EP 56 – What Is Trauma? with Dr. Adriana Popescu

<p style="text-align:center;">To watch the video of this episode, please go to: <a href='https://youtu.be/u1YzNN4shzk'>https://youtu.be/u1YzNN4shzk</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">What is trauma? </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">How does trauma impact us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually? </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">How can we rise like a Phoenix from the ashes of our traumatic experiences to heal, grow, and change the world?</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p>Don’t miss this new and exciting episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health in which Dr. Adriana Popescu is the featured guest on her own show, talking about a subject most near and dear to her heart: trauma.</p> <p> </p> <p>You will hear about how Dr. Popescu’s personal and professional experiences inspired her to seek greater possibilities for healing trauma and ultimately led her to create Firebird Healing.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode:</p> <ul><li>Inspirations</li> <li>Firebird Healing launch</li> <li>Adriana’s family and ancestral trauma</li> <li>Choosing this path</li> <li>Post-traumatic growth</li> <li>Trauma defined</li> <li>Big T versus little t traumas</li> <li>Vicarious traumatization</li> <li>Long-term impact of trauma</li> <li>Self-care</li> <li>Myths and misconceptions about trauma</li> <li>The phoenix bird</li> <li>Tools and approaches to healing trauma</li> <li>Firebird offerings</li> <li>Healing from trauma and addiction</li> <li>Leaders in the field of trauma healing</li> <li>The science of trauma</li> <li>Fight, flight, freeze response</li> <li>Nurses, veterans, and front-line workers and trauma</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Resources mentioned in this episode: </p> <p>Dr. Adriana’s Website: <a href='https://adrianapopescu.org'>https://adrianapopescu.org</a></p> <p>Firebird Website: <a href='https://firebird-healing.com'>https://firebird-healing.com</a></p>