The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: Review, Summary and What the Science Says
Chapters
- Cold Open
- Welcome
- The Review
- The Summary
- The Science
- What To Read Next
- Outro
The Body Keeps the Score changed how millions of people think about trauma, but some researchers have pushed back hard on its science. Hailey gives her honest review, summarizes the book's big ideas, checks its biggest claims against the evidence, and recommends seven books to read next, including a skeptical counterpoint. This episode discusses trauma; please look after yourself.
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Books mentioned in this episode
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
Complex PTSD by Pete Walker
My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
The Trouble with Trauma by Michael Scheeringa
Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:18 Welcome
0:57 The Review
5:40 The Summary
11:33 The Science
17:09 What To Read Next
20:46 Outro
Scores, the full written review and the videos
Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).
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