The Wisdom of Trauma: YANA Screening & Discussion (In Person & Online)

Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.

Join us at COhatch in the Waterfront or from the comfort of your home online as we screen & discuss The Wisdom of Trauma featuring Dr. Gabor Maté in this special presentation in our 2025 YANA trauma series.

Special VIP tickets are available if you would like to reserve a recliner on site for the viewing, there is a fixed fee of $20.

$5-10 Donation Requested for regular admission, in person or on Zoom.

COhatch Waterfront is located at 137 WEST BRIDGE ST, HOMESTEAD, PA 15120 in the heart of The Waterfront shopping center between Ethan Allen and Bath & Body Works. Parking is free throughout the shopping center. If you require any special accommodations, please message us at: [email protected]

In the Fall of 2020, OMA brought together a panel of survivors to meet monthly and discuss their own individual traumas and journeys of healing. For four years, our panel covered a variety of topics and evolved into an amazing therapeutic journey for each person that shared their most intimate and vulnerable parts of themselves with the OMA community, hoping to share the message that not only is healing from trauma possible, it is also a profoundly transformative experience.

As we move into this new year, we want to expand the work that has been done under the banner of You Are Not Alone (YANA) by offering trauma-informed trainings, lectures, workshops, and seasonal gatherings. Some of these offerings will come from our panel, but we are also reaching out to others in our community that have something special to offer to the healing discussion.

Healing from trauma is a complex journey, but with the right support and understanding, individuals can find a path to recovery. Trauma affects individuals differently, so the need to offer a wide variety of support is indicated. Our goal is to foster discussions around holistic health, safety, transparency, community, empowerment, choice, and the need for systemic change.

Lectures are currently priced nominally to the public and we offer scholarship assistance to anyone with financial constraints.

Gail Hunter and Leza Vivio are the moderators for the 2025 YANA programming.

The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.

One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year [1]. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24 [2], and kills over 700,000 people a year globally [3] and 48,300 in the USA [4]. Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually [5]. The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA [6]. What is going on?

In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Gabor Maté to explore why our western society is facing such epidemics. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society.

Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.

For more information, go to: https://thewisdomoftrauma.com

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