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Through The Eyes of Trauma — 136 episodes

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Title
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Heal Before You Holiday

2

Imprinted: What Children Record Before They Can Speak

3

The Trauma of Not Knowing What Comes Next (When chaos becomes your comfort zone and peace feels foreign)

4

Be the Parent You Needed (Until Your Child Can Voice the Parent They Need)

5

SAFE: The Foundation of Healing and Connection

6

Behavior Is a Reflection of Experience

7

The Classroom Isn’t the Problem...The Pain Is: When School Feels Unsafe

8

When Trauma Won’t Take a Day Off (But You Should!)

9

Love: The Power to Break You and Lift You the Same

10

You Have to Feel to Heal

11

Homework or Hardship?

12

Uncommon Medicine: Healing Beyond the Prescription

13

Life Ain’t Pretty When You Don’t Have Purpose

14

The Trauma of Summer Break: Meeting Needs and Mending Broken Circles

15

A Child’s Behavior Is a Mirror… Reflecting the Home They Come From

16

What Was Just Another Tuesday To You Was Trauma To Me

17

When the World Feels Like It’s on Fire: Panic Attacks in Times of Chaos

18

When Silence Feels Unsafe: Finding Calm in the Chaos

19

Who Am I Now? The Trauma of Losing Your Identity

20

Too Close to Breathe: Healing From Enmeshment in Families

21

The Weight We Didn’t Ask For: When Parents’ Pain Becomes the Child’s Burden

22

The Lies We Carry: How Secrets Create Silent Trauma

23

Generational Ghosts: Healing the Parenting You Survived

24

The Summer Shift: Parenting Beyond Survival This Summer

25

When the Mirror Hurts: Breaking the Cycle of Unhealed Parenting

26

Beneath The Surface – Decoding Behavior in Kids and Adults

27

Pause for the Cause: Teaching Emotional Agility After Trauma

28

Triggered & Unchecked: When Impulse Speaks Louder Than Consequence

29

Healed People Don't Hurt People: What Happens When People Don't Heal

30

An Uncommon Inheritance

31

Rewriting Your Narrative: Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs

32

The Baggage We Bring: How Triggers Shape Our Relationships

33

From Triggers to Triumphs: Cultivating Self Regulation After Trauma

34

Unseen Triggers: Navigating the Hidden Impact of Unresolved Childhood Trauma

35

Heal the Boy, the Man Will Appear: Healing the Inner Child to Unlock Emotional Maturity

36

Breaking the Cycle: Healing the Trauma We Were Taught to Ignore

37

Finding Passion and Purpose Through Trauma

38

Your Crew, Your Calm:Building Community for Wellness in Education

39

Building Bridges: Teacher Wellness and Boundaries for a Better 2025 (Part 2)

40

Building Bridges: Teacher Wellness and Boundaries for a Better 2025 (Part 1)

41

Healing & Hustle: Finding Balance in 2025

42

Thriving Through Intentions: Healing Into the New Year

43

Clearing the Path: Declutter, Detach, and Delete for a Peaceful 2025

44

Heal Before You Holiday

45

The Power of Gratitude: Shifting Perspective for Emotional Wellness

46

Strength in Struggle: How Resilience Transforms Us

47

Beyond the Buzz: Managing Anxiety in Daily Life

48

Healing in the Classroom: Trauma-Informed Education and Its Role in Mental Health Awareness

49

Breaking the Silence: Mental Health in the Classroom

50

Navigating Parent-Teacher Relationships: Building Partnerships for Student Success

51

The Power of Silence: Creating Space for Reflection and Growth

52

Listening to Understand: The Sponge vs. The Brick

53

Navigating The Color Zones: Understanding Emotional States in Students

54

Taming the Tiger: Disrupting the Figment of Fear in the Classroom

55

Broken Crayons Still Color

56

Handle With Care

57

Balancing Acts: The Life of a Teacher Mom (with special guest LaKayla Walker)

58

Building Resilience and Safety for Summer Break

59

Unbreakable #7: Stories of Survival Finale

60

Unbreakable #6: Stories of Survival with special guest Dana Fergins

61

Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest John Lewis

62

Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Titus Glenn

63

Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Shonedra Redd

64

Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Sophia Brown

65

Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Kelly Johnson

66

**REPLAY** Resilient Returns: Navigating Back To School After A Break

67

Embodied Trauma

68

Trigger Talk: Navigating Relationship Landmines with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" from Man-Talk Mondays

