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Triumph After TraumaEp. 99: Life Quakes - What They Are And Ways To Get Through These Seasons Of LifeWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my show and we're now connected!Sometimes, in both good and hard ways, transitions in life are thrust upon us that leave us feeling disoriented. If that is your season right now and you don't know what to call it, life quake might be an appropriate term.Life quakes are what we are talking about today, friends. I share with you who coined them + what the official is, the three stages of a life quake, and things I do...2024-09-1717 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 98: An Honest Conversation About Trauma, Tragedy, And How Unnecessary A Lot Of It IsWelcome back to the podcast, friends!.If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected 2024-09-1117 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 97: Community Wide Grief Is Real, Let's Talk About ItWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!On this week's episode of the podcast friends, I want us to have a serious conversation about how real community wide grief is, in light of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau's tragically and untimely passing.First and foremost, my heart goes out to the family of Johnny and Matthew. The pain that has been inflicted on them is unfathomable and unfair. I can't even begin to imagine what the family of these young men...2024-09-0417 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 96: A Conversation About Re-Wiring The BrainWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my show and we're now connected!Just like biceps and hamstrings, the brain is a muscle that we can work or train. If you struggle with self-love/appreciation, to see the good in yourself or the world, or see yourself through someone else's eyes, it doesn't have to be this way forever.When you're really struggling it can feel like you'll never get out of that rut, learn to like yourself, or feel better than you do in said...2024-08-2718 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 95: My Experience Living Sick + Advice For Those Who DoWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected!I'm excited for you all to tune into this episode - I'm sharing openly what living in a sick body looks like for me. Living sick is hard, there is absolutely no denying that. But, I hope by sharing my own personal experience I can be living proof to people (maybe you specifically) that living sick is not an automatic sentence to a bad, short, miserable life. In episode 95 of this podcast yo...2024-08-2227 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 94: Three Reminders/Lessons I Always Come Back To When Life Gets HardWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected!We always have a lot going on behind closed doors, and not everything going on behind the scenes will come to the fore front. Whether you are an open book or like to keep all non-professional parts of your life private, it's a fact that we have something going on no one but the actual parties involved know about.Life can be overwhelming, unfair, and scary. Our bodies can do both incredible...2024-08-0620 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 93: A Conversation About Meeting And Loving Our Bodies Where They're AtWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected!Over the last couple of years I have dealt with different health issues - anxiety levels all over the place dealing with serious life stuff, chronic migraines kicked my ass through 2023, I have had period/hormone issues for years that still aren't sorted out. Although I live mentally and chronically ill, just before migraines took over last year I had FINALLY gotten to a place where I felt good about my overall health/body. 2024-07-3119 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 92: A Conversation About How All Grief We Feel Is Real And ValidWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected!I'm in a weird season of life right now. Things were going one way before I left for a trip to Texas June 20th - 23rd, and I have come home to everything changed. We have a new dress code and policies at my job, a relationship with someone I care about is hanging in the balance, family stuff is going on behind closed doors.This one specific thought has been flooding...2024-07-2419 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 91: Understanding Types Of Depression We Can Be Diagnosed With (Pt. 2 of 2)Welcome back to the podcast friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected!Today is the final episode of our three part mini series, friends! We've talked about the types of anxiety disorders and six (of 10) types of depression people can be diagnosed with. We're finishing up this series with a great conversation about the final four types of depression us humans can be diagnosed with, signs/symptoms and treatment options for them all, friends! If you want to check out the first of this t...2024-07-1620 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 90: Understanding Types of Depression We Can Be Diagnosed With (Pt. 1 of 2)Welcome back to the podcast friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found