115 | Transforming Trauma into Freedom with Susan Gold
Susan Gold is the executive behind Susan Gold Consulting LLC, an organization that creates opportunities for brands and develops business by constructing strategic alliances and leveraging relationships. She is the author of Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom. In Toxic Family, Susan chronicles how—after prevailing through an unstable family dynamic—she went on to transform her life, launch her own talent brokerage firm, and make a name for herself building connections between celebrities and brands, eventually paving the way for her to become a producer for film and television.
Susan joins me today to share her journey in transforming childhood trauma into adult freedom. She describes the violent, unstable household she grew up in and how she managed to keep herself safe through dance. She discusses how she dreamed about going to New York City as a teenager and how she later worked with her heroine, Barbara Walters. She also explains the purpose of traditional therapy and somatic modalities, highlights the kind of healing work she underwent to find freedom and healing, and describes learning to live in a comfortable, loving relationship as an adult.
“The puzzle pieces connected magically, and I could see how it all came together for the beauty of soul evolution.”
- Susan Gold
This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:
● Susan’s childhood and her adult imaginary friend
● What freedom meant to the five-year-old Susan
● Growing up in a little town in Pennsylvania and what her family unit was like
● How Susan kept herself safe as a child in an unstable household
● Her years, dreams, and heroine as a teenager in the 70s
● Working with Barbara Walters and persuading a semi-reclusive Andy Warhol
● How Susan worked with therapy and different healing modalities in her 20s
● The purpose of traditional therapy and somatic modalities
● Hiding fear and experiencing impostor syndrome as a writer
● Forgiveness and why forgiving abusers isn’t essential to healing
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Connect with Susan Gold:
● Book: Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom
● Email: susan@susangoldconsulting.com
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