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Episode 10 Season 2: Erikson's Stages of Development and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
08/01/22 • 39 min
Episode Description:
Erikson's Stages of Development and Adverse Childhood Experiences is also a Youtube Video. If you haven't please click the link below and subscribe for exclusive content different than the podcast. Adverse Childhood Experiences (or ACES) can impact our development as children. If we survived narcissistic abuse, childhood trauma, childhood emotional neglect, or any other form of abuse at a specific time in our development, we often get stuck there, and the trauma that impacts our lives will make our reactions to triggering situations similar to that of our reactions at that age. In other words, our social and emotional development becomes stuck and we repeat patterns from childhood.
By understanding Erikson's Stages of Development and how adverse childhood experiences that occurred during these specific stages impacted us, we can begin to take inventory of our own emotional and social development, where and when trauma may have kept us stuck, and start doing healing work around these age periods through journaling, meditation, and inner child work to help us release that trauma and develop emotionally and socially into the healthy adults God made us to be by healing trauma at its true source.
Resources:
Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development by Kendra Cherry in Very Well Mind is an article that describes Erikson's Stages of Development and the significance of each. It describes what healthy development in each stage looks like as well as potential consequences of adverse experiences that can impact development in each stage from infancy to old age.
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying is a book I mention in the video/podcast in the last of Erikson's Stages of Development as a great book for considering what matters in life. This book was written by a woman who cared for hundreds of terminally ill patients, learned their deepest desires and regrets, and compiled a list of the repeated themes of what these individuals wish they had and had not done. It provides great insights on how to live a full, happy life without regrets.
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Episode 9 Season 2: Series on Narcissistic Abuse: The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse on Our Relationship With God
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07/18/22 • 86 min
Episode Description:
The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse on Our Relationship With God is the last episode in the Series on Narcissistic Abuse. When we are raised by people with narcissistic traits, in a rigid religious environment, or we are abused or neglected long term in other ways, we believe the qualities that our caretakers have are also what God is like. Our caretakers are often projecting misconceptions onto God that they were taught as well, and they pass them down to us. As children, we have no other frame of reference for what God is like, who God is, or who we are in Christ. As a result, we are often left confused with mixed messages. We come to see God as rigid, withholding, harsh, judgmental, angry, stingy, or cold.
These misconceptions can cause us harm, making us feel fear, unworthiness, resentment, anger, and even despair in our relationship with God. This causes many to stop believing. It's life changing to separate our misconceptions about God from who God really is based on truth: scripture, healthy psychology, and objective reality. This also helps us heal misconceptions about ourselves. By healing our distortions and projections, we can enjoy a loving, secure, safe, and peaceful relationship with God (perhaps for the first time), run toward God instead of away from Him, and live the life He intended us to live.
Breakdown of Episode
0:00 Introduction to the Episode
3:34 Introduction to the Topic
6:12 How Caretakers Treat Us Impacts What We Think About God
28:39 Distorted Views of God and How We Project These Onto God
44:58 How to Separate Our Projections Onto God With Who He Really Is
56:22 Specific Ways to Heal Our Distortions About God
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Episode 6 Season 2: Series on Narcissistic Abuse: What You Need to Know About Narcissistic Abuse Part I
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06/13/22 • 60 min
Episode Description:
What You Need to Know About Narcissistic Abuse Part I contains two parts and is the first part of a larger Series on Narcissistic Abuse. Parts I and II are episodes 6 and 7, and they include a "crash course" in narcissistic abuse. Part I, Episode 6 includes what narcissistic abuse is, why it happens, and warning signs of narcissistic abuse. This episode further breaks down what makes a narcissist, the difference between Narcissistic Personality Disorder and high narcissistic traits, and why narcissists generally don't have any interest in healing. Episode 7, Part II continues from Episode 6, Part I discussing the impacts of this abuse and ways to recover from narcissistic abuse.