the show and we're now connected!Last week we spoke about different anxiety disorders us humans can be diagnosed with, and dove into signs/symptoms and treatment options for each of them. Over the next two episodes, we'll be having important conversations about the types of depression we can be diagnosed with. Being a human who is diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, and dysthymia (a mild but long lasting form of depression) it's important we talk a...2024-07-1022 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 89: A Conversation About Anxiety DisordersWelcome (back) the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!I have been open about struggling with my mental health and being diagnosed with anxiety disorders, and a form of depression. I find being open beneficial for me, but also a lot of people who are struggling with their mental health/well being. That is part of the reason Triumph After Trauma exists!I've been getting questions recently about my diagnosis' and how I've found ways to cope with being mentally and chronically ill, b...2024-07-0227 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 88: Why The Things Your Brain/Fear Wants You To Do When You're Struggling Won't Be Most Helpful2024-06-1819 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 87: "Small" Daily Habits That Benefit My Mental Health + A Chat About The Journal I'm Publishing!Welcome back to the show, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you've found my podcast and we're now connected!There is a lot of stigma surrounding mental illness and many misunderstandings about how people should take care of theirs. What kind of resources, habits, and support an individual needs depends on what they're diagnosed with - mental health is complex.I'm diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and dysthymia, and personally have found over the years that being consistent with certain daily habits (that seem small to most people) has a positive...2024-06-1120 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 86: Hard Truths I Had To Truly Accept Before I Could Start Taking Care Of My Mental HealthWelcome back friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Life comes with high highs and low lows. It also involves many beautiful realizations and incredibly hard truths. When I was at my rock bottom with anxiety and depression, there was a period of time as much as I truly wanted to get better, there was resistance stopping me from being able to.That resistance was me not willing to accept certain hard truths about life, mental health, and how the world works. There are three sp...2024-05-2820 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 85: Podcast Pivoting - Why I'm Changing Things And What To Expect Going Forward2024-05-2210 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 84: A Chat About Anxiety Toolkits And What Is In MineWelcome back, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!Before I tell you what today's episode is about, I want to apologize for not getting an episode out last week. I had a much busier week than expected and unintentionally let time slip away from me. What I got busy with is this: connecting with Tell Well and finding out much quicker/sooner than expected that my prompt journal, Daily Self Love, they will publish! More details on that I will share as I have th...2024-05-1526 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 83: Talking About The Delicate Balance Between Grief And GratitudeWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!For the past month or so I have been feeling both gratitude and grief deeply. I believe as humans no matter how well life may be going, we are always grieving something on someone. I also believe that no matter how hard, scary, or impossible life may get, we can find things to be grateful if we look for them. Since this is on my heart, I decided we're going to have a conversation about t...2024-04-3020 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 82: A Conversation About PTSD And Common Myths Surrounding ItWelcome back to the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!It has been two weeks since I've released a podcast episode, and that was not at all intentional. Before we dive into what today's episode is about, I'd like to apologize for not being consistent with this as some humans are.This podcast is all about trauma and mental health/awareness and I'm open about being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, so I hope as much as I feel bad for not...2024-04-2332 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 81: 3 Things I (Re)learned In The First Quarter Of 2024Welcome back the podcast, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!I don't know about you, but the first three months of 2024 went by fast and somehow also dragged on. Through the good days, frustrating moments, and setbacks I found there were three lessons I needed to (re)learn that kept coming up. In today's episode friends, I'm sharing those lessons with you because I think that they can benefit us all in both our best and darkest seasons. If this episode resonates with you, se...2024-04-0317 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 80: Five