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The "life-changing" story Oprah reports this week (cbsnews.com)

 

[Last Sunday "60 Minutes" aired a piece by Oprah Winfrey called, "Treating Childhood Trauma.”]  

The follow-up interview with Oprah on "60 Minutes Overtime" is very powerful.  She says -- “This story has had more impact on me than practically anything that I have ever done.”  

Oprah says that working on this story caused “a revolution” in her own life.  

“This story was life-changing for me.” 

“What has been life-changing for me is the question, What happened to you?”  

“It has changed the way I see everyone."

She deals differently with her employees.  

She has a different reaction when she hears about a school shooter.

For Oprah, school was the place where she found the relationships that saw her through a very difficult childhood.  

“It was school that made me feel a sense of value and connection."

"Mrs. Duncan (her 4th grade teacher) instilled in me this sense of believing that I mattered, and that is what every human being is looking for.”

For those of us who have been exposed to these ideas for a long time it is easy to forget how impactful they can be for someone who learns about ACEs and adopts a trauma-informed perspective for the first time.  

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