Whether you’re healing from trauma or experienced significant events in your life such as new marriage, baby, divorce, widowhood, a break up, a job change, empty nest, graduation, etc, the concentration of energy might need to be refocused.

Life is full of HEALING and CHANGE, but often that leaves us feeling worse and often we can revert back to where we were?  But why?

Follow this link (Expanded Wheel of Life) to download to access resource referred to in this episode.

If you'd like to talk about how you can find what’s next, reach out to me at [email protected]. 

Our lives are filled with chaos.  And that's a bad thing, right?

Or is it?

Reframing what we perceive as negative into something that's positive will shift you focus into finding the bright side of life!

From Thanksgiving through New Years, we can feel overwhelmed with holiday stress.  In the process, our brains are preparing us for what it expects, similar to how it instinctively guides wild animals to find the food and water they need when the environment around them changes.  So much is learned behavior and response that we don't need to keep holding on to. 

Have you ever repeatedly spoken positive affirmations or written them out over and over only to find you just don't feel much different?  That's because it's all in your head.  Listen as I briefly explain why this happens and what you can do to adopt the positive attitude you want.

The map and territory are metaphors used to illustrate the difference between the actual world and our understanding of the world as we perceive it to be. The ‘map’ is our understanding of the ‘territory’ of reality, and we must be careful to remember that the map is not the territory!  Let's talk about how distorted maps affect relationships so we can become more aware of how we're seeing the world.  The more we understand our views, the more we can update our maps, the better we can relate to others and with ourselves!

Are you in a relationship - dating, married, friendship - and feeling disconnected as if you don’t exist?  Are you feeling unvalued, unheard, or misunderstood?  Is this a relationship you truly want in the first place?  Mine wasn’t, but I couldn’t walk away…

My daughter and I would get into these really bad fights when she was a young adult and I was in my mid-50s. We’d be yelling at each other, talking over each other, getting really ugly with each other. Both of us defending ourselves and wanting the other to not only see our side of the situation, but to leave our own opinions behind and adopt the other’s ideas instead.

Listen as I continue to share my journey of Getting Past Survivor and how I've been able to really learn 2 or more incredibly valuable lessons from the words my mother uttered 26 years ago.

Remember, as we go through life, it's the journey, not the destination.  Every day is a brilliant opportunity to learn about ourselves ... and the world around us. 

If you'd like to talk about how you could find your own enlightenment with my help utilizing advanced NLP, reach out to [email protected] or visit my website - https://www.helenbrennercoaching.com/

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

Well, yeah.  Yeah they can.  Words can influence us in ways the person uttering them never imagined, expected, or intended.  But, yea, they definitely can hurt us.  I was 25 and the sentiment in this podcast that was uttered by my mother left an indelible mark on me...influencing how I saw myself and how I perceived my worth for years to come.  28 years later, I have a whole new understanding...one that I share here, and one that will come in episode "Midol, Part 2" that'll be released soon.  I hope you'll find self-understanding by what I have to say.  

This was recorded during a Toastmaster's meeting.  The emotions are real, the speed is quick because I was trying to be sure I fit it into the 5-7 minute range.  But, like everything you'll hear or read from me... it's WYSIWYG.  What you see is what you'll get.  Hugs to you all!

Hi, I’m Helen Brenner, a certified NLP in Hypnosis Trauma Healing Coach and a former Mental Health Counselor and founder of Getting Past Survivor where I’m a voice for the voiceless, standing with and for others who have experienced the unmentionable.

Welcome to the introductory podcast of Getting Past Survivor where we talk about the inner peace we feel when we've healed from trauma, particularly childhood sexual abuse, and live a life of choice instead of living in survivor default actions/reactions of fight, flight, freeze and fawn.

Read more at helenbrennercoaching.com.  If you'd like to be on the podcast, please reach out to [email protected].