How Trauma Creates High Achievers: Fight Response, Perfectionism & Burnout
Success can become a survival strategy when the nervous system learns that achievement equals safety.
In this episode of Trauma Rewired, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof are joined by entrepreneur and Brain Based partner Margie Feltoon to explore how unresolved trauma can drive perfectioni...
Virtues & Vocations, Part 27: Mattering
Episode Topic: MatteringListen in for a conversation with journalist and author Jennifer Wallace as she shares her career journey, her roots in education, and the powerful message behind her book, Mattering—a roadmap to living a life of deep connection and purpose.Featured Speakers:
Jennifer Wal...
Why Post-Traumatic Growth Requires Nervous System Reorganization
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What can you control in this chaotic world?
When it feels like the world is on fire, it's hard to know what's in your control and what's out of your hands. This hour, TED speakers explain ways you can reclaim your agency. Guests include financial advisor Matt Pitcher, sociologist Anindya Kundu, journalist Jennifer Wallace and design thinki...
What Does it Really Mean to Matter | With Jennifer B Wallace
Jennifer Wallace has spent years studying that question and what she discovered may change the way we think about parenting, success, relationships and even our own lives.
In this conversation, Jennifer explains why mattering goes deeper than belonging. It's about feeling valued for who you are ...
Why Safety Matters More Than Intensity in Psychedelic Healing
Peak somatic experiences can create profound shifts in awareness, emotion, and perception—but intensity alone does not create healing.
In this episode of Trauma Rewired, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof explore why preparation, nervous system capacity, and integration matter far more than ...
How Mattering to Yourself & Others Can Change Your Life with Oprah, Jennifer Wallace & Ina Garten
Oprah is joined by award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace to talk about her transformative new book "Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose." Drawing on six years of research, Wallace shares how mattering - the feeling that we are v...
We Are Shaping Each Other: The Science of Co-Regulation
Co-regulation has become almost synonymous with calm: the steady voice, the safe person, the nervous system that helps another nervous system settle. But what if that definition is far too small?
We are always co-regulating. The question is: what are we organizing around?
In the Season 6 premie...
Why mattering matters in suicide prevention
A simple sentence may be one of the most powerful ways to make someone feel seen: "If it weren't for you..." Drawing from Jennifer Wallace's The Science of Mattering, this episode explores our deep need to know that we matter, why gratitude isn't always enough, and how sharing the impact someone ...
Beyond the Triune Brain: The Neuroscience of Prediction, Emotion and Change
What if your brain isn't divided into separate systems for survival, emotion, and rational thought? And what if understanding how the brain actually works could change the way you think about your patterns, your identity, and your capacity for change?
For decades, the triune brain model shaped ...
