18. What Winning Costs: Dissociation, Trauma and How I Am Healing It

Send us Fan MailContent note: This episode includes discussions of sexual assault, trauma, dissociation, and the healing process. Please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself as needed.Sometimes the greatest act of strength is not pushing through. It's allowing yourself to heal.In this deeply personal solo episode, Robina shares an update following the traumatic experience she first spoke about in Episode 11. After getting the results from the Crown Attorney and processing the outcome, she reflects on what trauma has taught her about the nervous system, the body's protective responses, and what healing looks like in real time. Rather than offering hindsight, she invites listeners into the middle of her own journey with honesty and vulnerability.Robina explores dissociation, the freeze response, and the beliefs that can keep us disconnected from our instincts during traumatic experiences. She also shares the practices that are helping her reconnect with her body, process stored emotions, and move forward without allowing what happened to define who she is. This conversation is both a personal reflection and a compassionate reminder that healing is not about becoming who you were before. It is about learning to feel safe within yourself again.In this episode, she shares:• Why dissociation and the freeze response are protective, not signs of weakness• How trauma can disconnect us from our bodies and our intuition• The beliefs she uncovered while processing her own experience• The nervous system practices supporting her healing• Why healing is about reclaiming your identity instead of letting trauma define it Support the showConnect with Robina:• Substack: Becoming Her • Website: routeofhealing.com• Instagram: @routeofhealing• Quiz: Personalized Hormone Balance Reset