11. The Hidden Trauma Response that Keeps You Trapped in Freeze Mode and How to Break Free

Send us Fan MailContent note: This episode includes vulnerable personal experiences and conversations around trauma and trauma responses that some listeners may find activating.In this deeply personal episode, Robina opens up about a traumatic experience she went through just three days ago. She shares what it can look like to navigate the early stages of trauma and a freeze response, and how she is caring for herself while beginning to process and release the physical impact of stored trauma.Robina unpacks why the freeze response is not simply procrastination or laziness, but a protective mechanism the body uses when stress or overwhelm becomes too much to process. This conversation explores how nervous system dysregulation can keep women feeling stuck, and how healing begins with safety, understanding, and gentleness rather than pressure or self-criticism.In this episode, she discusses:• What freeze mode actually is and why it happens• How freeze can show up as procrastination, exhaustion, or feeling stuck• Her personal experience navigating freeze and nervous system overwhelm• Why pushing harder often leads to more shutdown• What it looks like to gently build safety and begin moving forward again Support the showConnect with Robina:• Substack: Becoming Her • Website: routeofhealing.com• Instagram: @routeofhealing• Quiz: Personalized Hormone Balance Reset