Get Trauma Informed Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this deeply personal episode, Coach Liz shares her lived experience with domestic violence and trauma bonding, tracing how early exposure to emotional and relational instability shaped her adult relationships. She explains why survivors often confuse intensity, fear, and inconsistency with love, and why leaving abusive relationships is far more complex than out...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this powerful episode, Coach Liz explores how growing up in an alcoholic or emotionally chaotic home shapes identity, self-worth, and survival patterns long before adulthood. You will learn how shame forms early, why hyper-independence becomes a coping strategy, and how many people lose their authentic selves while simply trying to survive. This episode creates...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary  In this deeply personal episode, Coach Liz shares the moment her world shattered at just three years old when she witnessed her mother being violently stabbed. She reflects on how this early trauma, combined with the absence of comfort and emotional support, shaped her understanding of safety, trust, and emotional regulation throughout her life. This conversation...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary  In this deeply reflective episode, Coach Liz explores how trauma can begin before birth. Long before memory or language forms, the nervous system is already learning whether the world is safe. When a mother experiences fear, stress, or violence during pregnancy, the developing baby absorbs that emotional environment. This early exposure can shape identity, safety,...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this episode, Coach Liz breaks down one of the most essential skills in trauma recovery. Learning how to discern red flags from healthy relational traits. You will discover why unsafe relationships can feel familiar to a nervous system shaped by chaos, and why peace may feel uncomfortable until the body relearns safety. This episode offers practical tools to he...

Send us Fan Mail Special Release: Domestic Violence Series Episode 7 of 8 Episode Summary In this deeply encouraging episode, Coach Liz explores what it truly looks like to rebuild your life after trauma. She takes listeners through the journey of transitioning from survival mode into a life grounded in peace, healthy love, faith, and community. This episode is a reminder that recovery is not a so...

Send us Fan Mail Overview:  In this episode of the Get Trauma Informed Podcast , Coach Liz explores one of the most misunderstood topics in trauma recovery—the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Drawing from biblical truth and lived experience, she unpacks what God truly requires of us when we forgive and how to protect your peace in the process. Key Takeaways: Forgiveness and reco...

Send us Fan Mail Summary: In this episode, Wellness Coach Liz Blanding takes listeners on a journey to rediscover safety, presence, and peace within their own bodies after trauma. She reminds us that while the mind may want to forget, the body remembers, carrying the echoes of past pain in the form of tension, tightness, and guarded breath. Through Scripture and grounded wisdom, Liz reframes the b...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this powerful episode, Coach Liz invites you to explore one of the most transformative questions survivors can ask:  “Who are you when you remove the pain?” Abuse often strips away self-worth, replacing truth with lies that silence the voice within. This conversation is a reminder that your true identity has never been lost; it’s waiting to be reclaimed.  Key T...

Send us Fan Mail Overview: In this deeply emotional and educational episode of the Get Trauma Informed Podcast , Coach Liz Blanding unpacks the painful reality of trauma bonding. This psychological and chemical attachment keeps survivors tied to abusive relationships even when they want to leave. Through compassion, truth, and faith-based insights, Liz helps listeners understand how to recognize t...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of the Get Trauma Informed Podcast , Coach Liz Blanding explores two of the most insidious forms of abuse— emotional and spiritual abuse.  These forms of control often hide behind the appearance of care, faith, or love, leaving survivors questioning their worth, intuition, and even their connection to God. Key Discussion Points: 🕊️ Defining Emotional and S...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary In this powerful opening to the Mini Trauma Recovery Talks: Domestic Violence & Trauma Recovery Series, Wellness Coach Liz Blanding helps survivors and supporters understand why leaving an abusive situation doesn’t automatically mean the trauma is gone. Trauma is not just about what happened — it’s about how those experiences reshaped your body, brain, and spir...

