NOTES FROM NEWTOWN: (all about resilience)

John Woodall, MD
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”Notes from Newtown” is about building resilience from the trials of life.  Tens years on from the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, residents of Newtown have learned much about growing through the pain and tragedy of life.  Notes from Newtown, hosted by Newtown psychiatrist, Dr. John Woodall, explores the roots of resilience with members of the Newtown community and other experts known from his time running the Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Working Group at Harvard University.

  1. Episode 1 ·  Video

    Welcome to Notes from Newtown! What is ”Successful Suffering?”

    Intro to "Notes from Newtown" and building resilience from the trials of life. If you've never suffered, then this is not for you. If you are looking for ways to grow from suffering, we begin here.  Tens years on from the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, residents of Newtown have learned much about growing through the pain and tragedy of life.  Notes from Newtown, hosted by Newtown psychiatrist, Dr. John Woodall, explores the roots of resilience with members of the Newtown community and other experts known from his time running the Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Working Group at Harvard University.

  2. Episode 2 ·  Video

    Suffering and the Compassionate Identity

    Tragic loss, like what happened in Newtown, causes predictable damage to our sense of self, but damage that can be the cause of our transformation and growth.  Using an example from work done in New York City after 9/11 at the request of the Mayor's Office, we explore the four major ways our suffering, if left unattended, can destroy our sense of self and the healthy way this process can be resolved in the growth of our "Compassionate Identity."

  3. Episode 3 ·  Video

    From Newtown to the Highland Park Art Center

    I grew up in Wilmette, right next door to Highland Park, IL.  When the shooting happened in Highland Park, I spoke to my sister who lived there for many years and a number of friends.  They put me in touch with the Director of the Highland park Arts Center.  This episode is from a a video letter I sent to the Board of the Arts Center a few days after the tragedy in Highland Park.  It offers insights from the experience in Newtown to help those in Highland Park, and now any trauamtized community.

  4. Episode 4 ·  Video

    Grief is a Form of Love

    Grief is not like a cold.  It's not something we "get over."  Grief is one of many forms of love.  The work of grief is to find another form for the love to take in your life.

  5. Episode 5 ·  Video

    Get Back Into the River of Life

    Great tragedy, trauma and suffering have a way of making you feel like you've been cast out of the normal flow of life.  It's as if the river of life is flowing right by you, and you're not in it.  How do we get back into the water?  How do we feel alive again and not caught in anguish and isolation?

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”Notes from Newtown” is about building resilience from the trials of life.  Tens years on from the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, residents of Newtown have learned much about growing through the pain and tragedy of life.  Notes from Newtown, hosted by Newtown psychiatrist, Dr. John Woodall, explores the roots of resilience with members of the Newtown community and other experts known from his time running the Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Working Group at Harvard University.

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