#50 Trauma (Big 'T' and Little 't' Trauma) and Why We Need To Be Better At Talking About It

I believe we all experience some kind of trauma in our lifetime. And it's often a tricky/taboo subject for some people. I wish to invite change in that, so that we can perhaps all heal a bit more over our traumas; small or large, from recently or many years ago.Trigger Warning! — I speak a little about birth trauma.WARNING! - I talk about Father Christmas at 15 minutes 50 seconds to 16 minutes 15 seconds.In this episode I speak about:the gaslighting that can so often happen when speaking about our traumabirth trauma; my experience of it and the huge effect it can have on familiesthe work of Dr Rebecca Moore and the Birth Trauma Conference'silver linings', why there sometimes aren't any and how trauma can't always be 'swept under the rug'Gabor Maté's work on trauma and his documentary 'The Wisdom Of Trauma'being bullied and the positives of 'bad' things happening to uspost-traumatic growthone person's trauma isn't the same for another and validating your own feelingsI share quotes from Gabor Maté, Alan Turing, Leonard Cohen, Brené Brown and Mark Groves.I mention the book 'How To Heal A Bad Birth' by Debby Gould and Melissa J. Bruijn, that helped me a lot after birth trauma.Here is a link to the blog piece I mention about trauma that's on my website.Here is some more information on Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG).Themes: trauma, birth trauma, healing, addiction, post-traumatic growthAt the end of the podcast I share a poem by Tanya Markul.Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please consider leaving a review on the platform that you listen. Click here for Spotify or here for Apple Podcasts.Want to learn more about working with me? Book in for a free 30-minute discovery call by emailing me at [email protected] more insights, you can follow me on Instagram, and don't forget to sign up for my newsletter at www.lucywyldecoaching.com.