{"id":4885,"date":"2016-01-13T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2016-01-20T23:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T04:31:27","slug":"the-trauma-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2016\/01\/the-trauma-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trauma Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Trauma Bond<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/pcnd4-5bec0f?skin=108\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Airing Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 2:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Rising Star is <strong>Lawrence Swaim<\/strong>, for 25 years a mental health counselor and author of a trilogy of books on aggression, trauma and systemic evil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About the Guest Lawrence Swaim<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lawrence Swaim<\/strong> is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit established after 9\/11 to oppose bias against religious minorities, and advocate religious liberty for all. 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