Forgetting Trauma: Why do we block memories?

Surviving Family at Christmas

This Episode is dedicated to supporting Abuse Survivors to navigate the Festive Season which often takes us back to where childhood trauma took place.  Whether it's your home town, your family home or shared space with your perpetrator from childhood - this can be a charged, emotional and overwhelming which is far from festive! Recognise how to spot the shift in your internal world so you can deploy tools to keep you empowered to act and react, no matter the situation. Also gain strategies to overcome triggers that often activated from our unconscious to ensure you have techniques to keep yourself feeling balanced and safe. Includes 3 tips to feel empowered during the festivities and 3 techniques to help with feeling overwhelmed and disempowered.  Wishing everyone a joyous empowered magical Christmas! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2415003/support] Heartfelt thanks for joining me on this journey, Ishala x For more tips, tools and information: www.IshalaWayshower.com https://www.instagram.com/ishalawayshower/ https://www.youtube.com/@IshalaWayshower https://www.tiktok.com/@ishalawayshower

Our Stories & the Stories We Tell Ourselves

We are worthy to share our experiences of the trauma and abuse we've experienced but sometimes our stories can hinder our healing process and even hinder our progress. We explore why stories can be triggering, how stories can keep us in a trauma loop and how we can access key information to unlock hidden trauma through story. Included is a powerful tool to support anyone who has kept the secret of their abuse - the unspoken, unsaid and unshared and unlock the first step to releasing this burden.  Heartfelt thanks for joining me on this journey, Ishala x For more tips, tools and information: www.IshalaWayshower.com https://www.instagram.com/ishalawayshower/ https://www.youtube.com/@IshalaWayshower https://www.tiktok.com/@ishalawayshower

Forgetting Trauma: Why do we block memories?

"Forgetting" our traumatic experiences is actually on purpose. In traumatic times, our system will rally to use all our resources for the best chance of survival which impacts how our we store our memories. Explore how we have an intelligent inbuilt survival mechanism and that holding the memory is surplus to requirement. How our body's carrying the memory imprint and why we need to build resource to process the trauma and heal.  It is common for many of us not to recall details of our childhood, add sexual abuse into that equation, we begin to understand why that is. Learn about your internal guidance system and how to use it to unlock what has been hidden. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2415003/support] Heartfelt thanks for joining me on this journey, Ishala x For more tips, tools and information: www.IshalaWayshower.com https://www.instagram.com/ishalawayshower/ https://www.youtube.com/@IshalaWayshower https://www.tiktok.com/@ishalawayshower

Hello and Introduction: Unveiling the Podcast and Me

Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2415003/support] Heartfelt thanks for joining me on this journey, Ishala x For more tips, tools and information: www.IshalaWayshower.com https://www.instagram.com/ishalawayshower/ https://www.youtube.com/@IshalaWayshower https://www.tiktok.com/@ishalawayshower