Breakdown of Episode
0:00 Introduction to the Series, Episode, and Topic
4:20 Breakdown of Episode
5:30 What Is Narcissistic Abuse and Why Does it Happen?
37:12 Basic Warning Signs of Narcissistic Abuse
Bulleted List of Resources
- Effects of Narcissistic Abuse by Arlin Cuncic in Very Well Mind includes what narcissistic abuse is and the impacts of narc abuse. This article is also used at the beginning of Episode 7 that discusses the impacts of narc abuse.
- How a Child Can Become a Narcissist by Elinor Greenberg, PhD in Psychology Today discusses various scenarios and situations that create a narcissistic, describing what makes narcissists to creating their wiring childhood.
- What Are the Nine Traits of a Narcissist? By John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP in E Medicine Health describes the warning signs of narcissistic behavior in this article with the nine most common behaviors of narcissists.
- I'm a Professor of Human Behavior and I Have Some News for You About the 'Narcissists' in Your Life by Melody Wilding in Busi
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Episode 9 Season 3: What's Childhood Emotional Neglect Got to Do With Abandonment Trauma?
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
07/10/23 • 52 min
Description:
The most downloaded episode in the history of the podcast has been Season 2, Episode 12: Childhood Emotional Neglect: A Hidden Epidemic, so there's a need to understand CEN further. What's Childhood Emotional Neglect Got to Do With Abandonment Trauma? discusses the impact of childhood emotional neglect (CEN) on survivors by exploring the connection between CEN and fear of abandonment. Seeing this connection can be the difference between a life of confusion, gaslighting, and bondage, and power, freedom, and clarity. We discuss the nature of CEN and how it is not always intentional or malicious, but it's nature is insidious because it's hidden. It's the most likely form of abuse to be denied, invalidated, and doubted since it is abuse by omission instead of commission. CEN can make us doubt our own reality. We discuss ways to know whether or not you're living with the impacts of CEN, cut through the mind fog, and find clarity and truth on this issue. Even though it's painful at first, the truth sets us free. By learning how you can contact, validate, and understand your hidden experience, you can use this revelation to heal the impacts of CEN, know what happened to you was real, and build healthy relationships that move beyond abandonment trauma.
Timestamp
1:18 Intro to Topic
5:47 The Nature of CEN and How It Leads to Abandonment Trauma
11:45 The Impact of Emotional Childhood Neglect on the Brain
15:47 Three Emotional Needs of Children
18:39 The Tricky and Evasive Nature of CEN
35:57 The Connection Between CEN and Abandonment Trauma
41:49 Ways to Overcome CEN and Abandonment Trauma
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Episode 18 Season 2: Ten Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
11/28/22 • 35 min
Episode Description:
This episode was adapted from a recent Youtube video. Check out and subscribe to the Youtube channel linked below for more talks like this one not found in the podcast. This talk discusses what healthy boundaries are and what they are not. In the first half, we discuss what a boundary is using Henry Cloud's metaphor of property lines and why setting healthy boundaries is not only okay, but healthy. Setting boundaries is not selfish. You must set healthy boundaries to be a functional human being and to build loving relationships. We also discuss ways setting boundaries helps us obey God and consider others' needs. In order to set good boundaries, you need to understand the value of your own agency, autonomy, and individuality. Through this episode, we discuss who we might set boundaries with, reasons we don't set boundaries, differences between people with healthy boundaries and those without good boundaries, and ten specific strategies to set healthy boundaries. This video will help you learn to take care of yourself and love who God made you to be.
Resources:
10 Ways to Build and Preserve Better Boundaries in Psych Central by Shannon Martin, LCSW is an article I reference in the video that discusses what boundaries are, why they are necessary, why we are afraid to set boundaries, strategies to set them, and specific scenarios that give examples of healthy boundary setting.
