# "Reclaiming Your Life From Medical Trauma" with Dr. James Jackson Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson.md Podcast: [The Allender Center Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683) Published: 2026-04-17T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://theallendercenter.libsyn.com/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theallendercenter/TAC631-Export.mp3?dest-id=214185 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/episodes/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson Duration seconds: 3075 ## Resource Nearly everyone has a story of medical trauma, whether it's a surgery, a frightening diagnosis, chronic pain, a difficult birth, a long wait for answers, or even the seemingly-subtle experience of being dismissed in a clinical setting. These moments may not always be labeled as "trauma," but they often leave a mark on our bodies, our relationships, and our sense of safety. In this episode of the Allender Center podcast, Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen sit down with Dr. James "Jim" Jackson, a leading expert in neuropsychology, long COVID, and survivorship care, to explore what it means to recognize and heal from medical trauma in all its forms. The conversation opens up the often-overlooked reality that medical experiences don't just end when treatment ends. They can shape anxiety, trust, avoidance of care, and the emotional lives of entire families. If you found this conversation helpful, we recommend checking out Dr. James Jackson's new book, "Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma." It extends the discussion much further, offering practical guidance for patients, caregivers, and clinicians who want to better understand the emotional and physiological aftermath of medical care and how to move forward with greater care. About the Allender Center Podcast: For over a decade, the Allender Center Podcast has offered honest, thoughtful conversations about the deep work of healing and transformation. Hosted by Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen, MDiv, this weekly podcast explores the complexities of trauma, abuse recovery, story, relationships, and spiritual formation. Through questions submitted by listeners, stories, interviews, and conversations, we engage the deep places of heartache and hope that are rarely addressed so candidly in our culture today. Join… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/episodes/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-allender-center-podcast-1093683/reclaiming-your-life-from-medical-trauma-with-dr-james-jackson.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.