Ways To Tell If We Are Gaslighting OurselvesWelcome back to the show, friends! If you're new here, I'm happy you found my podcast and we're now connected! On today's episode I wanted to discuss something that might be a little bit uncomfortable for some people, but I feel is an important topic to speak openly about. We know how it feels to be gaslight by someone, but have you ever considered that you could also be doing that to yourself and unintentionally/unconsciously causing yourself harm? If you just said to yourself "no. never even thought of it unti...2024-03-2624 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 79: Using The Three R's To Truly Heal From/Break TraumasWelcome back, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!From the title of this podcast, I'm sure one can guess that trauma and mental health are my main focuses here. As a human diagnosed with anxiety and dysthymia (a mild but long lasting form of depression), and who has experienced more trauma than I would like, taking good care of myself/my mental health is important. What I need differs depending on my season of life and circumstances, but I'm always looking for new ways t...2024-03-1914 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 78: A Conversation About The Mind-Body Connection & Understanding It BetterWelcome back, friends! I'm so glad you're tuning into this episode!If you're new here, hello and welcome! I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected!Before saying anything else, I want to apologize for not having this episode out last week like originally planned! I changed banking stuff and until Buzzsprout could verify it was me who purposely made that change, to play if safe they suspended my account. We're back in business now, and I'm good to get back to podcasting as usual!We talk a lot about m...2024-03-1233 minTriumph After TraumaEP. 77: Common Signs You May Be Experiencing TraumaWelcome back, friends!If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Have you ever gone through something that hit you like a freight train or left you wondering if you could get back up again (or if it would be worth it to, if you could)? You're not the only one. In fact, you're far from being the only one. Sometimes life takes us out and we're not even sure how to categorize what you're feeling/experiencing, making it that much harder to make any attempt at sl...2024-02-2716 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 76: Ways To Tell If You're Experiencing TraumaWelcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Welcome to the community!Sometimes we go through something in life that deeply affects us, but we can't quite tell if what we're feeling is categorized as trauma or if what we're stuck in is a state of trauma. This can happen to any of us - especially when an experience or sudden life change hits us like a freight train and we go into survival mode. When we are focused on (maybe b...2024-02-2121 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 75: A Conversation About Health Related And Medical TraumaWelcome back, friends! I'm so happy you're here for the 75th episode of Triumph After Trauma!If you're new here, hello & welcome to this community! I'm so happy you have found your way here, and we're now connected! I cannot believe it ( but am also so thankful), but I have officially released 75 episodes since starting this journey with you all December 2021. When I started I was fearful and doubted myself, but I am SO excited to be at this point and have the chance to use my voice via this platform. YOU are al...2024-02-1427 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 74: Trauma Responses That May Not Be Helpful & The Why Behind It2024-01-3125 minTriumph After Trauma73: The Importance Of Having A Toolkit That Will Help You Through Initial Moments/Days Of A Hard Season2024-01-2520 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 72: An Important Chat About Struggling With Body Image & Our Inner CriticsWelcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're connected!In my late teens/early 20's when my mental health was at its worst, I heavily struggled with having respect for, liking, or appreciating my body. I didn't like any of me including the body I had, and I didn't see myself through my own eyes. It has taken years of work, struggle, effort, patience, tears, and trial and error, and personal growth to get to a place of feeling healthy and good in...2024-01-1632 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 71: 10 Years Clean & My Advice For Those (Who Love Someone) Struggling With Self HarmWelcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends!If you've just found my podcast, I'm so glad you're here and we can connect!I recently hit a huge milestone in my life, 10 years clean from self harm, and it honestly feels a little surreal. It has been a long and extremely tough road to get myself to this point, but every ounce of work over the years has been worth it. I'm forever grateful I found the strength in me to fight for myself, and never for a second blind to how lucky I am to...2024-01-0927 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 70: What You Don't Work Through Will Keep You Weighed DownHAPPY 2024 YOU LOVELY HUMAN BEINGS!I can't