Today I Am Alive

Healing Gifts of Trauma


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Trauma can be a positive life-changing experience. Join Margaret as she discusses the gifts and blessings found in the healing of trauma in this episode of Today I Am Alive! Learn how to deal with past trauma and turn them into an opportunity for post traumatic growth.
KEY TAKEAWAYS 

  • We were born into trauma. The world has been in constant trauma for centuries with everyday life filled with mental issues, abuse, violent drugs, alcohol, diseases, bereavement, war, racism and climate change.
  • Most people, when they hear the word trauma, they immediately fear the worst. But fear and the fear of pain or suffering do not have to be a life sentence, it can also mean opportunities for growth, which is called post-traumatic growth.
  • Trauma-driving survivors must continue to heal, bond, and rise together like the phoenix. Reaping the gifts within us for the purpose of our lives will preserve for collective healing to help those who are stuck and suffering and to help them find the root core of their trauma.

BEST MOMENTS
“Trauma can be a positive life-changing experience.”
“Not too many people are aware of post traumatic growth.”
“If traumas are gifts and blessings, then we are glorifying and welcoming abusers.”
“Don't sweat the small stuff.” 
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Rules of a Mother available from Amazon.
CONTACT METHOD
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Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE HOST
A few years ago, Margaret underwent several life-threatening traumas, including domestic abuse, and almost killed by her ex-partner, kidney and brain cancer, mental health issues, and a near-death experience. Her life was encapsulated in darkness, and she welcomed the thought of dying. From a breakdown to a breakthrough, these words from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man's Search For Meaning, changed her life forever: “The existence of life is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in suffering.” Once she became aware of this, her life changed, and choose to live each day like it's her last…

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Today I Am AliveBy Margaret Aberdeen