Boundaries: When to Say YES and When to Say NO to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and Peter Townsend was mentioned as a recommended book to go more into detail with setting healthy boundaries in different situations and with different
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Episode 16: No Mo' FOMO
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
08/30/21 • 38 min
Episode Description:
No Mo' FOMO discusses the psychological phenomenon that we all experience called "FOMO," or "Fear of Missing Out." Those who have experienced childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, and other forms of trauma often feel they've been robbed of life experiences, safety, and joy, and this can lead to an urgency and fear of missing out on experiences or accomplishments. We all experience this to some degree, but some experience it more than others.
The podcast discusses different types of FOMO, strategies for dealing with it, and strategies to get past FOMO such as coming back into the present moment, not judging yourself, and being mindful, when it feels like it will overwhelm you. Then we discuss the differences between unhealthy and healthy FOMO and how God can use FOMO to motivate and speak to you at certain times.
Breakdown of Episode:
1:16 Intro to the Topic
2:10 What is FOMO, and How Does It Impact Those Who've Experienced Trauma?
5:14 Where Does FOMO Come From?
16:48 Examples of FOMO and Ways to Deal with It
27:44 What's the Difference Between Productive FOMO and Destructive FOMO, and How God Can Use FOMO for Good
Bulleted List of Resources
- "FOMO" or "Fear of Missing Out" Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
This article explains that "FOMO refers to the apprehension that one is either not in the know or missing out on information, events, experiences, or decisions that could make one's life better." Learning what FOMO is and how is connects to trauma and stressors can help us to deal with it. - What's the Psychology Behind Fear of Missing Out? by Quora Contributor and Anita Sanz
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/fomo-whats-the-psychology-behind-the-fear-of-missing-out.html
This article discusses the origins of FOMO and how FOMO is based on an ancient fear, triggered particularly social media, where we needed to know what was going on for survival reasons. Not knowing what was going on in the environment could cause death, so we still have this residual survival instinct. Now, we find new ways to deal with FOM
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Episode 11 Season 4: How to Heal Trauma Without Blaming Yourself
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
08/26/24 • 41 min
Episode Description
Even if we know it intellectually not to be true, trauma, abuse, and neglect survivors internalize blame when they are mistreated, particularly those who suffer from childhood abuses and narcissistic abuses. Knowing the difference between blame and self-validation, finding the balance between knowing what happened to you and taking ownership of healing, and finding the line between self-compassion and victim mindsets can make all the difference in your healing journey. It's important to know that two things can be true at once:
- Abuse is never your fault AND you can take ownership of your healing journey.
- You are enough AND feeling like it is your fault is normal when you've experienced abuse.
- You can acknowledge what happened to you AND not live in blame or victim mentalities.
Breakdown of Episode
1:17 Intro to Episode
6:17 Do You Know It Wasn't Your Fault on a Body Level?
11:42 Abuse is NEVER Your Fault
14:56 What Is the Difference Between Blame and Validating Your Experience?
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Episode 4 Season 2: God Will Heal Your Trauma and Emotional Abuse
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05/09/22 • 53 min
Episode Description:
God Will Heal Your Trauma and Emotional Abuse is a Youtube video I did a few years ago with the same name. I encouraged people that they can heal, God will heal them, and God's radical love is the source of all healing, including any trauma or difficult emotional issues you may be facing. This episode discusses attitudes that can re-traumatize you, how to avoid these, and how being deeply rooted Christ's radical love and grace keeps you safe and heals you, along with doing the right kind of healing work. This episode offers a word of encouragement and a reminder of why we do the healing work, that God's love it radical and his grace is scandalous, and that God will heal your trauma and emotional abuse.
Breakdown of Episode
1:17 Introduction
6:16 How Well-Meaning Religious Communities Can Re-traumatize Folks
10:34 Core Feelings of Unworthiness and Setting the Record Straight on These
15:35 Being Deeply Rooted in Christ's Radical Love and Grace
28:05 Two Philosophies That Can Re-traumatize You and Why These Are Not the Truth
39:00 Why God Takes Us Down and Deeper When We're Healing Before He Takes Us Back Up
Bulleted List of Resources:
Scriptures:
Mark 15 Parables of the lost coin, lost sheep, and prodigal son.
