Processing Events to Avoid Trauma
Have you (or your child) experienced rough times? It could be what seems like a minor event like a scraped knee, or major emotional trauma. Are you having a hard time dealing with them? If so, this episode is for you.
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The Parenting Junkie Show Timestamps:
[01:29] Has 2020 been a rough year for you? Are you longing for some change (in the right direction)? Join me in my free challenge, Finish Strong!
[05:58] Mindset is so important when it comes to challenges we’ve faced.
[07:18] Integrate any trauma we have experienced.
[09:31] When someone has made sense of their narrative, they go a long way toward healing.
[10:27] How can we use this today?
[12:08] Here’s an example: When a child falls down
[14:14] Talk through what happened.
[14:51] But wait…do we really want to relive trauma?
[17:01] Eventually it becomes boring (or at least loses it’s edge).
[17:41] Example from my life: Childbirth trauma
[19:55] Start working through the story of this past year.
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It’s time to put in some work! Start working through your story, talking about what happened, and begin to integrate it into your narrative. It’ll begin the healing process and you’ll find it’ll start to lose its sting.
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Resources to Help You Process Traumatic Events
For more inspiration, check out these resources to help you process events to avoid trauma.
1. Finish Strong – Free 30 Day Challenge
Together, let’s process what you’ve been through this year, so that you can forgive the mistakes made, heal lingering wounds, reflect on the lessons learned and finish the year strong.
Every day you will receive a new prompt on Facebook or Instagram – think it over and answer the questions either in the comments for community and accountability, in your own post, in your stories, or you can print out the Finish Strong journal and answer the prompts there.
2. Love Parenting with Avital Facebook Group
Want to connect to like-minded parenting junkies? Join our (free & awesome) FB community Love Parenting with Avital.
3. Video Playlist from The Parenting Junkie
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