Dr. April Minjarez is the only therapist I know who is both experienced at healing infant trauma and an end of life doula.  She is also an expert in multiple trauma healing modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and an amazing mentor, teacher, and healer.In this episode you will hear how a terrifying experience with gangs in middle school inspired April to become a therapist.  You will also learn how EMDR therapy stimulates healing by reprocessing components of traumatic memories, and how this modality can integrate ketamine journeys.  Also, you will learn April's compelling one word answer to my question about the meaning of life.Theme music by The Thrashing SkumzProduced by Dirk Winter and Violet ChernoffDeveloping Meaning is NOT MEDICAL ADVICE and NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY INSTITUTIONSTimestamps0:19 - Finding Meaning in Therapeutic Modalities11:31 - Middle School Gang Story19:20 - Evolution of Therapeutic Modalities23:32 - EMDR Therapy for Trauma Processing40:00 - Integrating EMDR and Ketamine48:51 - Working with Grief and Loss58:00 - The Meaning of Life According to April1:02:02 - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande1:06:00 - Wrap Up and Look Ahead