Overcoming Childhood Trauma
Discover how childhood trauma can impact your professional life and learn how to overcome it. Mel shares insights on the connection between past experiences and present behaviors, offering hope and practical steps to repair your nervous system and achieve success in the workplace.In this clip
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Healing Toolkit: Overcoming Childhood Trauma | The Mel Robbins Podcast
Related Questions
Is it fair to say that the brain can build on traumatic memories, preventing a person from taking actions that could allow them to heal themselves, as discussed in the episodes "Something Scary Happened The Other Day and I Wanted To Talk To You About It" | Mel Robbins Podcast and "478: Are you metabolizing your trauma?" | Functional medicine expert Will Cole, D.C.? For example, I produced a huge activation, which was the largest success of my career, that opened on my mother's birthday. Two weeks later, she died in her sleep. Now, when I attempt to work on large, challenging projects like this one, I can start the process creatively but have great trouble following through on distributing it to people who could help me execute it. Is that a fair analysis of how my mind is perceiving my actions as leading to a similar tragic outcome?
If I have worked super hard on myself physically and mentally for years as a 21-year-old man, why does it sting much more when I open up about my life, values, and passions and still don't achieve a deeper connection, as discussed in the episode Stop Holding Yourself BACK & Get INSPIRED to Go After What You Want | Mel Robbins and the clip AHA Moments Matter?