304: Trauma Healing with Ilene Smith

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant · Mar 3, 2022 · 38m

When we think of trauma, many of us think of war, a car accident or a major, life-altering event. Though all of these events are certainly traumatic, they are only one type of trauma – what we often call "big T" trauma.

But there are many other forms of subtler trauma, including small events that happen over and over again (especially in childhood), that overwhelm our nervous systems and shape the way we move through the world. I would argue that most humans have had some sort of trauma in their lives, and you'd be surprised by how many times I've sat with clients who didn't even know they…