The Mending Trauma Podcast

The Mending Trauma Podcast

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The Mending Trauma Podcast episodes

  • 086: Self Inflicted Wounds: Making Up Stories That Hurt Our Own Feelings After Trauma

    Join Leina as she explains how we often accidentally hurt our own feelings by straying away from the facts of a situation and only pay attention to our assumptions. Find a concrete tool to help you reduce the pain that comes with assumptions, such as using a 3x5 card to record only the facts you know of the situation.

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    16 min
  • 085: Painful Decisions After Trauma: Deciding Now or Later

    In this episode, Leina explores how some difficult decisions can be painful. The human tendency to delay the painful decisions in the moment and avoid dealing with it can lead to more pain over time. Leina also discusses how you can best support somebody who’s decisions seem disastrous and why insisting people do things a certain way often backfires.

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    19 min
  • 084: Finding Peace After Trauma: Don't Look Back Too Long

    Join Leina as she discusses some of the perils of staying focused on the past and provides concrete micro steps to take to help your brain focus on the present. Developing tools to stay in the present can offer emotional freedom and peace in our lives.

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

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    Youtube: Mending Trauma

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    12 min
  • 083: Trauma Bonds Part 2 - What to do about a Trauma Bond?

    In this episode, Leina explores ways to take small steps to help you be aware of and notice what the dynamics are in your own relationships. She then explores some changes that can be made to help you make decisions from a strong sense of self.

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

    Facebook: @mendingtrauma

    Youtube: Mending Trauma

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    Twitter: @akhoyt1

    Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma


    Please rate, review, & subscribe to The Universe is Your Therapist on Apple Podcasts

    24 min
  • 082: What is a Trauma Bond & How Does it Happen

    Join Leina today as she discusses the concept and definition of trauma bonds and explores ways that we can find ourselves in a trauma bond. Leina clarifies that this is not something that we do to ourselves, but is part of a dynamic that develops often times starting in childhood.

    Take One Small Step towards healing your trauma by going to: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/peaceaftertrauma

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

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    Youtube: Mending Trauma

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    Twitter: @akhoyt1

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    13 min
  • 081: Why People Pleasing is Hard to Stop Especially after cPTSD and Trauma


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    13 min
  • 080: How Trauma Affects Our Communication and Leads to Unnecessary Arguments in our Relationships

    Explore with Leina how the shame of trauma can lead to defensiveness and difficulty communicating in a way that leads to problem solving. Common and unnecessary arguments with your partner can easily be diffused using awareness and tools that Leina explains further in this episode.

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

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    Youtube: Mending Trauma

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    Twitter: @akhoyt1

    Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma


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    9 min
  • 079: Pain vs Suffering after Trauma and cPTSD

    Join Leina today as she explores the buddhist saying: "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional". Understand how our thoughts and assumptions about an event can contribute to a lot of emotional distress and suffering. Leina uses the concept of clean pain vs dirty pain to help us identify when we are in a place of suffering and how to do to relieve the suffering.

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

    Facebook: @mendingtrauma

    Youtube: Mending Trauma

    LinkedIn: Mending Trauma

    Twitter: @akhoyt1

    Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma


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    14 min
  • 078: The Cycle of Shame & Anger after Trauma

    In this episode, Leina Hoyt joins us to explore how shame and anger can become a cycle, and ways to calm down the nervous system. Learn how you can use 2-3 easy tools to combat shame and the anger that results. Radical acceptance, separating one's sense of self, and double breath sigh, are a few ways that we suggest to reduce the intensity and frequency of this cycle. 

    Take One Small Step towards healing your trauma by going to: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/peaceaftertrauma

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

    Facebook: @mendingtrauma

    Youtube: Mending Trauma

    LinkedIn: Mending Trauma

    Twitter: @akhoyt1

    Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma


    Please rate, review, & subscribe to The Universe is Your Therapist on Apple Podcasts

    16 min
  • 077: The Power of One Small Step When Healing Trauma

    Learn how something small but consistent can help you on your healing journey. We discuss how steps including the double breath sigh, and somatic swaying can help reduce your trauma symptoms.
    Take One Small Step towards healing your trauma by going to: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/peaceaftertrauma

    Transcript

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    Connect with us!
    Website: https://www.mendingtrauma.com/
    Instagram: @mendingtrauma

    Facebook: @mendingtrauma

    Youtube: Mending Trauma

    LinkedIn: Mending Trauma

    Twitter: @akhoyt1

    Tik Tok: @mendingtrauma


    Please rate, review, & subscribe to The Universe is Your Therapist on Apple Podcasts

    21 min

About The Mending Trauma Podcast

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Join certified trauma professional Dr. Amy Hoyt and licensed therapist Leina Hoyt, MFT at https://www.mendingtrauma.com as they teach you how to recover from trauma and cPTSD. Trauma shows up in our…