What is system speak?
Educational, supportive, inclusive, and inspiring, System Speak documents her healing journey through the best and worst of life in recovery through insights, conversations, and collaborations. After five years of podcasting, we took a break!
Are natural pauses due to dissociation edited out of the podcast?
Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity. While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system (and their guest speakers) are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.
Why did Emma and her system start this podcast?
That said, Emma and her system began this podcast when they began to study available research as a form of education to increase understanding. They also found many survivor videos online, but had little time to sit and watch them.
Who is Jamie Pollack?
Our guest this week is Jamie Pollack, the founder of An Infinite Mind. She shares her story and the story of how the annual conference for people with DID got started. We talk about the coming out process with DID, and what it’s like to have friends who know about DID and what it’s like to have other friends with DID. She shares the conference will be virtual next year because of the pandemic, but will still happen the last weekend of January. Trigger warning for reference to media portrayals of plurals as killers and mention of threats from hate groups - neither issue is discussed in detail, only in passing.
Who is Lynn Crook?
Our guest today is Lynn Crook, who was herself a clinician discovering her own traumatic past. She was one of the first to sue her parents for abuse suffered as a child, and won her case just as the Memory Wars began in the 90’s. She shares her experience with us, and tells the story of debunking the “Lost in the Mall” study often used in legal cases and the media by “experts” against recovered memories. Trigger warning for references to child molesters and child abuse.
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Trigger Warning: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general. Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.
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Our guest shares their lived experience of integration. They explain how integration and plurality are not exclusive. They share the impact of learning to love themselves. Content note: there is a trigger warning for topic of natural integration (not in context of treatment goals) and a passing reference to suicidality (no details or discussion).
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Trigger Warning: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general. Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.
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We visit with Jillian Hosey, a therapist in Toronto. We explore presence in therapy, ruptures and repair, and the importance of our own work in caring for our clients. This is a two-part conversation.
