This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele's original show, "Your Life After Trauma."

How we perceive trauma – and the world – impacts our perception of events and even ourselves. Studies suggest that highly sensitive persons are more prone to PTSD due to the delicate nature of their perceptions. Understanding this can help both survivors and their caregivers navigate post-trauma recovery.

Ane Axford, MS, LMFT, mental health and relationship therapist talks about ‘Highly Sensitive Persons’ from a clinical perspective. 

For more recovery information visit, HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele's original show, "Your Life After Trauma."

Integrating trauma into a whole identity includes finding a way to make meaning out of what happened, and also, finding a way to live a meaningful life after trauma. How to do this is exactly what we discussed on this show. With meaning as a foundation for recovery the end result is a solid and organic accomplishment that orients a survivor to living a dynamic life in the present versus a static life attached to the past. Alex Pattakos, Ph.D., co-founder of The OPA! Way® told us all about ‘Living a Life of Meaning’ and how we can do it in a world after trauma.

For more recovery information visit, HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele's original show, "Your Life After Trauma."

Traumatic grief is one of the most difficult aspects of post-trauma life. Survivors grieve their lost selves, the inaction, the changes trauma has brought, the others who may have been hurt at the same time, etc. An inability to overcome traumatic grief can drastically impede recovery, which makes learning how to transform it so very important.

In this episode of ‘Your Life After Trauma’ Courtney Armstrong, Anxiety, Trauma and Grief Counselor, tells us about her special approach to ‘Transforming Traumatic Grief’.

For more healing information visit, HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele’s original radio show, “Your Life After Trauma.”

Stress. It’s part of life, for sure. Learning coping techniques for stress as well as how to remove stress from you body is highly important.  According to WebMD, the mind is capable of creating 50% more stress than the body can handle. With that statistic in mind and knowing the PTSD stress causes muscle fatigue and pain, this show is dedicated to sharing ways you can take control of your stress and ensure your body remains on a path toward wellness.

On this episode, Michele was joined by Dave Emerson and Dr. Elizabeth Hopper of the The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute to discuss ‘PTSD and Yoga: Ideas for Success’.

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit www.HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele's original show, "Your Life After Trauma."

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can rob a person of the very will to live and prevent a trauma survivor from moving on to creating a meaningful future. PTSD symptoms including flashbacks, avoidance, desensitization, hyper-arousal, and insomnia interfere on a daily basis with a trauma survivor’s ability to function; they are unable to hold down a job, have healthy relationships, and/or demonstrate appropriate self-care.

The main goal of every survivor is to overcome symptoms of PTSD. For some that means learning how to manage symptoms; for others that means eliminating them completely.

No matter the final quest, every survivor wants to know how to become more functional in daily life. Discovering tools for this makes it easier to cope which, in addition to increased functionality, develops more courage, strength and focus for the work of recovery, too.

In this episode of ‘Your Life After Trauma’ we had two guests talking about PTSD Recovery: What You Can Do To Become Functional TODAY. Tonight, our guest, Rev. Dr. Chrys Parker, shares her unique professional perspective.

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele’s original radio show, “Your Life After Trauma.”

Ignoring a head injury can be fatal. Death can be prevented if the injury is attended to such as in the cases of Natasha Richardson and Oxyclean spokesman, Billy Mays. In addition to the general population, veterans frequently suffer traumatic head injuries, which result in complications. It’s up to us to recognize the importance of managing a head trauma and knowing what to do in case something happens.

This show is dedicated to providing information surrounding what happens during a head trauma and information that can help survivors know what to do in order to regain optimal health. Dr. David Petruska, board certified neurosurgeon at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons joined Michele to discuss ‘Trauma & Head Injuries’ from a medical perspective. 

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit www.HealMyPTSD.com.

This program is being rebroadcast from Michele's original show, "Your Life After Trauma."

It can seem completely unfathomable to forgive the abuser/perpetrator after a trauma. However, studies have shown that forgiveness can produce real effects in helping make peace with the past. Each survivor must make the choice that feels appropriate for him/her. On this show we hope to provide information that assists survivors in make the decision they face.

In this rebroadcast episode of ‘Your Life After Trauma’ social entrepreneur and survivor, Leo Abdella, talks about forgiveness and its role and impact in post-trauma healing. 

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit HealMyPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele’s original radio show, “Your Life After Trauma.”

Depression is very common after trauma and highly prevalent with PTSD. It can range from mild to debilitating, be brief or last for months. Overcoming depression is challenging and difficult but, in order to find a path toward healing, it is something that every survivor who suffers from PTSD must attempt to overcome.

On this episode, Michele welcomed two guests to talk about their stories and how they overcame and kept depression at bay in their own ways. Cliff Richey, American tennis legend and author of the book “ACING DEPRESSION: A TENNIS CHAMPION’S TOUGHEST MATCH”. 

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit www.HealMYPTSD.com.

This episode is being rebroadcast from Michele’s original radio show, “Your Life After Trauma.”

The first really positive step Michele took toward her recovery came in the form of deciding to get a puppy. Mired in a deep depression and feeling overwhelmed by symptoms of PTSD didn’t seem like the right time to become a pet owner but she took the plunge and boy, was it the right decision!

Baylee and Michele met when he was just ten weeks old and they’ve been best buddies ever since. They’ve been through a lot together, including her complete recovery from PTSD. Having him around to mitigate the darkness (he’s fabulously funny and has a very emotional and interactive personality) brought a new light into her life that helped her begin to reach outside of her illness and find the necessary strength to heal.

This episode features three guests who discussed pets and their role in post-trauma recovery. Laura Westerfield, founder of Paws and People Assisting Wounded Warriors(ppaWWs), Nick Kutsukos of Elite K9 Academy in Jupiter and Janet Austin, joined Michele to discuss just how much pets can influence your healing journey.  

Michele Rosenthal is a popular keynote speaker, award-winning author and post-trauma coach. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit HealMyPTSD.com.

There’s PTSD, and then there’s complex-PTSD, a branch of posttraumatic stress disorder that stems from the infliction of interpersonal trauma. Whether that’s trauma at the hands of a friend or family member or at the deranged impulse of a stranger, how to to heal complex-PTSD poses unique challenges. Expert Dr. Christine Courtois joins Michele Rosenthal to answer these important questions about how to heal complex-PTSD:

what is complex-PTSD?what are signs of complex trauma?how do PTSD and C-PTSD differ?what is possible in C-PTSD recovery?

Dr. Courtois also shares her thoughts about how childhood trauma impacts the psyche, how C-PTSD develops, the importance of trauma-informed care, creating a healing sense of self, and building a “window of tolerance.”

Michele Rosenthal is a an award-winning PTSD blogger, best-selling and award-nominated author and the founder of HealMyPTSD.com. Her shows combine scientific research, cutting-edge guests and personal stories that highlight the challenges and successes of deliberately deciding to change the direction of your life. For more ideas about how to create change you choose, visit HealMyPTSD.com.