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Minding Your Amygdala - A Brain, Body, Behavior Podcast

When you experience something traumatic, who do you call for help? How much education have you received about your brain, biology and their connection to your behavior? Are you familiar with the Amygdala (“Your Feelings Creator”) and one of the six Primitive Brain Systems that are predictably programmed by psychological trauma?When you or a loved one needs psychological help, it's hard to know what to say or do. Start here! Join Dr. Alauna, Trauma Psychiatrist, who believes in a comprehensive, empathy-based approach to healing from trauma. Regardless of the events leading to the traumatic experience (ex. physical abuse, sexual trauma, climate disasters, or even invisible wounds like invalidation), the impact on the brain’s programming is the same. It's time to de-stigmatize trauma as an experience that happens to everyone and evolve our ability to self-regulate our emotions. This is your weekly go-to for all questions about mental and emotional health, trauma recovery, brain science and more!Visit www.dralauna.com to learn more about Dr. Alauna, Trauma Psychiatrist

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Minding Your Amygdala - A Brain, Body, Behavior Podcast

Bad Bunny, Kanye did WHAT?! and Epstein File Triggers

February 20, 2026 • Dr. Alauna Curry • Season 3 • Episode 21

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Join us for an enlightening conversation on Minding Your Amygdala: A Brain, Body, Behavior Podcast!

This season we'll approach the podcast with mental health in the context of current events. We'll reflect on the powerful cultural money of the Bad Bunny Bowl, and how it highlighted how traumatic perceptions influence the way we each experienced it.

Then, we continue our conversation about mental illness through examining Kanye's recent full page apology to the Black and Jewish communities, where he shared more detail about his brain injury and bipolar diagnosis over the years. While we don't have to accept his apology, we can destigmatize mental health by increasing our understanding of the brain, body and biology of the human brain.

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Want to dive even deeper into healing and transformation? Check out The Trauma CURE—your opportunity to learn more about a Skills Over Pills approach to trauma recovery, connect with an empathy-centered community, and gain tools that pave the way toward wellness. Thank you for listening and for supporting our mission to make mental health education accessible to all.

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