On this week's episode of the podcast, Aundi Kolber, an author and a licensed therapist joins us. Aundi has a unique way of articulating comfort one can find through processing trauma.
Here's what you will hear on this episode:
- Aundi's journey as a therapist
- Aundi's books Try Softer and Strong Like Water
- The Window of Tolerance and honoring it
- What it means to survive and the purpose it can serve
- Societal expectations as a mom/woman and how that impacts trauma
- Learning how to honor your own experience
- Complex trauma versus shock/single incidence trauma
- Welcoming self-compassion and internal softness as a resource
Guest Bio:
Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), speaker, and author of the groundbreaking book Try Softer and its companion, The Try Softer Guided Journey. Aundi is the owner of Kolber Counseling, LLC, established in 2009. She has received additional training in her specialization of trauma- and body-centered therapies, including the highly researched and regarded eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
Aundi is passionate about the integration of faith and psychology, and is a sought-after expert in both faith and secular settings. She regularly speaks at local and national events, and she has appeared on Good Morning America as well as podcasts such as The Lazy Geniuswith Kendra Adachi, Typology, and The Next Right Thing with Emily P. Freeman. Aundi reaches an audience numbering in the tens of thousands via email and social media. You can find her at @aundikolber on Instagram and Twitter or on her website at aundikolber.com.
As a survivor of trauma and a lifelong learner, Aundi brings hard-won knowledge around the work of change, the power of redemption, and the beauty of experiencing God with us in our pain. After years of longing to be closer to water, she and her family relocated from the majestic mountains of Colorado to the stunning lakes of Michigan. She is happily married to her best friend, Brendan, and is the proud mom of Matia and Jude.
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