A Trauma Survivor Thriver’s Podcast

Riding the Storm: Dismantling the Stigma of Men's Mental Health

According to Recovery Across Mental Health (RAMH), men and women are equally affected by mental illness, however, many people may feel like there's an imbalance assuming women are mostly affected.

Women are more likely than men to disclose mental health issues and seek help. The stigma around men and mental illness is one that needs to be dismantled and It starts by talking about.

Ryan Harland, Author of Riding the Storm and sexual abuse survivor, joins A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast to give a voice to men suffering in silence.

Healing the Survivors

An estimated 70 percent of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives and up to 20 percent of these people go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD.

That’s According to the Sidran Institute, a non-profit organization that helps people understand, recover from, and treat Post-Traumatic Stress and other mental health disorders.

Jacquelyn Weiss joins A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast. She is an  Emotion Code Practitioner, Body Code Practitioner, T3 Therapist, Native Herbalist, Native Holistic Healer, and Author of Healing the Survivor.

Pregnancy & Infant Loss

Losing a baby — either during pregnancy or after birth — may be one of the most heartbreaking and painful experiences a parent will ever endure. Yet these experiences are more common than most of us realize. According to the National Institute of Health, about 10-15% of women will experience a miscarriage, about 24,000 U.S. babies are stillborn each year, and over a thousand babies die each year in the U.S. of Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS

Dr. Roya Pilcher and her husband lost their child after seven months in the NICU. In all this grief, Dr. Pilcher shares why they created, the Ava Potter Pilcher Foundation.

The New Golden Rule

You’ve heard of the Golden Rule, right? “Treat others as you want others to treat you.” But have you heard of the NEW Golden Rule? “Treat yourself the way you want others to treat you?"

 

Emily Golden joins a Trauma Survivor Thriver’s Podcast to tell us why the NEW Golden Rule will naturally improve your mental wellness.

The Parakeet Drawing with Gina Defa

Anyone who has endured any type of trauma knows that those traumatic moments shape us. They become ripple effects that control how we respond to the world around us. And if we cannot control our own emotions, we are all held hostage by them until we make a conscious effort to heal that trauma or traumas.

Joining today's episode is Gina Defa, Trauma Survivor Thriver & Author of the recently released book, The Parakeet Drawing a beautifully written and inspiring memoir about adversity and resilience.

Sibling Sexual Abuse

It’s being called a worldwide epidemic. Brad Watts, Mental Health Professional, Sex Offender Specialist, and Author of Sibling Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Confronting America's Epidemic, joins this episode of A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast to discuss the taboo subject of sibling sexual abuse.  Watts provides crucial information for families, survivors, and abusers for how to spot it, treatment, and the hopeful path to healing for both survivors and abusers.  

Building Mastery After Adversity

Many people in their lifetime will experience traumatic moments in their life that will shape who they become in the world. And so many of them will take those experiences and use that energy to thrive, not just for themselves, but also use that energy to help other’s find their purpose.

My guest Blythe Langford discusses how she took her multiple traumas and turned them into a business she loves while helping others and the environment. She is an entrepreneur, business coach, Founder of the non-profit organization “Resonate Foundation” and Host of the podcast, “Upgrade with Blythe Langford.”

Triggers of Trauma

On February 14, 2018, Valentine's Day, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida was the scene of the deadliest school shooting in US history. 

The day began like any normal day for student Maddie King who remembers exchanging Valentines with friends with plans of a Valentine's Day dinner with her boyfriend after school that evening. But what was an exciting day turned into a day of terror after a gunman, a former MSD HS student began shooting indiscriminately at students and teachers, killing 17 people.

That was three years ago and although Maddie gets the mental health care she needs, she still gets triggers from what some consider joyous Valentine's decorations. 

In this episode, Maddie walks us through Valentine's Day three years ago and how she is coping with the triggers from the shooting years later.

 

 

 

Unconscious Community

Childhood Sexual Abuse is more prevalent than is being talked about. What can we do to fix that? 

Patrice Griffin, Founder of Patrice's Kids and Author of The Conscious Community joins A Trauma Survivor Thriver's Podcast to share her story as a fourteen-year-old girl who endures the horrors of child sexual abuse. Her mission now is to encourage parents and the community to wake up. Through her non-profit foundation, Patrice's Kids, she educates parents and caregivers on how we can better protect our children.

Narcissistic Abuse

Many of us may have faced narcissistic abuse, whether it be from a parent, spouse, friend, or in the workplace. A lot of us may have complained that a co-worker or boss was a narcissist. And we may joke about it but the truth is prolonged exposure to this type of abuse can result in complex post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Symptoms include attachment issues, addiction issues, anxiety, and self-destructive behaviors.

Joy Larkin, Narcissistic Abuse Survivor AND Life Coach specializing in PTSD, Co-Dependency, and Narcissistic Abuse, joins us on today's show.