69

Who's Running Your Relationship? with special guest Dr. Salena Smith

70

The Loudness of Silence: Unveiling the Struggles of Selective Mutism in Traumatized Children

71

Rejection and It's Long Shadow: Navigating the Impact on Learning and Relationships

72

The Runners: Understanding the Flight Response to Childhood Trauma

73

Snow Days and Unequal Play

74

Resilient Returns: Navigating Back to School After the Holidays

75

Breaking Point: Unraveling the Educator Exodus

76

Heal Before You Holiday: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma During the Holiday Season with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" of Man-Talk Mondays

77

Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators with special guest Dr. Ashley Carroll-Brown (Psychologist)

78

Trauma-Informed Support for Special Education Students with special guest Cheri Butler (Special Education Specialist)

79

Creating Safe Havens: Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in High-Stress Environments

80

Unearthing The Hidden Impact: Understanding Root Trauma with special guest Dr. Tara Perry (Clinical Hypnotherapist & Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine)

81

Engaging Parents as Partners in Trauma-Informed Education

82

Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Curriculum

83

Supporting Those With Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" (Man-Talk Mondays Podcast)

84

Building Resilience in Students with special guest David Jones (Elementary School Counselor)

85

Teaching Self-Regulation and Emotional Intelligence

86

Creating Safe and Nurturing Learning Environments with special guest educator Samuel Velazquez

87

Understanding Trauma-Informed Education with special guest Suzanna Bennett-Asfaw (Elementary School Principal)

88

Unleashing the Flame Within: Navigating Anger for Academic and Emotional Success

89

Process Your Emotions Before You Share Them With The World

90

Trauma in the Halls

91

You Cannot Outwork Trauma (How Unresolved Childhood Trauma Fuels Workaholism)

92

The Emotional Trap Door

93

Adopting and Adapting to Trauma with special guests John and Cheryl Lewis (adoptive parents)

94

Childhood Trauma's Impact on Adult Relationships

95

Mental Health in the School System Revisited

96

The Trauma Crisis in Schools with special guest Dr. Adreana Davis (Elementary School Principal)

97

Relaxation Station 3: Wellness in the Workplace with Special Guest, Danyielle Bridges of Ingenuity Consultants

98

Relaxation Station 2: The Body Keeps The Score with special guest, Massage Therapist, LaKeitha Berry

99

Relaxation Station: Relax, Relate, Release! With special guest Tonya Love (Wife, mother, entrepreneur)

100

All In My Feelings

101

Get Your Words Up: Positive Self-Talk

102

Vicarious Trauma in the Wake of the Tyre Nichols' Video

103

Change The Dial From Judgment To Curiosity

104

The Body's Alarm System

105

Top 5 Mental Health Misconceptions with special guest Derrick Smith (of Man-Talk Mondays Podcast)

106

All In My Feelings: Processing Your Emotions

107

Trauma is an Explanation, Not an Excuse with special guest The Thought Engineer

108

S.E.L. from a K.I.D. with special guest Little Miss Emori (4th grade student)

109

The Cost of a Chaotic Environment with special guest Derrick Smith (Co-host of Man-Talk Monday's Podcast)

110

Co-Regulation Leads To Self-Regulation with Special Guest Sara Elwell (Teacher)

111

Mental Health in the School System (Special Guest: Miika Baldwin)

112

Behavior is a Form of Communication (Special Guest, Samantha Brathwaite, Educator)

113

An Uncommon Inheritance

114

Mass Exodus of Educators (Revisited)

115

Retaining Teachers of Color (with special guest Patrick Powers)

116

The Trauma of Being a Black Male Educator

117

Unresolved Trauma

118

Parenting Trauma

119

Recognizing Trauma in Students

120

Protection Through Connection

121

The Trauma of Summer Break

122

Broken Circles

123

Stress: The Animal Inside Me

124

Revisiting ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences)

125

Be Well

126

You Are Worthy

127

If You Build It, It Will Come: Emotional Resilience

128

Student's Trauma Becomes the Teacher's Trauma

129

Welcome to Copeville

130

Does Exposure to Trauma = Suicide

131

Your Trauma is Valid, Even If....

132

The Mass Exodus of Educators

133

Trigger Happy

134

Types of Trauma

135

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Their Impact on Education

136

Maslow Before Bloom