013 | Recognize – It's A Long Road
Healing trauma can be a long, long journey. In my own healing experience, I spent so much time creating safe spaces and safe resources - all of which were imagined. I spent so much time creating those imaginary safe places and containers that I only spent 10% of my time actually unpacking and dealing with the trauma... and 90% in those containers.
That’s why the sixth rule of the Trauma Hiders Club is to remember that it’s a long road, and how long healing takes (or will take) for you is less important than the quality of your relationship to healing and support. What matters the most is to do the work, bringing together your experiences from a place of safety, working with a professional therapist or trauma coach, and developing relationships outside of therapy that will support your healing.
In this episode, I discuss the sixth rule of the Trauma Hiders Club and the importance of seeking supportive relationships outside therapy. I describe how much time I spent in my own healing journey creating safe spaces for myself. I also highlight the value of working with a professional therapist, counselor, or trauma coach and underscore how it’s the setting up of safety that will help you come out on the other side.
“How long healing takes is less important than the quality of the relationship to the healing and the support.”
- Karen Goldfinger Baker
This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:
The long and winding road to healing trauma
The sixth rule of the Trauma Hiders Club
How I created safe spaces in my healing process
The value of working with a professional therapist to help you with your healing journey