The Body Keeps the Score

This book by Bessel van der Kolk has been genuinely recommended 2 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Paul Conti, Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics, trauma & ptsd. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Sep 2020 and the most recent from Sep 2021. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

• “the book the body keeps the score by dr van der kolk is also a very very helpful resource”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “is also a very very helpful resource”
  Paul Conti · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202101:42:32

  Said during "How Trauma Works and How to Heal From It, Paul Conti, MD". The episode features Paul Conti, MD: Stanford- and Harvard-trained psychiatrist (former Harvard chief resident) who founded a clinic in Portland specializing in complex assessment and trauma. Author of 'Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic,' whose foreword was written by Lady Gaga. Psychiatrist Paul Conti explains how trauma reshapes the brain, fuels shame, and how validation, connection, and the right tools enable healing.

• “included books by peter levine like waking the tiger the body keeps the score by bessel van der kolk and a handful of other things”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “jack made a number of recommendations for resources”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202000:14:00

  Said during "Tim Ferriss, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show and a bestselling author. In this deeply personal solo episode he is also the subject, joined by his friend Debbie Millman as interviewer and fellow survivor. Tim Ferriss publicly shares his childhood sexual abuse for the first time, discussing trauma, near-suicide, and the tools that aided his healing.