Some people will feel uncomfortable with your healing. Your breakthroughs, your successes, your post-trauma growth — they will stir envy, unease, and even jealousy in those who have not yet faced their own shadows.

And sometimes, they will try to dim your light so they can feel safer in their own.

In this episode of PTSD and Beyond, I’m here to remind you of a truth you may have forgotten — you were never meant to play small. You are not meant to be small. You are meant to be a light in the darkness.

If you’ve been feeling like your light has dimmed, this episode is for you. I’ll share my light with you, right here, right now, so you can breathe it in, feel it fuel you, and remember:

You were never meant to be small.

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Some nights aren’t for fixing, proving, or pushing through. They’re for loosening your shoulders, breathing a little deeper, and remembering you’ve already done enough for today.

In this episode, I invite you into a moment of rest — a space where you can set down the weight you’ve been carrying, even if only for a while. Together, we’ll remember that you are more than the pain you feel, and that it’s okay to simply exist, breathe, and be.

If you’ve been tired, hurting, or feeling like you have to hold it all alone, this is your reminder: you don’t. Tonight, you only have to be.

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Why the Right Decision Can Still Feel Wrong

Have you ever made a decision you knew was the right one… but you couldn’t shake the lingering feelings that made you doubt yourself?

This emotional “lag” is more common than we think. Your logical mind can make a decision in seconds, but your emotional system...the limbic brain... works on a completely different clock. That mismatch can leave you feeling unsettled, second-guessing, or even wondering if you made a mistake, even when you didn’t.

In this episode, we explore:

Why the head and heart don’t always match right away

How our nervous system processes change and safety

Why common “fix it fast” advice often doesn’t work

The first step to working through the gap between decision and feeling

How to give yourself permission to feel and function at the same time

If you’ve ever been caught in the space between logic and emotion, this episode will help you understand what’s really going on and why it’s not a sign you made the wrong choice.

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“Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.” – Glennon Doyle

Courage isn’t loud. It’s not always a leap or a battle cry.

In this episode, we explore what it means to feel courageous—not perform it.

Whether you’re in the middle of a storm or just beginning to exhale again, this one’s for you.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

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In today’s complex and noisy world, making decisions that truly align with our values can feel impossible — especially when life has been disrupted by trauma, loss, or change.

This week, I’m honored to welcome Somik Raha, author of Invaluable: Achieving Clarity on Value, to the podcast. Somik offers a profound yet practical invitation: to pause, discover, and articulate the unique values already within you — and to integrate them into your decisions with intention.

Drawing on philosophy, poetry, citizen science, and moving stories, Somik shows us how clarifying our “values blueprint” not only brings peace and clarity to decision-making but also inspires us to live a life that feels authentic and whole.

🌱 In this conversation, we explore:

About the book:

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A Gentle Closure Practice for the End of the Month

Each month carries something—grit, growth, gratitude, and sometimes a longing to begin again.

In this episode, we pause together.

This guided practice is designed to help you:

Release what no longer needs to come with us as we give gratitude to a month closing and welcome with appreciation and wonder a new month

Restore our energy, grounded presence, and direction

Reclaim our clarity, power, and peace

We’ll also hear a special message at the end of the episode with an exclusive limited-time offer for our PTSD and Beyond® community.

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30 Myths of PTSD and the Healing Truths That Break Them

In this special episode for PTSD Awareness Day, we’re cutting through the noise and going beyond the surface.

Too often, the conversation around PTSD focuses on symptoms, diagnoses, or one-size-fits-all solutions. But healing is human—and so are the myths we carry about what PTSD is supposed to look like.

Today, Dr. Deb shares 30 powerful myths and the healing truths that gently dismantle them.

You’ll hear truths like:

Whether you’re on your own journey or holding space for someone else, this episode will validate, empower, and remind you:

💬 Mentioned in this episode:

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In this bold and birthday episode, we get real about what it actually looks like to grow after trauma—and how that growth leads to becoming unfuckwithable.

We’re not talking about surface-level healing or performance-based self-care. We’re talking about reclaiming self-respect, choosing power, and walking away from anything that dishonors your healing.

What it means to be unfuckwithable after PTSD

Why self-respect is power

Letting go of passive-aggressive patterns and low-effort energy

A special birthday reflection from Dr. Deb

A powerful affirmation to close the episode

This episode is a permission slip to:

Cut ties with toxic patterns

Stop explaining your worth

Choose yourself with radical clarity

Because when you’ve survived the unthinkable, you get to protect your peace without apology.

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“Just because it’s invisible doesn’t mean it’s not real. I believed me. And that changed everything," Dr. Deb Lindh

Welcome to PTSD Awareness Month. In this powerful opening episode, Dr. Deb Lindh shares a deeply personal story—what it was like to ask for help and be dismissed, disbelieved, and ignored… and what happened next.

This is more than a story about pain—it's about resilience, self-trust, and the power of breaking silence. From school counselors and troop leaders to one trusted therapist who finally named it—Dr. Deb takes us on a raw, reflective journey through stigma, invalidation, and ultimately, self-empowerment.

Because while asking for help is hard, not being believed leaves a wound few talk about. Until now.

What stigma really looks like (and why it’s rooted in projection and avoidance)

The personal cost of asking for help and being dismissed

Why believing yourself might be the bravest act of all

The moment Dr. Deb heard someone finally say, “This has a name”

How being believed can feel like exhaling for the first time

The promise made at 16—and kept ever since

🖼️ Download the free You Believed Me reflection printable — includes 12 affirmations and 12 trauma-informed questions to support your healing journey.

💭 Whether you’re in the midst of transition, re-building after trauma, or sitting with the unknown—this episode invites you to feel seen, centered, and supported.

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In this special episode of PTSD and Beyond®, we pause for a moment of reflection, grounding, and presence—with a new original poem titled What Comes Next.

This piece speaks to the quiet courage it takes to keep going, the uncertainty that comes after survival, and the space between endings and beginnings. For anyone who’s ever asked, "Now what?" or sat in the stillness waiting for clarity to arrive—this one is for you.

We explore:

The emotional weight and liberation of asking what comes next

Why healing often lives in the in-between moments

A guided reflection to carry the message of the poem into your week

💭 Whether you’re in the midst of transition, re-building after trauma, or sitting with the unknown—this episode invites you to feel seen, centered, and supported.

📝 Take What Resonates Journal Prompt:

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