Was It Really As Bad As I Think? Navigating the Experience of Trauma

Would you like a supportive community to gather with each week to help you reach your goals and where you can learn to implement amazing mental health hacks?  Check out SHINE by CLICKING HERE. When we live through something hard, there can often be a sense of disbelief that it really was a hard or as bad as we are thinking it is.  This leads us to try to see if validation of our experience is out there, as we aren't sure for ourselves due to the trauma of it all.  So, we look to others, and comparison creeps in.  Who are we to have it hard?  Why not just plaster on a pretty smile and keep moving on?  Well, it doesn't heal that way.  We have to be real to heal.  Listen in for some validation of your experience and encouragement that you can find healing from your pain.

Would you like a supportive community to gather with each week to help you reach your goals and where you can learn to implement amazing mental health hacks?  Check out SHINE by CLICKING HERE.   Do you feel anxious trying to manage how you come across to other people and what they are thinking about you?  Fret no more!  Today, Michelle shares a few of the mindset reframes that will help you to break free of the trap just like she did.  Listen in!

Would you like find a safe space to get support, encouragement, and make new friends?  Consider joining the SHINE Membership, an online community of Mental Health for Christian Women podcast listeners who meet online weekly to grow, reach goals, gain confidence, and pray for one another.  You can check it out if you CLICK HERE. Setting Biblical Boundaries as a Christian Woman can feel very tough and may even seem confusing.  In this episode, I hope you will find some clarity and some freedom to be able to let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no" be "no."    

Would you like find a safe space to get support, encouragement, and make new friends?  Consider joining the SHINE Membership, an online community of Mental Health for Christian Women podcast listeners who meet online weekly to grow, reach goals, gain confidence, and pray for one another.  You can check it out if you CLICK HERE.     Have you ever felt like you are doing it wrong, healing too slow,  or on the flip side, found yourself with unexpected breakthroughs?  Good news...it's all "normal."  In this episode, Michelle shares about the drastic difference in two client counseling sessions that were both on the right track.  Listen in.

Want Community and Support in a Healthy and Safe Environment?  Check-out the SHINE Community at https://mentalhealthforchristianwomen.com/page/my-page. In today's episode, Michelle shares some uncomfortable situations she encountered as a student working her way through college as a hostess at a hospital coffee shop and what she learned about communication and conflict resolution as a result. You'll hear 4 Tips with examples to make them more relatable in real life situations: 1) Acknowledge the Other's Message 2) Speak the Same Language 3) Share Your Perspective and Needs 4) Try for the Win-Win or at Least the Both/And      

Visit mentalhealthforchristianwomen.com for more helpful resources or to join our SHINE Community for weekly meet-ups and an encouraging environment to get support.    If you've been feeling alone in what you're going through, I want you to know you don't have to do this by yourself. Healing happens in safe community, and that's exactly why I created the Shine Community, the online weekly meetup space where you can connect with other women who truly get it, who are walking a similar journey, and who are ready to support and encourage each other. _________ Life is hard enough without trying to live according to other people's opinions, negative self-talk, or societal peer-pressure.  In today's episode, Michelle shares how to think differently and challenge the unspoken norms for a healthier mindset, stronger spiritual faith in action, and more personal empowerment.

Want extra support throughout the week or to help keep the podcast growing?  Consider joining the SHINE Subscription for new encouragement and resources each week.  CLICK HERE to learn more.   Have you ever doubted yourself because someone made you feel like you did something wrong by speaking up, asking for something you need, or sharing how something made you feel?  You may have be the victim of the DARVO effect.  Listen in to learn what it is, how it hurts, and what to look for to tell safe people from DARVO users.   For counseling or coaching, reach out to Michelle at:  [email protected].

Could you use some extra support to live your life from a more empowered foundation?  Check out our SHINE Subscription, and get weekly resources at your fingertips.  Click Here to Learn More. The stories we tell ourselves may have some truth to them, but if they are hurtful, unhelpful, or keeping us stuck, it may be time to look at the parts that cause us distress and root out lies, half-truths, and mistaken attributions.  In this episode, Michelle offers 7 Steps to help you get unstuck from negative life stories and the impact events have had on you.

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