The Trauma Translator™ is a weekly live show + podcast hosted by Lauren Friedman, Founder & CEO of Why go Project [Re]defining the human experience through the lens of trauma. How can we change or solve for what we don’t understand?

Ex-AdTech veteran, CPTSD alchemist and connector on a tragically funny, trauma-informed, soul purpose mental health mission. The Art & Science of Connection is where Lauren’s expertise lies, seeing systems, concepts and humans in unique ways that allow her alchemize pain into purpose. Lauren makes abstract/complex ideas palatable across vary levels of sophistication and audiences, connecting deeply with others, empowering them to connect deeper with themselves and others.

Lauren’s story isn’t just compelling, it’s consequential. And now she is on a mission to educate the world about trauma,

Trauma Translator™ Live & Pod explores happens when humans experience life collapse or just try to get through the day, but nobody has ever been taught how-to-human. Biohack an embodied comeback with nervous system literacy and a holistic view of wellness to meet any moment, embodied.

This is not toxic positivity or scare stories – it’s real humans who have survived and thrived in the face of unimaginable chaos, life-altering, transformative and consequential situations, alchemizing their journeys to help others.

Highlighting real nervous system patterns that keep us stuck in the same cycles of dysfunction that often look like new problems and how to rebuild better from a nervous system lens for permanent change!

Lauren and her guests often answer the questions ‘how did we get here, how do we move forward and what would we do differently though the lens of trauma knowing what we know now.’

Featuring purpose-driven, trauma-informed and emerging innovation, thought-leaders, subject matter experts, therapists, neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, wellness professionals + advocates, tastemakers and more translating how trauma shows up in daily life, practical tools for nervous system regulation and how-to-human in a modern, high-pressured world so high-achieving professionals and underserved communities can navigate the ebbs, flows and tidal waves of life with the Art & Science of Connection, living better lives IRL not just ‘perfect on paper’ ;)

This is not a traditional interview or LinkedIn show, but rather real stories, real solutions and real 360-degree view of the human experience – since life doesn’t happen in a silo. Bridging trauma education, neuroscience, somatics, emerging technology, advertising technology, fitness, nutrition, entrepreneurship, addiction & sobriety spectrum™, job loss, spirituality, weight issues, biohacking, men’s health & support, fashion/self-care, embodiment, small business, finance, health insurance, chronic illness/pain, illness misdiagnosis, divorce, dysfunctional families, music/pop culture, relational issues, neurodivergence, high-performance, nonprofits, suicide, burnout, crime prevention, sustainability, banal experiences and lived, consequential, integrated experience, stories of survival, resilience, healing and real-world applications.

Guests are invited to be featured on the HOW-ARE U HEALING™ Global Resource Ecosystem & Hub because CONNECTION CHANGES ER’THANG!