Stomach Aches and Nausea? Could be Trauma

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I tried every diet I could find to heal my stomach aches and nausea. But food wasn’t the cause, trauma was.

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How to Build Resilience to Social Media Outrage

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Social media outrage leads to overwhelm. Artists recovering from trauma need to protect themselves so they can continue to heal.

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How Calling Yourself an Artist will Help You Heal

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Claiming the title of artist with confidence will help you heal from the trauma that destroyed your identity in the first place.

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How Healing from Trauma will Make You a Better Artist

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Healing from trauma isn’t easy, but it’s possible. Here are some thoughts on the purpose, process, and problems of engaging our story to heal from trauma and set our art free. What does healing from trauma even mean? So right away I want to address two phrases I put in the title of this episode: […]

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My Story: The Cracks Beneath Our Feet

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My trauma also impacted my husband. He was supporting me emotionally and our family financially. But he needed support, too.

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My Story: Disconnected from the Truth

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How can we tell where our symptoms come from? For me, it took sharing my story to piece together the individual symptoms.

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My Story: Lonely in a Crowded Room

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Can you spend all your time with someone and still feel alone? In this episode, I share a time I felt that way.

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My Story: Too Busy to Heal

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Have you ever had times in your life that were so hectic you barely had time for yourself at all? I can relate!

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My Story: The Decision that Changed my Life

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My life changed dramatically when I become a teenage mom, and my art from that time reflects the changes I was going through.

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My Story: Coming of Age (with a Dark Secret)

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The dark secret of abuse distorted how I saw myself as a teenager and led to increased drug use and hating my body.

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My Story: First Symptoms of Abuse in my Childhood

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My symptoms of abuse from childhood included feeling guilt and shame, stomach aches, nausea, and addiction.

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Introduction

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Are you an artistic type who’s gone through trauma? This podcast is for you! I’m sharing my story of trauma and things I’ve done to heal and find sobriety.

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