Our second course, The Trauma That Hid Me, is an essential continuation of our journey that began in Course 1: The Treasure of ME being Human.
Don't miss this opportunity to transform your life. Sign up for Course 2 below, and take the crucial step towards understanding and nurturing your inner Child. Your path to healing and fulfillment awaits! Course 2 will help you know how your Child's defense system still keeps you safe. It's time to hear your heart and live in love.
In The Trauma That Hid Me, we delve into the critical role of child development and explore how children, when faced with trauma, develop defense mechanisms that serve to protect them in a harsh world. While adaptive in childhood, these stress responses can create challenges in adulthood. Essentially, how the Child learned to survive often manifests as obstacles for the adult. We emphasize that the Child's solutions can sadly become the adult's problems.
Our course is thoughtfully designed to help you recognize adult maladaptive behaviors and overwhelming emotional responses as vital clues that reveal the unexpressed needs of the Child within you. Through understanding this inner language, you will learn how to guide that Child through grief and pain to find peace and acceptance.
Ask yourself: How are your life choices influenced by the defense mechanisms formed in childhood? Are these patterns still keeping you "safe," or are they holding you back from fully experiencing love and joy? It's time to listen to your heart and embark on a journey towards healing, growth, and authentic living.
Your path to healing and fulfillment awaits! Course 2 will help you know how your Child's defense system still keeps you safe. It's time to hear your heart and live in love. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your life.
Sign up for Course 2 below, and take the crucial step towards understanding and nurturing your inner Child.
If you've completed Course 1, you are eligible to enroll in Course 2: The Trauma That Hid Me. Please click the button below to request more information and assure your eligibility.
Key concepts and questions Course 2 will answer
Understand how a Child's experiences shape the defense mechanisms they carry into adulthood
- Have you considered how your childhood experiences shaped your understanding of relationships?
- Did you ever wonder why, as adults, we sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed by life's events, reacting emotionally in ways that feel disproportionate to the situation?
- Amid an emotional exchange with another, have you ever found yourself unable to communicate what is happening in your head?
Abuse comes in different forms
- Did you know that withholding affection or giving silent treatment may be a form of emotional abuse?
- Do you know the difference between emotional abuse and emotional neglect?
- Did you know that if you have difficulty understanding your feelings and those of others, this is a marker of emotional neglect?
- Have you ever experienced 'White Coat' syndrome, where you feel anxious, or your blood pressure rises when visiting a doctor? This could be a sign of medical trauma, a form of emotional response that stems from past negative medical experiences.
- When you rehearse a relational exchange or repeatedly retell a story, it may signal that you are stuck in the first stage of grief: Shock. This behavior reflects a trauma response!
Science shows us that children continue to develop despite overwhelming traumatic relationships and
- Did you know that the brain can rewire itself in response to repetitive trauma? This means the brain's structure and function can change, often leading to long-term emotional and psychological effects.
- Did you know that a child's creativity can work with chemical changes in the body to create a defense strategy to survive what seems unsurvivable? This is the brain's way of coping with overwhelming experiences.
- Do you ever feel like you are alone, alone, alone? Attachment needs are foundational for childhood development.
- Do you ever find yourself holding your breath? A child's safety helps us with our adult Physical wellness.
Where oh where am I?
- Do you ever feel like you can not think when you are overwhelmed?
- What are the different thoughts going through your head? Can you tell them apart?
- Is there an automatic way you protect yourself that you find causes relational disconnects?
- What do you feel when you are being overwhelmed?
Do you hear what I hear?
- Do you ever feel like you are listened to but not HEARD?
- HEARing is HEARt stuff! Hearing is the ability to find the HEARt of a person. Do you HEAR HEARts?
We are all Survivors in one way or another
- Did you know this is the definition of dehumanization? "Do you ever feel like your needs, feelings, or experiences are not being recognized or valued by others?"
- When you see your or another person's behavior that is "messy," cutting, bingeing, masturbation, sexual addictions, etc., are you disgusted and moralize their sin, or do you see emotional dysregulation?
- Do you know how spiritual dynamics interplay with trauma?
Supporting Well
- Do you know how to care for vicarious trauma in you?
- Can you identify common conflicts that support people face when helping others on their journey?
- Do you know tools to use for yourself and the survivors you support so that both of you can remain strong in the journey?
Spending time on the frontline reviewing True Stories
Walking through true stories to build your skills to help you AND others. Addressing how the Child built the defense mechanism to survive.