Discussion, information, and stories about trauma. What it is, how it happens, how it affects your brain and behaviors, and how to deal with it with mindfulness and DBT skills.
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Awakened Foreign-Born Mama | Trauma Healing, Reconnecting to True Self, Subconscious Reprogramming, Health, Happiness and Thriving
Nurzhan Sterbenz I Transformational Trauma Coach for Immigrant Moms I Trauma thriver
Welcome to Awakened Foreign-Born Mama, a podcast taking an honest look at how unhealed childhood traumas impact our lives as immigrant mothers - and what we can do to break free and truly thrive. For many of us, the challenges of mothering in a new culture are compounded by past hurts, dysfunctions, and oppressive environments we endured growing up. These unresolved pains and unhealthy patterns seep into our mental health, relationships, marriages, parenting, and overall sense of self-worth. ...
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Victim mentality and trauma
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On this episode, I talk about: - Signs of victim mentality - the root cause of victim mentality - difference between victimhood mentality vs survivor mentality - why it is hard to break out of victimhood mentality and hidden benefits - examples of how victimhood mindset affect us in our parenting and marriage - how we may fall into trauma victim me…
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Sharing our stories with Aisulu Masylkanova
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This is our first story feature with a foreign-born mama! Aisulu and I talked about motherhood in the US, how we want to be a different parent, challenges of mothering in the US and how we are navigating past and present. Aisulu brought up our usual behaviors and thinking through her story and how it can keep us stuck or feel powerless. I would lov…
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Self-care for immigrant mama with Erin Hearts
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I was invited to be a guest on a podcast "Self-care for Childhood Trauma Survivors" with Erin Hearts. We talked about: - How trauma affects us as moms and how it is different for immigrant moms - We shared self-care tools and how it is important for keeping us regulated and manage our reactions Please enjoy this interview and let us know if anythin…
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Beauty Standards and Trauma
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On this episode, I talk about: - Invisible standards we have on physical beauty and what makes us attractive and desire-able - cultural and societal conditioning of women and standards - how these standards have traumatized and still traumatizing women - how these standards makes us create internal belief that we are "not pretty enough" or "good en…
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Can trauma hold us back from thriving?
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On this episode, I share about: - story of how Oprah Winfrey opened a new school and how girls were not thriving despite how an amazing environment she created for them to thrive - I discuss how childhood trauma was affecting these girls in learning and reaching their potential - I discuss similarities I see between these girls' journey and our jou…
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International Women's Day Special
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On this epidose, I talk about how we, as women and moms, give away our power to men , particularly to our husbands to make this day special for us, to make us feel special. I offer a different perspective and discuss the potential old patterns and beliefs that may be guiding our feelings and emotions on this day. I also discuss the significance of …
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Why do we feel guilty when we do something nice for ourselves?
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On this episode, I talked about: - Turning 40 years old and how it can make us feels as women - Share my decision to celebrate my birthday big time and feeling guilt - Unconscious beliefs and thoughts in my head - where does this guilt come from and how is it affecting us? - Patriarchy and women's subjugation and guilt - Difference between guilt an…
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How does trauma affect our brains and nervous systems?
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In this episode, I invite you to slow down and connect with natural cycles of winter season. The episode goes then to explain how trauma affected our brain size and our nervous system. As childhood trauma survivors, we need to understand the difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic systems of our brains, so we can begin noticing where we …
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Self-Care for Childhood Trauma Survivors and Single parenting with Erin Hearts
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In this episode, Erin and I talked about: - Sexual childhood trauma and how it is an effect of emotional neglect at home - Narcissistic partners and why we attract emotionally unavailable partners in life - Intergenerational patterns and parents' traumas - How motherhood can invite us to awaken from our unconscious patterns - Single parenthood and …
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Setting Goals and Intentions for the New Year as a Trauma-informed Mom
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In this episode, I talk about: - the significance of New Years Eve in other countries - New Years Eve as a time to do a reset and set some goals and intentions - Difference between how goal and intention settings are done in the US vs Kyrgyzstani culture - How to find balance between the different ways of two cultures - What we need to be aware of …
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Why do we overfunction in our marriages, parenting and during holidays?