Psalm 119 God's protection for those He loves.
Other Resources:
- The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, a Franciscan priest, is a book about God's radical grace and love for us, and how he preferred the company of outliers.
- What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey is a book about God's radical grace and how it works in our lives.
- The Story of the Chinese Bamboo Women's Network Blog, is about how long it took the Chinese bamboo to grow, and how this time and the depth in which is was planted was part of the plan to allow it to grow into a mighty bamboo.
- God Will Heal Your Trauma and Emotional Abuse is the original Youtube video I recorded a few years ago. I expanded on this talk for the podcast to give you a word of encouragement and keep you
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Episode 9 Season 4: Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance is Everything
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
07/22/24 • 52 min
Episode Description
Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance Is Everything discusses the nature pursuing of peace and acceptance, what it looks like through a beloved character, Winnie the Pooh, and how we can practice this simplicity and acceptance on our healing journey like Pooh, to help overcome trauma with more flow, ease, and simplicity. Overcoming trauma isn't easy, and sometimes life can be difficult, but we don't have to struggle against it. This adds to suffering, whereas acceptance and nonresistance bring peace. Then we discuss the wisdom of Ecclesiastes and how pursuing peace, acceptance, and simplicity are biblical concepts that can help us overcome trauma, struggle, and complicating situations. By pursuing peace, simplicity, and acceptance, we give ourselves a better foundation for effective trauma healing, and we live a more enjoyable life free of struggle and striving as God intended.
Breakdown of Episode
1:17 Intro to Episode
2:47 Intro to Topic
8:47 Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance Is Everything
27:06 The Wisdom of Ecclesiastes on Acceptance and Letting Go
45:35 How the Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance Help the Trauma Survivor
Sources
FREE A.C.O.R.N Infographic: Mentioned at 50:45 in the episode, the free A.C.O.R.N download is a guide to help you process and deal with difficult emotions.
A.C.O.R.N Meditation Bundle is a meditation bundle you can purchase to help you process affordably difficult emotions using the A.C.O.R.N technique. You can download these and they are yours forever to use offline free of ads.
A.C.O.R.N Meditations on YouTube: These are the free versions of the A.C.O.R.N meditations to help you process difficult emotions.
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Episode 13: Comparison and Feeling Invisible
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
07/19/21 • 38 min
Episode Description:
Comparison and Feeling Invisible discusses how many of us, particularly those of us who've experienced trauma and mental health challenges, feel invisible, and this episodes offers encouragement and healing strategies if you've experienced invisibility or felt insignificant. I also share personal experiences and discuss how we've all had these moments in our lives, making these experiences relatable.
You can take all your comparisons, jealousies, and envies to God with complete honesty and vulnerability without fear of condemnation or judgement. God will accept you just as you are and heal you with His deep love. This episode discusses your worth in Christ. He would have died for you alone. This episode then shares strategies that can help you heal comparison, invisibility, and feelings of insignificance. For more information on the A.C.O.R.N technique, please see Podcast Episode 11: A.C.O.R.N: A Tool to Process Difficult Emotions.
Breakdown of Episode:
0:00 Intro to the Topic and Encouragement if You've Felt Invisible Your Whole Life
6:34 I Know What It Feels Like to Feel Invisible and Insignificant
9:39 Christ Would Have Died for You Alone, So You Are Not Insignificant
14:50 Bring Your Vulnerabilities Completely Honestly Before God
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FAQ
How many episodes does Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery have?
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery currently has 88 episodes available.
What topics does Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Ptsd, Mental Health, Emotional Healing, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Childhood Trauma and Trauma.
What is the most popular episode on Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery?
The episode title 'Episode 17 Season 3: Don't Make Trauma Your Whole Identity' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery?
The average episode length on Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery is 47 minutes.
How often are episodes of Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery released?
Episodes of Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery?
The first episode of Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery was released on Jan 28, 2021.
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