believe we're already in 2024, time goes by quicker and quicker the older I get!I hope you brought yourself into this year in ways that felt right/safe/good for you.For the first episode of 2024 friends, we're having a great chat about the statement "what you don't work through, will keep you weighed down". I heard this during a Mel Robbins podcast last week, and I think because we were at the end of 2023 it got me reflecting on who I am today vs. who...2024-01-0222 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 69: Important Lessons I (Re)Learned In 2023Hello friends, and welcome back to Triumph After Trauma!If you're new here, I'm so excited you found this podcast and we can start connecting! This is it friends, the final episode of 2023. What a year it has been. The roller coaster called life had plenty of ups and incredible memories were made, but I'd be lying to say there were no massive bumps throughout the year. Today friends, I'm sharing with some of the biggest lessons I learned through 2023. I hope you spend this episode reflecting, learning, and laughing with me.2023-12-2621 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 68: Advice For Any Of You Who Know 2024 Will Start RoughWelcome back friends, to the show and the last few weeks of 2023!I can't believe we're already at the end of the year, but here we are, into the final TWO episodes of Triumph After Trauma for 2023!If you're new here, I'm so excited you found my podcast and can't wait to connect!Today we're having an important and heartfelt conversation. Life throws curve balls at all times of the year, and life's curve balls can be pretty freaking brutal. None of us are immune to curve balls, tragedy or trauma - it's...2023-12-1922 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 67: End Of The Year RemindersWelcome (back) to Triumph After Trauma!If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and are here friends!As we enter the last few weeks of 2023, I wanted us to have a conversation where I take some time to remind you all of a few important reminders as we get into the height of the holiday season, and (somehow, already) the end of this year.Whether part of your year was hard or the whole year was tough for you to get through, you deserve to give yourself more grace t...2023-12-1319 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 66: Ways You Can Support Those You Love In Rough Seasons Of LifeWelcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast! Welcome to the show, I'm happy to be connected with you!This podcast is all about mental health, understanding/working through trauma together, and supporting one another on this life journey. I love growing, learning, and connecting with every one of you who reach out! Our chats are often about how we can work through things and I love that, but today I thought we'd talk about how we can actually help others work through things. 2023-12-0615 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 65: Turning 32 & Sharing Some Of The Toughest Things I've Overcome That Built Me MostIT'S MY BIRTHDAY EPISODE!Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast! Thank you so much for being here!I turned 32 yesterday! While most of the time I don't feel any specific age which makes it often feel surreal I'm truly in my 30's, I'm in fact now part of the 32 club. Life has been beautiful, incredible, and sometimes felt magical but my life is ultimately a series of unfortunate events with amazing things that happen in between each of them.2023-11-2831 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 64: Differences In How Women Vs. Men Process Trauma, And Why They're Important To UnderstandAfter an unplanned two week break due to my microphone breaking I am back, and it feels SO good!If this is your first time listening into Triumph After Trauma, welcome! I'm so happy you're here!As you know, this podcast is dedicated to talking openly about three things essentially:talking openly about mental health, understanding ourselves better, and sharing healthy ways I've discovered to work through trauma that I think may work for/help you too. Today friends, we're diving into a specific topic related to understanding ourselves as humans: what a...2023-11-2126 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 63: Way To Tell Your Nervous System Is Resetting + HealingWelcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so happy you found this podcast!We have recently had good conversations about things such as navigating seasons that are both good and really hard (ep. 61), signs your body/nervous system need a reset (ep. 60), and ways to recall trauma if your memory is repressed (ep. 59). Today friends, we're going to have a chat about signs (I find common for myself) that the work I'm doing - as scary, hard, and uncomfortable as it is - to heal my nervous system and work through trauma I've experienced is working. I want to remind you of a few th...2023-11-0120 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 62: Answering A Common Question About Hard Seasons And Showing UpHello friends, welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so happy you found my podcast. Welcome!For those of you who don't know much or anything about me I'm 31 (will be 32 next