experiences affe......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on February 07, 2018

A must-read for anyone who cares about children and the future of our society!! Thanks to Dr. Burke Harris's engaging storytelling, this was a book that I literally could not put down.......more

Goodreads review by David on January 20, 2023

A topic very near and dear to my heart as I try to overcome the childhood adversity and adverse childhood experiences I experienced myself. I was only barely aware of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prior to reading Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance, and being only one generation removed from ‘the......more

Goodreads review by Julia on July 22, 2018

Standing ovation for Dr. Burke Harris. For retaining, trusting, and pursuing common sense and gut feelings even when the research wasn't there (yet). For avoiding the fallacy that years of education and multiple advanced degrees hold all there is to know. For remaining a curious and passionate learn......more