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On this episode, you will learn: - what is overfunctioning and Nurzhan's story of how she overfunctioned in her marriage - why do we overfunction as moms and women? - the signs and examples of overfunctioning - how to not overfunction and tools/tips how to manage overfunctioning -cost of overfunctioning and how it affects negatively our husbands an…
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Healing trauma through learning to prioritize yourself and creating a morning routine with Jenny Lee
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On this episode, you will learn: - Jenny's personal story and how she struggled to be present as a mom - Jenny's family history and childhood/intergenerational traumas that affected her as a mom and her experience growing up as Chinese in Indonesia - Jenny's awakening and healing story - What happens when we don't prioritize ourselves and why it is…
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How to celebrate the holidays without loosing sense of who you are?
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On this episode: - I share my story of what happened with my mother-in-law and how I had to take a stand for myself and my needs - I talk about the generational gap between old and modern way of celebrating holidays and roles we play as daughter-in-laws - I talk about the importance of inserting ourselves in creation of family traditions and holida…
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Power of Journaling in Healing Trauma with Becca Rae Eagle
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In this episode, you will learn: - Why personal journaling can be a powerful tool in improving your personal relationship with yourself and connecting to your emotions - How journaling can help to express what is suppressed and process childhood trauma and difficult emotions - What is journaling for and types of journaling - How journaling can be m…
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How to be a friend as a childhood trauma survivor?
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In this episode, you will learn: - My personal story of struggle making friends and maintaining them - Why I don't have many friends - My priorities for making friendships - Childhood trauma and friendship insecurities - My tips and advice on what we need to be a better friend and have healthy friendships - Importance of trauma healing work as an i…
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Intentional parenting, self-awareness and trauma with Tammy Afriat, a mom from Israel
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Have you thought about a kind of parenting style you want to model to your children? What does that look like for you? What do we need to think about and consider in designing and choosing one? Why it's important that it aligns with our values and who we are as a person with our backgrounds, personality and lessons learned from life? How does child…
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Do I have ADHD or Anxiety?
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This week I talk about anxiety. There’s so much that we don’t know about it yet, and it can be very similar to ADHD. It can affect our personal lives and our parenting. So, how we can spot it? What can we do about it? I share so much more in this episode! About a year and a half ago, I was listening to a talk by Mel Robbins. She was talking about h…
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How Childhood Trauma Affects Us as Adults
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When I came to the U.S., I became a wife and a mom. And I was really struggling. I didn't know why though. I have noticed that many foreign born moms are traumatized one way or another, but they don't even know it. I didn't know that I was traumatized. I grew up thinking that so many things were normal, but they were actually very toxic. Through my…
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Why meditation may not be safe for Trauma Survivors?
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I have been living with chronic pain for the past nine months. This all started with an at-home meditation retreat that I decided to recreate after realizing that I needed some time by myself. I would force myself to lie down and to not think. I kept trying to be calm and to get in touch with myself. I felt in a way that I was lost with who I was, …
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Identity Loss with Julie Browne
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On this episode, Julie Browne and I talk about my experiences in the US, and identity loss that I experienced due to the immigration and motherhood, how identity loss is not discussed in our society and how we can overcome the challenges that come with identity loss if we shift our perspective about it and raise awareness about it's significance. G…
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Do you speak your truth?
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I posted on FB that I launched my podcast! And I immediately had anxiety. I wondered if so-and-so would hear my stories. I even started to unfriend people. But I caught myself doing this unconscious behavior. And when I started to explore this behavior with some introspection, the feeling I had was fear. People were going to hear my truth, my exper…
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What do I mean by parenting authentically?
