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The best podcasts for Healing from Trauma

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My name is Kerri and I'm a Certified Trauma Support Specialist. I am also the Owner/CEO of Invisible Wounds: Healing from Trauma. I'm an advocate, podcast creator and host of my own show Invisible Wounds: Healing from Trauma. I'm also currently taking courses to become a Trauma and Resiliency Life Coach! I've worked with survivors of Intimate Partner Violence for over 12 years and with those who have Traumatic Brain Injury for 8 years. I work collaboratively with brilliant and wonderful professionals and groups around the world in this field! I currently work with the CACTIS Foundation in Scottsdale, AZ. We work to promote research, provide education, training, and develop programs, tools and protocols for any organization, system, or group and to help those who've experienced Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury personally. I am a survivor of both, and I have lots of lived experience with trauma, beginning from my earliest childhood memories onward. I started my podcast, website, and YouTube channel as a way of connecting different shared experiences we may have with trauma, and steps we can take in order to heal, build resiliency, and grow! I can relate my story to others and talk to them about what has worked for me in recovering from a lifetime of trauma, brain injury, and adversity. Using a Trauma-Informed Care approach, I provide real world, relatable, and easy to use exercises in each podcast episode. Listeners can have tools to use to help them become more grounded, relaxed, and gain understanding around how trauma has impacted them and how they can heal one step at a time. Trauma unfortunately is something I am all too familiar with. Growing up, I was surrounded and raised by adults with dysfunction, addiction, mental illness, chronic physical illness, anger, and violence. We moved many times when I was a child, and I was always the new kid. Painfully almost cripplingly shy, I was bullied physically and picked on and teased unmercifully by kids and teachers alike from kindergarten through junior high. Then, suddenly, at the age of 13 in 1977, I held my dying 6-year-old sister whom I had raised and protected in my arms while my parents both intoxicated argued for 2 hours as to whether she should go to the hospital or not. She died 4 days later. A month to the day after she died, my beloved grandfather who lived with us, also died suddenly. At this point, I broke, shattered, and disintegrated into a million little pieces. I became an angry, rebellious, and self-destructive teen. Alcohol and drugs became my coping tools. I was raped the first time at 13, and gang raped at 16. As a runaway at 16, I met the man who would become my nightmare. What followed was 3 years of physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse and torture. It took me 5 times to finally leave the relationship for good. the average is 7 times. 4 months after leaving the relationship I suffered a burst brain aneurysm, I was lucky I survived, many do not. It was during testing I went through at this time, doctors found evidence of Traumatic Brain Injury I sustained because of the physical abuse. In 2011, I took a job at a small local domestic violence shelter in Ohio, and I found my passion. Using my experience, I found that I was really able to connect with survivors in a very real and relatable way. In 2012 I moved to Phoenix, AZ and began working at one of the largest domestic violence shelters in the state. In 2014 this shelter began a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program. At this time the connection between domestic violence and TBI was just getting recognized. I helped develop and run this program. Also at this time, I connected with local and global leaders in this field. We work collaboratively to promote research, develop programs, training, education and tools for any organization working with survivors. In 2017, I first began learning about Trauma-Informed Care. This view looks at trauma from a "what happened to you" approach versus a "what's wrong with you" approach. This was a complete game-changer for me. I was not only able to help those I worked with better, but I began to understand just how deeply my own trauma affected me. I took classes and became a Certified Trauma support specialist, and as of June 7th, I will be a Certified Trauma and Resiliency Life Coach. I had not really listened to podcasts before, but I began to listen to what was out there on trauma. There are a lot, but not many from survivors using a Trauma-Informed Care approach, and not many with practical tools and solutions that listeners could learn and apply to themselves. The creation of Invisible Wounds: Healing from Trauma was born in the hopes that I could fill that knowledge and information gap. At the end of each episode, I close with a technique, coping skill, or tool that's "real world" and easy to understand and use! I tell the audience that we're building a mindfulness toolbox together! I have also created companion website, YouTube channel and social media pages. I believe my unique approach will help other, and I hope will make a difference in helping others to begin to heal from trauma.

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What is my podcast about and/or how does it relate to the playlist topic you chose?

I started my podcast Invisible Wounds: Healing from Trauma as a way of connecting different shared experiences we may have with trauma, and steps we can take in order to heal, build resiliency, and grow! I can relate my story to others and talk to them about what has worked for me in recovering from a lifetime of trauma, brain injury, and adversity. Using a Trauma-Informed Care approach, I provide real world, relatable, and easy to use exercises in each podcast episode. Listeners can have tools to use to help them become more grounded, relaxed, and gain understanding around how trauma has impacted them and how they can heal one step at a time. I structure my episodes in what seems to me to be a logical progression of information. If I didn't know anything about trauma, how would I like it explained to me? I began with "What is Trauma" and worked forward from there! My playlist choices reflect that same thought process.

