In today’s episode of Channel Your Genius, I’m joined by the brilliant and refreshingly real Elizabeth Power, founder of the Trauma Informed Academy, intuitive translator, and longtime infiltrator of the systems that pathologize our pain.
If you’ve ever felt like your emotions were “too much,” or wondered why it’s so hard to focus, cope, or make a decision when life gets overwhelming… this conversation is for you.
Elizabeth unpacks the difference between real dysfunction and natural trauma responses, and offers a powerful, practical path to reclaiming your emotional wholeness without shame, stigma, or spiraling. With decades of experience consulting for psychiatric hospitals, corporations, and government orgs, she lays out exactly what it takes to move from trauma reaction to emotional resilience.
From Swiss cheese development to “trauma Olympics,” from invisible disabilities to the power of glimmers, this episode is full of wisdom, humor, and radical truth.
Talked about in today’s episode:
00:01:10 – What is trauma, really? Why most people’s “crazy” is a normal response to abnormal events
00:03:00 – The system isn’t built for healing Why diagnoses are often required for care — and how that hurts us
00:04:47 – Swiss cheese development How trauma interrupts emotional learning and leaves “holes” in our growth
00:06:00 – Trauma Olympics & emotional hierarchy Why comparing wounds keeps us stuck
00:07:45 – A different lens on healing How the Trauma Informed Academy supports people without retelling their stories
00:09:15 – Self-soothing and the power of feel-good glimmers What to do when your nervous system feels like it’s had enough
00:11:15 – The 55-gallon barrel of pain How to add more “good” to the system instead of forcing things out
00:14:00 – What is overwhelm? How to expand your capacity and build resilience without bypassing reality
00:17:30 – We’re not broken Why most emotional struggles aren’t disorders — they’re unfinished development
00:20:18 – The myth of the bad brain Rethinking diagnoses through trauma, epigenetics, and neuroplasticity
00:22:00 – Barking like a dog A powerful story of symbolic communication and misunderstood behavior
00:26:00 – Healing at the foundation Why emotional intelligence skills and trauma recovery go hand in hand
Guest Bio:
Intuitive. Exotic. Translator. Infiltrator. All words used to describe this Founder of The Trauma Informed Academy. The TIA offers online and onsite training in Trauma-Responsive Emotional Intelligence to help people reduce the time, distress, and costs of recovery as well as increase protective factors for the future.
Connect with Elizabeth: https://www.instagram.com/thetraumainformedacademy https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethPoweronTrauma https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethpower
Free Resource: Unlock Life: Build a More Resilient Self
https://the-tia.org/unlockingyourstrength
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Keywords:
Trauma Recovery, Emotional Intelligence, Healing from Trauma, Overwhelm, Invisible Disabilities, Swiss Cheese Development, Mental Health, Intuition, Spiritual Growth, Feminine Leadership, Energy Alignment, Resilience, Neuroplasticity, Channel Your Genius, Glimmers, Emotional Healing, Inner Wisdom
