Episode 56: Healing Childhood Trauma - A Practice to Help You Become Aware of Your Needs
Peggy Oliveira 
Episode Description:
This episode originally aired on YouTube.
Honoring our needs and desires after experiencing childhood trauma is crucial to the healing journey, yet it often isn’t something that’s talked about.
When we grow up in an environment of chaos, dysfunction or abuse, we get the message, often many times over years, that our needs don't matter. So as a means of survival, we disconnect from being able to recognize or voice our authentic needs and desires.
But carrying that into adulthood and numbing ourselves to our needs and desires? That sets us up for a life of feeling unworthy and undeserving of having those needs met. It perpetuates the deep pain and meaning we took on from those childhood experiences.
In this episode, I'll share a practice to help you gain more awareness. When we can acknowledge our needs and desires, even the ones that seem unreasonable or wildly impossible, we start rewiring those beliefs about unworthiness.
What's one need or desire you've been dismissing that you want to start honoring within yourself? #togetherweheal.
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Episode Notes:
- Childhood trauma often leads to disconnection from one's needs and desires, fostering a belief that they don't matter due to past experiences.
- The impact of childhood trauma extends to self-worth, as unmet needs reinforce feelings of unworthiness.
- Recognizing and acknowledging one's needs and desires is crucial for healing and self-recovery.
- Setting boundaries is an essential aspect of this practice, affirming one's needs and taking action to meet them.
- Daily intentional practices such as journaling and body scans help individuals connect with their needs and desires, fostering self-awareness and self-compassion.
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