month) and have lost almost everyone on my mothers side of the family. I lost my first uncle when I was 9 years old. In total I have lost both my aunts, both my uncles, and my grandparents - I lost them before I was 30. Through these losses I've also had to navigate an unhealthy relationship someone who turned out t...2023-10-2420 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 61: Ways To Work Through Life Simultaneously Being Good And Hard/BadHello friends, and welcome to another episode of Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, welcome to my podcast!In last week's episode (#60, wow!) we had a good but important conversation about ways you can tell your body and nervous system are signalling it's time for a slow down, or complete reset. If you haven't checked it out, you can by clicking the link below or searching 'Triumph After Trauma' in listening apps such as Spotify, iheartradio, etc!Today I'm talking with you all about being good and hard/bad simultaneously, because this is where...2023-10-1722 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 60: Signs Our Body And Nervous System Need A ResetHello and welcome back to Triumph After Trauma!On today's episode friends, which is somehow already episode 60, we're going to have a chat about some signs that you and your entire nervous system need to slow down and completely reset. Since last week we had a great chat about signs of trauma that may currently be repressed/suppressed memories you need to work through, I thought talking about signs of when you need to reset your nervous system (before doing that tough work or taking steps to go for big goals) just made sense!2023-10-1023 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 59: Signs We May Be Dealing With Suppressed/Repressed Trauma And What We Can Do About ItWelcome (back) to Triumph After Trauma; I'm so glad you're here for another chat!Today friends, we're taking a slightly deeper dive into talks about trauma than we're already used to. I felt like having a conversation about signs of suppressed or repressed trauma and what we can do for ourselves (or people we care about) when these signs show up is important, because sometimes our brain stores memories in our subconscious. Our brain does this sometimes to try and protect us, but unfortunately in the long run it ends up hurting us more than anything.2023-10-0319 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 58: A Chat About Anxiety Triggers But Not Often Talked AboutIn this week's episode friends, we're having a chat about some triggers of anxiety that while are common aren't talked about as othe triggers are.Not only do we have a chat about what some of them are, but I sharw how each of the triggers mentioned have and/or do affect me. I also share some tips on how when we are triggered (because we are human and it will happen), we take steps to get in control of that so our anxiety doesn't take over and take hold of the driver's seat. I h...2023-09-2736 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 57: Talking About Little T And Large T TraumasAll trauma is valid, I want to start by saying that.But, the kind of resources/support we need to work through our trauma is different. I have learned recently about little T and big T trauma, and how knowing (when working through a specific event/experience) which type of trauma you're working through can not only help you understand better what kind of help you may need/most benefit from, but also take steps to get the right support.As someone who is pretty strong on the "all trauma is valid" outlook, I have...2023-09-1313 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 56: Why It's Important To Work Through Your TraumaI'm going to share something that really irritated me when I first heard this, but turned out to be an incredibly important piece of advice.I don't remember the exact wording, but it went something like this "an important part of your healing is you admitting where and how you are creating your own suffering".If you felt a twitch of anger or a weird feeling in your stomach/gut, that was me the first time I heard those words. It's a hard pill to swallow, no doubt about that, but being able honest with y...2023-09-0517 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 55: A Health Update & Chat About How Our Physical Health Can Affect Our Mental Health/LifeI am an advocate of rest and taking breaks when needed. Sometimes we plan for it, sometimes (and not always in the best ways) we really don't. I had some health issues really kick my ass the past few weeks and someone I love going through something tough needed me, so I was of course there to support them. That is why I unexpectedly have been away. None of how my life has gone the past 4-5 weeks did I expect or feel prepared for. Our situations are constantly changing. Being human can be...2023-08-2218 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 55: An Honest Talk About Rough Family DynamicsThis topic and (some of) what I say may ruffle some feathers, but I'm going there. Today we're having an important discussion about family dynamics, and how the dynamic you have with any number of family members (whoever it is you consider to be your real family) can either help or hinder and