When it comes to having a healthy, fulfilling, loving relationship, it's important to acknowledge all that you bring to the table. That includes your hopes and dreams, what brings you joy and lifts your spirit, but also the pain and trauma you may have experienced. Trauma is defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience that impacts you, both consciously and subconsciously. Often, even without your knowledge, experiences from your past may have been traumatic for you, and may show up in unexpected ways in dating and relationships.  On this segment, Coaching With Kimmy, you'll hear live coaching with Kimmy and real people with challenges they face when dating and what they can do right now to start seeing different results. This week, you'll meet Karen, a woman who wants to get back into the dating world and find love and is navigating how the trauma and abuse in her past is impacting her dating journey now.   EPISODE 273 of The Charisma Quotient Podcast is titled: Dating After Trauma:  Coaching with Kimmy   Karen shares her background of childhood and relationship trauma that still impacts how she approaches relationships today. Kimmy introduces several different ways that trauma might manifest itself in your life, such as mistrusting others, hyper-vigilance to guard yourself against getting hurt again, low self-esteem and a pessimistic outlook on life, among many other possibilities. You'll hear Karen discuss her fears around dating and how that prevents her from making connections with men.  Kimmy and Karen have a candid conversation around how your experience of trauma can impact and influence your confidence in social relationships.  Kimmy pinpoints specific strategies for Karen and listeners to improve confidence and success in dating and love despite the challenges and trauma that is experienced.   If you have experienced any kind of traumatic experiences in your life where it’s making hard to date and is impacting your self esteem, hop on a free coaching call with Kimmy here: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough  Imagine getting some support around how you can get past feeling stuck and perhaps paralyzed for so long in one call.   EPISODE 273 of The Charisma Quotient Podcast is titled: Dating After Trauma:  Coaching with Kimmy. Charisma Quotient Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many of your other favorite podcast channels. ************************************************⁣ Kimmy Seltzer is a Confidence Therapist and Authentic Dating Strategist implementing targeted style, emotional and social intelligence to your life. ⁣ ************************************************⁣ Would you like to connect with Kimmy?⁣ Website:  https://kimmyseltzer.com/⁣ Chat:  https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough⁣ Instagram: @kimmyseltzer Twitter: @kimmyseltzer Join her FREE Facebook Group Love Makeover Insiders:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovemakeovers