Triumph After Trauma

First 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 roug...

Sometime 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 ma...

Today 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 times I 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.or...

Sometimes 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 hope...

HAPPY 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 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...

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. ...

Anxiety, 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...

Today's conversation is a good one! I was recently at EmpowerHer Live in Arizona, which is a 3 day event with speakers and panels. The whole idea is for the hundreds of women who attended to learn, grow, connect, and network. It was an incredible weekend, I'm so glad I attended the event! Trent Shelton (motivational speaker, author, and host of the Straight Up podcast) was one of the spe...

Every human will experience some sort of trauma and trigger as a result, in their lifetime. I want us to understand triggers better, so we can help ourselves and each other through them better. This to me sounds better than us all reacting to our triggers for the rest of time, making things harder on ourselves and others.  I'm going through a traumatic experience right now and grieving more t...

As I near my 31st birthday, I've been reflecting on what the first year of my 30's has been like.  There was a time I wasn't sure I would see my 30's and if I did, what life would like like for me. What I was sure of through my early to mid 20's is, I was worried more than anything else.  I'm thankful to be here, to be healthy, and to be able to sit here today as I sh...

I'm excited for today's episode and chat! I recently attended an amazing weekend long event in Phoenix, Arizona - EmpowerHER Live which was hosted by the incredible Kacia Ghetmari (host of the EmpowerHER podcast). It was three days of connecting with hundreds of other women, amazing panels/speakers, networking, and learning about ourselves! I had the time of my life and felt really good...

Today we're having a great conversation! There are times in life something (or maybe someone) feels right to go for, and we have to do a lot of work to not let fear win and stop us.  I'm sharing with you all today the importance of going for things scared, when they intuitively feel right to go for - whether that be related to health, relationships, or healing. If you need to reach out o...

In today's episode, we're talking about something deep but important - grief. It's something not one of us are immune to experiencing , so I feel an honest conversation about and deep understanding of grief is important.  I hope what you hear today helps you understand grief a little bit better, feel less alone in the grief you may be experiencing right now, and maybe even help you...

Today we're going to have a chat about trauma, specifically how it is stored in and affects our bodies. Trauma affects people in many ways (and everyone of us in different ways), but it is hard on every one of us. I want to have a conversation about it, so we can all have a better understanding and be a little more gentle with ourselves when something traumatic does happen to us.  If you&apos...

30 EPISODES, WOW! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support!!!  I feel so blessed, lucky, and grateful I get to do this and help people thrive <3 If you asked me a few months ago where I think my life will be in a year or two, I had an idea of that and who I may be building a life with. If you ask me today, I will tell you honestly I have no flipping clue. All I do know is no matter...

Hello friends and loyal listeners, I have missed being on the podcasting platform. It feels amazing and refreshing to be back! I took a break for a reason that relates to my mental health; I share that reason and talk about the importance of taking breaks in this episode.  If you are in a transitional season that feels hard or went from having an idea where your future might be headed to no clue a...

Losing my grandma, although she was lucky enough to get 97 years out of life before taking her final breath in the physical world was traumatic for me. Today on the third anniversary of her passing, I'd like to open up about how exactly it all happened and how I still struggle to this day.  If you are experiencing hurt or trauma from something that happened years ago, please know that is norm...

Do you ever feel like what makes you different from people makes you bad, wrong, or like you're not enough? You're not alone. I've been there, and people you both know and love I'm sure have been too. There was a time I was ashamed of having an anxiety disorder, a form of depression, I hated being petite, etc. Essentially everything that was different from whoever I was hanging...

Let's face it, there are going to be multiple times in life when no matter how we deal with a situation and whether we choose to be there for someone or walk away it's going to give us anxiety (and other feelings).   When this happens, what process each of us goes through to determine how how to go about things is different. I believe it's meant to be that way because we're all...

WOW, EPISODE TWENTY FREAKING FIVE. I AM SO FREAKING BLESSED TO BE HERE! Thank you endlessly from the bottom of my heart to every one of you who like my podcast, and are in some way showing their support for it! I could not be here without YOU, thank you! For episode 25 I thought I'd bring up a topic that may not be the easiest for people but I feel is super important, self sabotage and things...

I'm going to be blunt about this: sometimes life is so tough we. cannot. do. it.  I understand people want to always choose joy, even in the smallest thing, as often as possible. I'm all for feeling out those intense feelings but not sitting in them too long, when we can control our emotions. I respect and admire the belief people have that life happens for us, not to us.  On the flip si...

In today's episode I share with you what May has been like for me, and we have a discussion about ways to handle seasons we know will be hard for a while.  Your best friend of 10+ years gets their dream job, but half way across the world from you. Out of nowhere, a few times a week together will be a few times a year. Just like that, what work you have to do to maintain this friendship change...

People pleasing, alignment and comparison all go hand in hand. And of course, they all affect our mental health. I'm in an emotionally really tough season personally and shared a bit about that last week, but I'm in a season of changes with my business and felt this should be talked about too! So friends, here we are!  When we struggle with people pleasing tendencies or struggle with com...

Today I'm chatting with you about overwhelming anxiety, as well as how the beautiful and bad experiences go hand in hand. I share a bit about my time in college for decorating and design, and some of the losses/obstacles I had to face during that time. I want this episode to really be a reminder to you more than anything, that even when life feels impossible to enjoy or you feel like you&apos...