Post Traumatic Parenting

Turning Your Trauma Into Superpower With Stephanie Chandler


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Welcome to another exciting episode of the Post-Traumatic Parenting podcast! In today’s podcast episode, I’m joined by Stephanie Chandler, the founder of the Nonfiction Authors Association. I recently attended her conference and when I heard her unique post-traumatic parenting story I knew I had to share it with you all because I love bringing post-traumatic parents on the podcast so that we can hear real-life Post-Traumatic stories. Stephanie is someone I admire a lot, she turned her trauma into a superpower, while remaining a conscious, present parent. Tune in as we talk about Stephanie’s story, how she suddenly lost her husband and became a single parent, how to process grief when you lose a loved one, what is grief hijack, different ways to process your trauma, and managing trauma while parenting a traumatized child.


In this episode, we chat about:
  • Stephanie shares how she suddenly lost her husband
  • The difference between being a single parent and an only parent
  • A missing male figure in Stephanie's son's life
  • When should you seek professional help with processing your grief
  • What is a grief hijack
  • Stephanie’s journey of starting the Nonfiction Authors Association
  • How did Stephanie hack her trauma and turned into a superpower
  • Different ways to process your trauma
  • How to supercharge your therapy
  • What motivated me to become a psychologist
  • Suicide is not selfish, and depression is not only in your head
  • Stephanie's son's reaction to his dad passing
  • What they don’t teach you in school about business
  • Stephanie shares how she started her first writers' conference 
  • Tips on writing a book, building a platform, and finding an agent
  • Turning your fear into a helpful friend
  • Why post-traumatic parents are the world's natural entrepreneurs


Connect with me on Instagram @dr.koslowitzpsychology and for full show notes and more resources visit www.drrobynkoslowitz.com/turning-your-trauma-into-superpower-with-stephanie-chandler

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Post Traumatic ParentingBy Dr. Robyn Koslowitz

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