hurt your mental health. A healthy and supportive relationship where all parties make effort is important no matter what the relationship is, but I find most people find it toughest to talk about family. A lot of people also find it toughest to...2023-07-1828 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 54 The Story Of How I Saved My Own Life Pt. 2PART TWO OF TWO, HERE WE GO!You have heard (if not, check out episode 53 first) about some of the things that got me to my lowest points and over time heard different stories of some of the hardest obstacles I have had to overcome. Now it's time to share the hard work, amount of time, patience, self dedication + responsibility and resources/tools it took to get me from there to where I am now.I will always be honest about this, going from not caring about my existence and deeply fearing a c...2023-07-1030 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 53: The Story Of How I Saved My Own Life Pt. 1TW: This is my personal story (part one of two) of where I was at, how I felt, and how I was(not) showing up in the world when I was at my worst. Parts of what I talk about may be hard for people currently in a rough season or struggling mentally. If you are not in a good mental state, other episodes of mine may be better for you to hear. I asked my Instagram followers (follow me at @thisiskaitey if you want to connect more) if doing a two part episode sounded interesting, and t...2023-07-0517 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 52: Let's Talk About The B Word.. Boundaries!In today's episode we're talking about the b word.That's right friends, today we have a conversation about boundaries! They are hard to stick to. Some people don't even have any. Other people's can feel hard to accept and respect (because you know, us humans can take things personally we dang well know we shouldn't). Yet, having and respecting boundaries is super important.We're going to get real today about why it's so easy to struggle with boundaries, but the importance (for your health and wellness) of sticking to yours. We're also going t...2023-06-1419 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 51: Automatic Trauma Responses, The Four F's, And Rewiring The BrainIn today's episode, we're having a great conversation and unpacking a lot! We're diving into automatic trauma responses, what the four F's are in regards to automatic trauma responses, and what it takes/ways we can rewire our brains. As someone who has been through a lot of trauma but also done a lot of hard work to work through different things, I feel that by sharing what I've experienced and learned over time I can maybe be a friend to some of you looking for proof/an example that you can work through the th...2023-06-0614 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 50: A Thank You & Chat About Holding Yourself Accountable vs. Bullying YourselfThis is my 50th episode of Triumph After Trauma, holy freaking crap!I am so grateful to be here, have this opportunity to be a podcast host, and help change lives (in all sorts of ways) doing this! I wanted to first say thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I'm beyond grateful to be connected to you!For my 50th episode friends, I decided we're going to have a chat about the difference between holding yourself accountable and being a bully to yourself. I feel this is an important topic because while...2023-05-3119 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 49: The Importance Of + Beauty In Taking Responsibility For YourselfBelieve it or not, there is a version of me that was not the most kind or responsible. There is a time I lashed out when I was angry, cut people off the second I felt betrayedin any way, isolated myself a lot, didn't prioritize my mental health, sabotaged myself,self harmed, and didn't make an effort to be healthy/responsible/self-compassionate.None of that was good for me or people around me, but I was drowning in my anxiety and depression (diagnosed officially in early 2012), and I had no freaking clue w...2023-05-2323 minTriumph After TraumaEp 48: Why I Took A Long Break, And Why Breaks Aren't BadHELLO PODCAST FRIENDS 2023-05-1013 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 47: Three Things About Grief We Need To Understand Better As A SocietyI hope you're ready for a good chat today friends, because we're diving into things about grief we could do with better understanding as a society. To be in 2023 and all over the world most countries (because of things like government, as one example) still not have truly helpful AND affordable mental health services is not surprising - especially here in North America - but it's also just not acceptable. We live in a world where too much is going on to cause every one of us grief for mental health services (both affordable and tr...2023-03-0109 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 46: Choosing Yourself vs. Giving Up, Let's Talk About Those CostsLife is beautiful, precious, and incredibly fun in so many ways. It is also cruel, unfair, brutal, tragic, and traumatic unfortunately.Before I go any further, I want to say I know life can be so tragic and traumatic that the hardest thing in the world to do is NOT give up on yourself - and I have been