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This week I go a little bit deeper into what I mean about parenting authentically. Since I became a mom in the U.S. I emulated everything about U.S. moms. I tried to do similar things as them such as playdates, classes, trips to different places, and reading books with my children. These experiences were wonderful, but somehow along this parenting …
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Are you neglecting yourself?
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Do you know how to prioritize yourself? Was taking time for yourself modeled to you in childhood? For a long time, I thought that serving and prioritizing others’ needs made me more valuable and lovable and a better mom. But this ultimately led me to feeling resentful, exhausted, unappreciated and unhappy. This week, I share my story about how I ha…
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Do you embrace your foreigness?
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This episode, I talk about the word “foreign” or being foreign, how it can make us feel, how we might have attached certain meaning to it, and how it can also be used as a powerful tool to guide us into who we are if we shift our perspective about it. I also talk about how “foreign” ended up being part of the title of this podcast! I share my own s…
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This week, I share more about my awakening story, how it happened, how it changed my life, and why I believe we need to awaken as foreign born moms! As a new mom, I had no idea what postpartum depression was, let alone that I had it. All I knew was that I was struggling. I was struggling with exhaustion, fatigue, and anger. I was just surviving. My…
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What is intergenerational trauma?
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In this episode, we will learn about: - What is inter-generational trauma - How intergenerational trauma affects us as adults and moms - what is inter-generational patterns - Did you know that trauma can be passed like genes? - how intergenerational trauma feels like and examples from Nurzhan's life - how intergenerational trauma can help us to for…
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What are the signs of childhood trauma in adults?
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In this episode, I will share: - what is childhood trauma - the signs that you have an unhealed childhood trauma - symptoms and effects of childhood trauma - triggers of childhood trauma and how it shows up in our lives now that we are adults -how childhood trauma altered your part of the brain - Can childhood trauma be healed? - Nurzhan's own stru…
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Welcome to the Foreign-Born Mama podcast! As foreign-born moms, we might be misunderstood and underrepresented group in the countries we now call home. We might be perceived as too much, too emotional, too needy by our family members or local friends. We might be struggling with anxiety, anger, indecision and depression thinking that there is somet…
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Episode 22 Season 2 “Anatomy of a CEN Exam Question”
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This episode deals primarily with dissecting a few CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse) type questions. Discussion with rationales are given for a CEN question. DISCLAIMER: By listening to this podcast, you agree to not use this as medical advice in any way, shape or form. In addition, it does not satisfy a nurse to patient relationship. Consult your ow…
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Episode 23 Season 2 “Hypovolemic Shock”
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A intro into the coverage of the body’s compensatory mechanisms for hypovolemic shock. DISCLAIMER: By listening to this podcast, you agree to not use this as medical advice in any way, shape or form. In addition, it does not satisfy a nurse to patient relationship. Consult your own physician for any medical issues you may have. This podcast shall n…
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Episode 25 Season 3: Anatomy of a TCRN Question
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Have you thought about taking your TCRN exam but you’re unsure of how to do so? Tune in to this podcast to learn how to approach this board certification exam. Also, don't forget to follow me on The Gram @emergencytraumamama Click on the link in my bio to find out how I can assist you in meeting your goals of passing the CEN or TCRN exam. I offer a…
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Episode 24 Season 3: Pediatric Head Trauma
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Discussion of a simulation case which includes pediatric head trauma and how to approach potential child abuse cases. Check out emergencytraumamama.com for some cool merch🙂. DISCLAIMER: By listening to this podcast, you agree to not use this as medical advice in any way, shape or form. In addition, it does not satisfy a nurse to patient relationshi…
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Episode 20 Season 2-“Something is Shocking”
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A review of different types of shock from a pathophysiology standpoint-hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive and distributive. Check out emergencytraumamama.com for some cool merch🙂. DISCLAIMER: By listening to this podcast, you agree to not use this as medical advice in any way, shape or form. In addition, it does not satisfy a nurse to patient re…
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Episode 21 Season 2 Advanced Trauma Life Support ®️Triage Scenario
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A discussion of the 9th edition ATLS ®️MVC triage scenario which includes the prioritization of 5 trauma patients. DISCLAIMER: By listening to this podcast, you agree to not use this as medical advice in any way, shape or form. In addition, it does not satisfy a nurse to patient relationship. Consult your own physician for any medical issues you ma…
