Joshua Straub

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Joshua Straub



Joshua Straub, Ph.D., is an author, speaker, and family advocate. He uses his knowledge in the area of trauma to help people around the world, including those in Rwanda who seek healing from the 1994 genocide. Josh has served as the senior director of professional development for the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is cofounder and president of The Connextion Group, assistant professor at Liberty University Online and serves on the teaching team at Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson, Missouri. Josh and his wife, Christi, are the proud parents of a son and daughter.

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Safe House: How Emotional S...

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“A team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine set out on a thirty-year study to find if a single related cause existed for five major issues: mental illness, hypertension, malignant tumors, coronary heart disease, and suicide. After studying 1,377 students over thirty years, the most prevalent single cause of all five illnesses was not what you may think. Diet? Exercise? Not at all. They found instead that the most significant predictor of these five tragedies was a lack of closeness to the parents, especially the father.24”
Joshua Straub, Safe House: How Emotional Safety Is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well

“In 2001, researchers at Emory University decided to assess the truth of the following observation: children who knew about their family history were better able to handle stress.”
Joshua Straub, Safe House: How Emotional Safety Is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well

“Research shows the more a parent coherently understands her own story, the more secure she is, and the more her brain is wired to self-regulate—in other words, display self-control.”
Joshua Straub, Safe House: How Emotional Safety Is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well



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