Send us Fan Mail Summary: In this powerful conversation, Wellness Coach Liz Blanding of Oasis Wellness Centers sits down with real estate innovator Diego Giraldo of RTO Enterprises to explore the connection between trauma, foreclosure, and housing. Together, they discuss how foreclosure compounds financial and emotional trauma and how dignity can be restored through creative rent-to-own housing so...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary:  In this heartfelt episode, Wellness Coach Liz Blanding shares a powerful story about a friend’s daughter who was brutally harmed in a domestic violence incident. Drawing from her own journey as a survivor of domestic violence, Liz unpacks how unresolved trauma fuels the cycle of violence—and how it can escalate from “one hit” to life-threatening situations if not...

Send us Fan Mail Description  In this episode of the Get Trauma Informed Podcast , Peer-to-Peer Wellness Coach Liz Blanding explores why trauma-informed leadership is essential in every environment — the workplace, church, schools, and community. Liz shares a personal story of returning to work too soon after her first car accident and being re-traumatized by a supervisor’s angry response. This ex...

Send us Fan Mail Description  In this episode of the Get Trauma Informed Podcast , Coach Liz dives deep into the question: What is trauma?   Trauma is not just about the events we’ve lived through — it’s about how our mind, body, and spirit respond when life feels overwhelming, unsafe, or unbearable. We’ll also explore what trauma looks like in relationships, why timing matters when sharing your p...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary:  In this powerful episode, host Liz Blanding sits down with trauma survivor and sound healer Matthew DeWard . After surviving a near-death stabbing and enduring extensive facial reconstructive surgery, Matthew found healing through music and peer-to-peer trauma recovery. Today, he channels his journey into helping others heal at Stillwater Temple, his sound-focuse...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview: This episode of the "Get Trauma Informed" podcast addresses the significant challenges transit workers face, including high levels of stress, frequent traumatic events, and long-term impacts on their mental health. Featuring insights from Coach Michael, a retired Chicago Transit Authority worker, the discussion also highlights the "Pathway to Traum...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In this episode of Get Trauma Informed , pre-recorded July 2024. We sat down with Justin Moore, a former Air Force jet engine mechanic turned entrepreneur. Justin shares his inspiring journey from military life to business success, and how a trauma-informed approach has helped him navigate life’s challenges. He discusses the impact of mental health awareness and t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary In this closing episode of the Warrior Within 12-week series , Wellness Coach Liz Blanding celebrates the journey we’ve taken together from understanding trauma to building emotional safety, recovering from financial trauma, reclaiming identity, and experiencing the power of peer support. This week, the focus shifts to your new mission: moving forward with meaning...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In this episode of Get Trauma Informed , Wellness Coach Liz Blanding explores the transformative role of peer support in long-term trauma recovery. Trauma can make us feel isolated, unseen, and unsafe, but connection changes everything. You’ll discover: How peer support rewires your beliefs about safety, belonging, and worth. The neuroscience of co-regulation and...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In Week 10 of The Warrior Within , Liz Blanding addresses a critical — and often misunderstood — part of the trauma recovery process: relapse . Whether it's returning to old habits, toxic relationships, or emotional shutdown, relapse is not the end of your healing. It’s a signal from your nervous system that you need support, not shame. Key Topics Covered: Wh...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In Week 9 of The Warrior Within , Liz Blanding tackles one of the most transformational skills in trauma recovery: boundaries. For many survivors, especially those from chaotic homes, military environments, or abusive relationships, boundaries were broken before they were ever built. In this episode, Liz breaks down what boundaries are, how trauma disrupts them, a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In Week 8 of The Warrior Within , Liz Blanding leads us into one of the most transformative aspects of trauma recovery: telling your story. Trauma teaches us to stay silent, shrink, or hide. But healing begins when we reclaim our voice and shift from surviving to storytelling. This episode explores how testimony transforms, why telling your story in your own words...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary: In Week 7 of The Warrior Within , Liz Blanding opens up a vital yet often overlooked topic: financial trauma. Many trauma survivors — veterans and civilians alike — carry deep emotional wounds around money. From poverty and job loss to financial abuse and instability, money becomes more than a resource — it becomes a trigger. This episode explores how to recognize...