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E9 - Types of Trauma: Child Abuse
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In this episode, we dissect the different types of child abuse including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. (*Trigger Warning* graphic descriptions of the signs of abuse.) We explore the signs of a child that is being abused, as well as the signs of an abusive caretaker. I try a new approach with this episode by recording it all in one take.…
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E8 - The Traumatic Oppression of Black Lives in America
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In this episode, we talk about the inter-generational trauma of Black lives in America. We discuss the recent protests that have happened around the world and continue to happen here in the US. We examine our nation's founding under the lens of white supremacy and cover unspoken parts of US history to analyse how these events shaped detrimental and…
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E7 - Coping with Covid-19: An Interview with Alex Morales
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Currently we are collectively experiencing trauma. We are in the middle of a pandemic just trying to survive it. For most people it's incredibly stressful and brings up all sorts of new, difficult emotions and situations. However, for those of us who already struggle with past and recent trauma, it can prompt that old trauma back to the forefront, …
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E6 - Coping with Covid-19: The Importance of Self-care
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In this episode we talk about the importance of self-care, especially now while we’re trying to survive the pandemic and adjust to a new way of life. We discuss the benefits of regularly taking care of ourselves before others and we review several different types of self-care such as physical, emotional, spiritual and social.…
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E5 - Coping with Covid-19: Distress Tolerance
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In this episode we check in with ourselves to evaluate how we’re feeling about of these changes that are rapidly occurring as we deal with Covid-19. We discuss several ways the CDC recommendations for coping with the stress of this pandemic. Then, we dive into Dialectic Behavioral Therapy distress tolerance skills, which I have personally found inc…
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In this episode we talk about what a traumatic memory is, how it’s stored in the brain, and how it may be remembered differently in comparison to other memories in our life. We cover how memories are consolidated and reconsolidated, what implicit and explict memories are, how pre and post cognitives circuits work, and how it's possible to "forget" …
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In this episode, we discuss the long-term effects of trauma; how it impacts our emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and brains. I end with a reading from the amazing book The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk.
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Episode 19 Peds Head Trauma
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Brief discussion of a pediatric trauma simulation that covers a head bleed case. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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E2 - Fight Flight Freeze Fawn
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In this episode, we're going to discuss how our minds and bodies respond during the traumatic event(s) and how those natural stress responses affect our perceptions and relationships. Then we'll cover several different techniques you can practice to reduce these reactions including mindfulness, radical acceptance, progressive muscle relaxation and …
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In this episode, I'm going to start with some personal background and explain why this topic is so important to me. Then I'm going to talk about the history of trauma, the different types of trauma, what type of events can be traumatic and briefly review some of the psychological and physical responses that occur from it.…
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Episode 18 Pediatric Burn Case
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This episode covers initial stabilization, Rule of Nines, & Parkland formula for a pediatric burn patient. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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Episode 17 Pregnant Trauma Patient-Caring for 2 Patients in One Body
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Case study of a pregnant trauma patient --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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Episode 16 Pediatric Trauma
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Case study of pediatric patient v. auto--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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Episode 15 Geriatric Trauma Case
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Discussion of physiological differences in our geriatric trauma patients. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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Episode 14 Pediatric Hyperthermia
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Case study of an infant left in a hot vehicle. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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Episode 13-Trauma Triad of Death
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Case study involving discussion of hypothermia, acidosis and coagulopathy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5150rn/support
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