Healing Childhood Trauma with Rachel Thompson, 7x Award-Winning Author

08/04/22 • 57 min

The Alexa Cast - Special Series Transformational Wellness: Healing Childhood Trauma with Rachel Thompson, 7X Award Winner Author
Host: Dr. Alexandra Powell
About Dr. Alexandra Powell: Bridging Holistic Wellness and Social Media.
I help you design a better, happier, and healthier life. MD/Social Worker
PODCAST SUMMARY: This episode of The Transformational Wellness Podcast deals with the difficult topic of childhood sexual abuse and lays out a healing pathway that you can follow to begin to recover from your trauma.
Alexa invites special guest, author, and survivor of childhood abuse Rachel Thompson onto the podcast to share her experiences and where she’s at today. Rachel tells Alexa about the sexual and psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of a neighbor when she was only 11 years old and how that abuse was handled in her family and community. She also opens up about the effects that the abuse had on her life, which range from chronic migraines to PTSD to perfectionist tendencies.
Rachel and Alexa explore how you can heal from trauma, and Rachel shares what’s worked for her, including medicine and alternative medical practices. Later on in the episode, you’ll learn about Rachel’s sexual abuse chat on Twitter and how she’s helping other survivors to speak their truth and to find healing.
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Addiction Medicine Wellness with Pollyanna Burton, ARNP, FNP-BC

The Alexa Cast - Special Series Transformational Wellness: Addiction Medicine Wellness with Pollyanna Burton, ARNP, FNP-BC
Host: Dr. Alexandra Powell
About Dr. Alexandra Powell: Bridging Holistic Wellness and Social Media.
I help you design a better, happier, and healthier life. MD/Social Worker
PODCAST SUMMARY: On this episode of The Transformational Wellness Podcast, Alexa invites nurse practitioner and addiction specialist Pollyanna for a deep conversation about trauma, addiction, abuse, and healing.
Pollyanna tells Alexa about her childhood growing up in a small town in Kentucky with strict and deeply religious parents who tried to impose their values on her. She then explains what her version of rebellion looked like and how that led her to want to start working in healthcare.
Pollyanna and Alexa dive into the science of addiction, and Pollyanna opens up about how her experience of working with people suffering from addiction changed her perspective on the disease. They list the official definition of addiction medicine and explore some of the other phenomena that we could be addicted to, ranging from sugar to work to socializing. At the end of the episode, Pollyanna tells Alexa how she supports patients through their recovery journey and gives a resource for survivors of sexual abuse to turn to.
If you liked this episode, subscribe to The Transformational Wellness Podcast to listen to more life-changing transformational wellness interviews and informative content that turns chaos into wellness, and encourages, inspires, and motivates you to design a life you love living.
About Wellness Society: Wellness Society is a global community for those interested in a holistic approach toward the ascension in all areas of life to achieve a life you love living.

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Fitness Wellness with Matt Stephens, Competitive Bodybuilder

The Alexa Cast - Special Series Transformational Wellness: Fitness Wellness with Matt Stephens, Bodybuilder, Nutritionist, Coach
Host: Dr. Alexandra Powell
About Dr. Alexandra Powell: Bridging Holistic Wellness and Social Media.
I help you design a better, happier, and healthier life. MD/Social Worker.
PODCAST SUMMARY: On this episode of The Transformational Wellness Podcast, Alexa talks with Matt Stephens, a fitness coach and bodybuilder who knows the power that fitness has to change your life because he’s experienced it himself.

Matt tells Alexa about some of the dramatic changes and stresses his body has been through, from weight loss to weight gain, and about his former addictions to alcohol and his abuse of prescription medication. He describes his first attempt at a fitness and diet regime and how his approach has since changed to allow for more balance and flexibility.

In the episode, you’ll hear Alexa and Matt discuss interesting topics such as whether pain can ever be a motivator and what a healthy mind-body connection really is. They also talk about what you can get from working with a coach and how to tell a good coach from a bad one.

If you liked this episode, subscribe to The Transformational Wellness Podcast to listen to more life changing transformational wellness interviews and informative content that turns chaos into wellness, and encourages, inspires, and motivates you to design a life you love living.

Notable Quotes

“If there’s anything that’s going to wake you up, it’s pain.”
“[bodybuilding] is not nearly as physical as it is mental.”

About Wellness Society: Wellness Society is a global community for those interested in a holistic approach toward the ascension in all areas of life to achieve a life you love living.

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