Race to Nowhere
.
I’m indebted to the following scientists, experts, and scholars for email
exchanges that provided clarity on their work: neuropsychologist Rick Hanson,
PhD, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center; Robin Karr-Morse,
family therapist; Seth Pollak, PhD, professor of psychology and director of the
Child Emotion Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin; Joan
Kaufman, PhD, director of the Child and Adolescent Research and Education
(CARE) program at Yale School of Medicine; Hilary P. Blumberg, MD,
professor of psychiatry and director of the Mood Disorders Research Program at
Yale School of Medicine; Robert Whitaker, MD, professor of pediatrics and
public health at Temple University; Robert W. Block, MD, past president of
AAP, and head of the Center on Healthy, Resilient Children; Bruce S. McEwen,
PhD, professor of neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University; and Stanford
University psychologist Kelly McGonigal, PhD. Thanks also to Jack Kornfield,
PhD, Buddhist meditation teacher and psychologist; Tara Brach, PhD,
meditation teacher and psychologist; and James Gordon, MD, founder and
director of the Center for MindBody Medicine in Washington, DC, for allowing
me to quote their teachings, and to Al Race, director of Communications and
Public Engagement at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,
for his help in quoting the work of Jack Shonkoff, MD, director of the Center on
the Developing Child at Harvard University.
A special heartfelt thanks to writer Andrew Solomon.
I am likewise indebted to Jane Stevens, journalist and founder of the social
network
ACEsConnection.com
and the news site
ACEsTooHigh.com
—to whom
the field of ACE research owes so much.
This book could not have been written without the intrepid, brave individuals
who allowed me to tell their stories of trauma and recovery. I am indebted to
every one of you, and I hope this book honors your stories, your healing, and
your determination to create meaningful lives regardless of the obstacles
encountered.
To my agent and dear friend, Elizabeth Kaplan, your encouragement for my
lifelong mission to change the world by bringing light to what causes pain,
suffering, and illness, and to help readers understand what creates and affirms
healing, has made it possible for me to do this work. Thanks for your faith in me.
My gratitude to Leslie Meredith at Atria for seeing the value in this book, and
for her careful, mindful edits, as well as to Donna Loffredo for her kindness and
good cheer in keeping the process running smoothly. To my friend Lee Kravitz,
thank you for making the early chapters of this book a better read.
To my friends in my Advanced Readers Circle, Jen Britton, Leslie
Hoffmeister, Sarah Judd, Barbee Whitaker (“Seesta”), thank you for reading
early pages, commenting, and making my life better by being in it. Kimberly
Minear, a heartfelt thanks for reading, and for your support, and welcome
distractions along the way, without which I might not have made it through this
rapid production cycle.
Thank you to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, for allowing me much-
needed time to finish this book.
Finally, and most important, thanks to my husband, Zenji, who helped me get
through the sixteen-hour writing days by supporting me in every way possible,
with Paleo dinners, endless hugs, patience, and good humor. And to my children,
for their perhaps misguided faith that my writing can help make the world a
healthier place (“Mom, you can do it!”). My desire for them, and for the next
generation, to thrive, is perhaps the greatest driving force behind this book that
you now hold in your hands.
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