What if healing isn’t about becoming someone new, but remembering who you were before survival taught you to disappear?

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of trauma, abuse, and other potentially sensitive topics that may be activating for some listeners. Please take care while listening and pause if you need to. Your well-being is what matters most.

In this episode of Life After Trauma, I’m joined by Kristen Crabtree for a conversation about what becomes possible after survival ends.

This episode is an invitation to look beyond the survival story and into the deeper return: the return of your voice, your intuition, your awareness, and a life that finally begins to feel like your own.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The difference between self-recovery and self-help
• How survival adaptations can become mistaken for identity
• Why psychological abuse can be so difficult to recognize while you are inside it
• The delayed clarity that can come after leaving survival mode
• The difference between walls and boundaries
• How inner safety begins to form
• Why peace can feel unfamiliar at first
• The role of meditation, mindfulness, and presence in healing
• What it means to remember yourself after trauma

Reflection question from this episode:

Where in my life am I beginning to remember myself again?

Connect with Kristen:

Website: https://u2point0.com

Paramour Paradox: https://paramourparadox.com

Work with Jess:

1:1 guided sessions to help you reconnect with yourself, build inner safety, and gently move out of survival mode → https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions

Rest & Reset At Home • Tuesday, June 23rd at 7 PM Eastern → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rest-reset-at-home-a-guided-meditation-for-nervous-system-support-registration-1991874259530?aff=oddtdtcreator

💛 Connect with Jess:

Website: www.jessicavanrose.com

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TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose

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