there myself. That being said, the last part of the above comment is actually the reason this is our topic of conversation today, friends. In some of my darkest times one of the things th...2023-02-0918 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 45: If January Was Hard, This Is For YouFirst and foremost, HAPPY FEBRUARY EVERYONE! You survived the first month of 2023, and that is something to celebrate - no matter what your month looked and felt like. For some of you 2023 has started off great, which is wonderful! However, there are 7 billion+ people in the world so I know many of you have not had a great start to the year.Maybe you came into this year knowing it would be rough, but January was even rougher than expected. Maybe you came into the year with big goals/dreams and January ha...2023-02-0119 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 44: A Chat About Grief and GuiltSometime we have plans for our future that don't work out, and are not our choice. When you have specific plans with someone or think a person will be in your life for many more years and your world gets flipped upside down, wondering what your life will be like when that person is no longer in your life (the way they once were) can be impossible to do. It can be quilt riddling to do, and make a person feel like crap. That's the situation I'm in right now. I wanted the person I'm with to be...2023-01-2422 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 43: If You Feel Worthless, Lost, Or Hopeless You Can Get Out Of That PlaceToday we're having a conversation about those unwanted (and sometimes sadly life ending) feelings of being worthless, lost, and hopeless. I want to be open about timesI have felt these ways, and how feeling those ways affected me. Here are just a few of many services that are worth at least looking into:https://www.wellnesstogether.ca/en-ca/https://kidshelpphone.ca/https://988lifeline.org/https://www.dcogt.com/408-helpline/Suicide Hotline - 1 833 456 4566Also, there are crisis hotline numbers for different parts of the w...2023-01-1822 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 42: Ways I'm Trying To Cope With How I Started 2022 Vs. Am Starting 2023Sometimes life throws such big curve balls that out of nowhere, your future becomes uncertain and it's beyond terrifying. Mental illnesses can be so debilitating getting out of bed can be an impossible task. How people treat you can greatly affect how you feel about, see, and show up for yourself. I could carry on but you get it, there are a range of things that can result in us feeling hopeless or worthless. It's a terrible way to feel I know, so I wanted to talk about it. In this episode I share some of what I...2023-01-1115 minTriumph After TraumaEp 41: What "Triumph After Trauma" Means To MeHAPPY 2023 LOVELIES! For the first episode of the year, I wanted to share with you all what the name of my podcast 'Triumph After Trauma' and generally being triumphant in hard seasons means to me. How I view the meaning of being triumphant is different than many others might.If you resonate with this episode, message me on Instagram (@thisiskaitey is my handle) so we can connect more! If you know someone who needs to hear this, share the episode and tag me so I can thank you for helping spread the word about Triumph A...2023-01-0415 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 40: It's Not Wrong To Slow Down In Tough SeasonsIf you work through tough seasons by ignoring some of your emotions (those scary and uncomfortable ones are important to acknowledge too) and putting more on your plate as a way to cope, that is probably an automatic response as a result of trauma you have faced in your life. If not, maybe the adults in your life as your grew up handled hard times in these ways and you're simply reacting the only way you saw modelled to you. Either way, although no one (including yourself) meant harm, ignoring certain emotions or adding things to your p...2022-12-2721 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 39: Have The Holiday Blues? This Is For You!Some people just don't care for any holidays. Some people have not had good experiences surrounding one (or maybe more) or around/one have gone through a traumatic experience. Some people like the holidays but for one reason or another feel lonely during whatever their holiday season is. No matter why you don't like or struggle with any holiday - if you do, this episode might help you. As someone who has unfortunately lost a lot of family on my mother's side (and has lost an uncle during the Christmas season), I don't love any ho...2022-12-2016 minTriumph After TraumaEp. 38: The Importance Of Feeling Our FeelingsAnxiety, stress, depression, fear, anger, heartbreak.. no human enjoys feeling these ways. Here's the thing, all of those feelings/emotions are just as important as the good ones. In fact, good and negative emotions go hand in hand. In today's episode about why feeling all your feelings is so important to any healing process, and why healing won't truly happen if you don't do this.I know crying on the bathroom floor, struggling to breath when you get terrible news, feeling sad/lost etc isn't fun. It's not comfortable. Being vulnerable is hard. We all h...2022-12-1411 min