What is my podcast playlist about?

My playlist reflects many different things! From subjects related to surviving trauma, to motivation, building resiliency, growth and healing!

The podcasts I picked and why

1. Survivors - Stories of Hope Live On.

Why this podcast?

I love Amanda, I consider her a friend, and she was my first podcast guest! Her story of trauma and building resiliency through all of her experiences is truly inspiring. She is real, relatable, and no nonsense!

Survivors - Stories of Hope Live On.
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Weekly conversations with authors of trauma survival and true crimes not in the headlines - There are thousands of people who have survived traumatic experiences and have written about them. It’s time to put a spotlight on all those incredible people. Stay tuned for some of the most amazing people you’ve never heard of, and maybe a few you have! *The thoughts and opinions of guests are not the thoughts and opinions of the host. Support the podcast a variety of ways! https://pensight.com/x/detailedpieces

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2. Dear Little Me - True Trauma Stories of Healing & Hope

Why this podcast?

Dawn gives wonderful information, tools, and advice for those of us that are impacted by childhood trauma!

We share real, unfiltered conversations with trauma survivors—hear their truth and witness the resilience of the human spirit. Validate your own experience; what you endured was real, hard, and painful. But remember, it doesn't have to define the rest of your life.


Tune in to Dear Little Me, where you will hear some of the most important heart-to-heart conversations of your life.



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3. The Mel Robbins Podcast

Why this podcast?

Mel gives science backed information and tools on many different topics! I love her "spunkiness" and at times saltiness.! She is real, relatable and very motivating!

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You can change your life and Mel Robbins will show you how. Mel Robbins is one of the world’s most widely booked and followed podcast hosts and authors. She’s trusted by the world’s leading brands and medical professionals who use her research-backed tools and strategies in clinical and corporate settings. She’s amassed millions of followers online, with her videos going viral almost daily. 143 Studios Inc., her female-led media company, produces provocative and award-winning content with unprecedented results: millions of books sold, billions of video views, seven #1 audiobooks, and original courses and programming for clients like Starbucks, JP Morgan Chase, LinkedIn, Spotify, Headspace, and Audible. Mel’s work has been translated into 41 languages, her podcast is syndicated in 194 countries, and her TEDx Talk is one of the most viewed of all time. A New York Times bestselling author and self-publishing phenom, Mel’s work includes The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule. Most importantly, her science-backed tools and relatable advice have changed the lives of millions of people worldwide. Despite all this, Mel is one of the most down-to-earth and caring people you’ll ever meet. The person you see every day online is exactly the same in real life. Probably because she learned everything she teaches the hard way: by first screwing up her own life, and out of necessity, discovering the tools and research that transformed her life and got her to where she is today. In The Mel Robbins Podcast, Mel gets more personal than ever, welcoming you into her life and taking you behind the scenes in real time. Every episode is packed with deeply relatable topics, tactical advice, hilarious screwups, compelling conversations, and the tools and inspiration you need to create a better life. Tune in and buckle up – your life is about to change. New episodes of The Mel Robbins Podcast drop every Monday and Thursday. To learn more about Mel, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and research she mentions, or submit a topic or question, check out https://www.melrobbins.com.

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4. Mindset Coach

Why this podcast?

Sean really does great motivational episodes on so many topics! Motivation can be a tough "reach" for many trauma survivors, but Sean takes things step by step!

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Mindset Coach is not your ordinary motivational podcast. Your host, Sean Croxton, goes beyond generic, overused “self-help” platitudes and helps you understand how becoming the best version of yourself is a matter of brain science. A Certified Transformational Neurocoach, Sean is known for breaking down complicated matters of mindset, biology, and neuroscience in a way that everyone can understand. Tune in to discover simple strategies for releasing limiting beliefs, silencing your inner critic, managing your emotions, and much more.

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5. I'm a Survivor Podcast

Why this podcast?

Misty's journey through surviving domestic violence to becoming a passionate advocate is truly inspiring!

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This podcast is my own personal journey as a Domestic Violence survivor and advocate and along the way as I found my own voice I’m able to give other survivors and victims of Domestic Violence a platform to tell there stories of resilience and survival.I’m a voice for the voiceless.Let’s keep the conversation open about Domestic violence and how we can help those who are silenced speak up.cash app is $survivorpodcast43 please help and donate to the podcast it helps each episode be promoted to get the message out there and get each survivors story heard thank you for your support Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hmisty387gmailcom/support

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