Courageous Journeys® ~ Impact & healing from childhood trauma

This episode originally aired on YouTube. The link mentioned is further down in the description. 

What does it mean to be triggered? Is it just something we have to learn to live with as trauma survivors? Is it possible to get to a place when you’re no longer triggered?

These are some of the questions… and fears people often have.

In today’s episode, I share my thoughts and suggestions on this and more. Hint: being triggered doesn’t always look how we think it might.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

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If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. The links mentioned are further down in the description. 

It’s so exciting to see our courageous community grow!

In today’s episode, I share a little re-introduction (with an important message for you) and share a bit about what I do and how we might be able to take this journey together.

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Courageous Connections: A healing space for women survivors of childhood trauma 

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/couragousconnections

Additional healing resources listed below. 

VIDEOS MENTIONED

Healing from sexual abuse~a therapist's journey of healing

Damage from sexual abuse

The 911 call that began my journey of healing childhood trauma

Healing Childhood Trauma: Trusting the process when it seems unattainable

HEALING TOOLS & RESOURCES

Journey to Freedom: Six month Individual Mentorship

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/journey-to-freedom

Connecting Within: A meditation album (mp3) and guidebook (PDF) to help heal mind, body, and soul

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/connecting-within-meditations

Sacred Boundaries: A self-paced course for recognizing and honoring your needs and desires

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/sacred-boundaries

Journey to Wholeness: A self-paced course for healing the lasting impact of childhood sexual abuse

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/journey-to-wholeness

Deeply Rooted: A guided journal to release shame, judgment, and self-doubt

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/deeply-rooted-a-guided-journal

Releasing the Day for a Peaceful Night: A guided journal to release thoughts, feelings, or worries

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09YQXK48Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0

Deeply Rooted Sisterhood: A group course for connection, practice, learning, healing, and growing together

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/deeply-rooted-sisterhood

Journey to Understanding: One 90 minute individual session

https://courageousjourneys.com/courses/journey-to-understanding

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. 

As survivors of childhood trauma we often develop a heightened sense of empathy as a result of our experiences.

This empathy can be a beautiful quality within us, creating deep compassion for others.

However, particularly if there is an aspect of denial around our experiences, impact, or emotions, empathy can morph into another way of coping that can lead to additional challenges, especially in relationships.

In today’s episode I talk about how empathy manifests in the lives of childhood trauma survivors and how it can become problematic.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. 

A significant part of healing from childhood trauma is navigating feelings about the people who hurt you… the abuser, people who didn’t protect or support you, or those who don’t believe you or want to talk about it.

There can be a lot of guilt, shame, and doubt that makes it hard to know how you really feel.

In today’s episode, I share my thoughts on how to navigate some of these challenging feelings and what is “right” in how to feel.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube.

One of the challenges with the trauma healing process is being able to trust that the process will lead you to where you ultimately want to be.

Throughout the process there are many things that feel scary or uncomfortable and even impossible to understand how what you’re being asked to do can possibly be helpful.

In today’s episode, I’ll share how this can affect the healing journey and what to keep in mind to allow you to trust yourself and the process.

There’s also a little something to consider near the end.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube.

Grieving is a necessary part of healing from childhood trauma. It can also be one of the most challenging aspects of the process.

Sometimes it’s grieving the loss of someone who meant something to you for which you’ve just not been able to grieve for.

However, oftentimes, the majority of grief comes from the myriad experiences of loss the trauma (and the aftermath) creates.

The sense of innate freedom, play, and joy a child is born with. The feeling of safety with others… and within yourself. A “knowing” that you are enough and ok in the world. A life without the weight of carrying someone else’s shame. The unconditional love and trust every child deserves to experience.

These are just some of the profound losses that impact us throughout our lives, affecting what we believe, how we feel, and how we show up in the world.

People often ask, “How do you grieve something you didn’t have?”

In today’s episode, I’ll share more on why and how this is so impactful and what it means to grieve all you deserved to have.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. The link mentioned is further down in the description

There are times that receiving a mental health diagnosis can be helpful. However, there can be times in which it can lead to additional issues.

The complex nature of childhood trauma and the overlapping of symptoms with other mental health disorders makes it challenging to come up with an accurate diagnosis which can lead to ineffective and unnecessary medication, and as a result…it can delay, or even impede the healing process.

In this episode, I talk about the reason why, how misdiagnosis can happen, and it’s effect on the healing journey.

YT video mentioned: How Childhood Trauma Affects Mental Health

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. The link mentioned is further down in the description

In today’s episode, I continue the conversation about experts and certifications in the mental health field.

I encourage all of you to seek professional support as you navigate this journey. But, it can be quite difficult to understand what “professional” actually means.

Does being “certified” qualify someone as an expert? Does it provide the understanding and training necessary to help guide someone who’s healing from trauma?

Let’s get into what certified means… and doesn’t and why it matters. I’ll share what is important to look for when considering someone to support you through the journey.

Link mentioned:   What does it mean to be an expert in mental health?

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube.

Over the last several years, it has become even harder to discern who might be best to provide information and opportunities for healing.

This is true for mental health as well as physical health.

Within both of these realms, there is potential for significant harm when we put our healing in the hands of someone who may not be fully equipped to guide or advise us.

In today’s episode, I share my thoughts on a couple of “identifiers” we used to be able to rely on which may no longer be the case and the three factors that have led us here.

I also share how to navigate the confusing waters of what to look for and what might be helpful to question.

There is so much to cover, I recorded a part two so I could more thoroughly cover two words that no longer mean the same or carry the same weight they once did.

I hope this has been helpful to you.

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.

This episode originally aired on YouTube. The link mentioned is further down in the description

I often talk about the importance of honoring ourselves…. our desires, needs, and experiences for healing.

It is bigger than just getting what we want or need.

When we don’t honor what we desire, there can be an unintended, much deeper, consequence.

In today’s episode I share how and why and what you can begin to do differently to honor yourself in a way that expands and deepens your healing.

YT video mentioned: Independence as a form of self-protection ~ Impact of Sexual Abuse

Don’t want to wait for the next episode? Head over to my YouTube Channel, 

PegygOliveiraMSW, with over 300 videos about Impact & Healing from Childhood Trauma. 

Join the community!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courageousjourneys

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@courageousjourneys

Website:https://courageousjourneys.com/

If you have a question you’d like me to answer related to healing from childhood or emotional trauma, please send to [email protected]

This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.