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#136 Emotional Numbness After Trauma | Why You Can't Feel Anything
In this episode, we explore the connection between trauma, emotional numbness and feeling disconnected from yourself. For some people, emotional numbness can develop as a way of coping with overwhelming experiences....
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#135 Are You the Family Fixer? How Childhood Trauma Leads to People-Pleasing
In this episode, we explore parentification, childhood trauma and people-pleasing, and why some people grow up feeling responsible for everyone around them. Parentification can happen when a child takes on adult-like...
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#134 Why Boundaries Feel So Hard After Trauma | The Fawn Response Explained
In this episode, we explore why setting boundaries can feel unsafe after trauma, the connection between trauma and the fawn response, and why guilt often appears when you stop automatically appeasing other people.
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#133 Why Trauma Can Ruin Your Sleep | When Your Body Wonât Let You Rest
In this episode, we explore the connection between trauma, sleep, and nervous system regulation, and why difficulties with sleep may sometimes be connected to a nervous system that has learned to remain alert. Sleep...
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#132 Could Trauma Be Affecting Your Body? | When Tests Come Back Normal
In this episode, we explore the connection between trauma, chronic stress and the nervous system, and why experiences that affect the brain can also influence the way the body responds to everyday situations.
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#131 Why You Say Yes When You Mean No | The Trauma Response Behind People-Pleasing
In this episode, we explore the fawn response and how trauma can influence your ability to say no, set boundaries, and listen to what you actually want. You'll learn why people-pleasing can feel automatic, why saying...
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#130 Why You Can't Relax After Trauma | When Rest Doesn't Feel Safe
In this video, we explore the connection between trauma, nervous system regulation and the inability to rest, and why being physically inactive isn't always the same as experiencing genuine rest. You'll learn: Why you...
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#129 How Trauma Damages Self-Trust | Rebuilding Confidence in Your Own Decisions
In this episode, we explore the connection between trauma and self-trust, and why repeatedly doubting yourself can become a learned survival pattern rather than a personality flaw. You'll learn: Why trauma can affect...
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#128 Why You Feel Worse Before You Feel Better in Trauma Recovery | The Hidden Role of Grief
In this episode, we explain why grief can appear during healing, the neuroscience behind delayed emotional processing, and why feeling emotional doesn't necessarily mean you're moving backwards. Instead, it may be a...
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#127 How to Find Yourself Again After Trauma | Returning to Your True Self
In this episode, we explain why returning to yourself rarely happens through one life-changing moment. Instead, it often develops through small, repeated experiences that teach the nervous system safety. You'll learn...
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#126 Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Anymore | Trauma & Identity
In this episode, we explore how trauma can influence identity, why the nervous system creates protective behaviours, and the difference between your survival self and your authentic self. You'll also learn why...
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#125 Why Trauma Lives in the Body | The Missing Piece in Recovery
In this episode, we explain how trauma can become a long-standing survival response within the nervous system and why recovery is not simply about positive thinking or relaxation. You'll learn why regulation is built...
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