In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey exposes the hidden cost of avoiding unresolved trauma and why the greatness inside you stays buried until the root issues are addressed.

This episode explores how undealt-with pain quietly controls reactions, relationships, self-sabotage, and fear, why coping mechanisms often bury healing deeper, and what real excavation looks like when you stop managing symptoms and start addressing the source.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:14 Is there treasure buried under your trauma

0:50 What you avoid is already running your life

1:29 How trauma buries gifts and purpose

2:20 The dirt gets heavier over time

3:07 Bandaids vs real healing

4:49 Therapy is not one-size-fits-all

5:50 Addressing the root, not the behavior

6:26 Reaction mode vs growth

7:18 What you’re really burying

7:48 What life looks like after excavation

9:43 Stop waiting and start digging

MindShift Moments

• Avoidance is not neutral

• Trauma controls what remains unhealed

• Coping is not the same as healing

• Depth creates freedom

• Excavation reveals purpose

Quotes

“You’re sitting on gold you can’t access.”

“What you avoid is already dealing with you.”

“Healing requires excavation.”

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