Dealing with TRAUMA with Helen Padarin

Rejuvenated Woman

We’ve all experienced some degree of trauma. Trauma can hinder our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing and if we don’t recognise or heal from the trauma, it can carry over into serious health problems, later in life.

In this episode, I chat with Helen Padarin who is a clinical naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, public speaker, lecturer, retreat facilitator and author. We delve into the meaning behind trauma - what & how it can present and the degree in which we can overlook our own trauma. Helen also shares how to identify trauma; explaining the development behaviours we can adapt as a result of trauma and ways in which we can heal.

We also discuss how stress plays a part in perimenopause and menopause symptoms and some beautiful ways in which you can start to honour and care for yourself as you move into this natural cycle of change.

As a woman with children, a partner, friends, family, work colleagues, and living in a fast-paced society, we can often run ourselves into the ground caring for everyone around us. But, as Helen says, “to think about ‘we’, we first need to think about ‘me’.” In other words, to be able to help & heal people around us, we first need to help & heal ourselves.

This is a really important topic and valuable conversation we need to have. If you resonate with any or all of the content shared in this powerful episode and seek conversation, guidance or coaching, please don’t hesitate in contacting us. Details below. Time to step in your power.

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• Who is Helen Padarin (00:45)
• What is Trauma? (03:46)
• How Helen came to study and work with trauma patients (04:46)
• What’s involved in working with trauma patients (08:07)
• The importance of individual healing (13:17)
• How can people identify and heal from a traumatic birth? (16:47)
• How medical interventions can contribute to trauma (20:57)
• Tools for healing (22:04)
• How somatic therapy can help heal trauma (28:22)
• The effects of trauma on perimenopause and menopause (38:35)
• Shame around menstrual issues (40:48)
• The power in femininity and the womb (41:38)
• Other elements affecting menopause (48:48)
• What is a Rejuvenated woman to Helen? (50:40)

RESOURCES

• Website: The Mindd Foundation
• Read: Becoming Whole: The Art of Inner Transformation by Karima Andrea Eames
• Watch: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives
• Read: The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
• Read: When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté

CONNECT WITH HELEN PADARIN

• Join Helen’s 9V9 program here
• Website: helenpadarin.com
• Facebook: Helen Padarin
• Instagram: @helenpadarin
• Telegram: Helen Padarin

GUEST BIO

Helen Padarin is a clinical naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, public speaker, lecturer, retreat facilitator and author. She has been in clinical practice for 21 years. She is a best selling co-author of the books "The Complete Gut Health Cookbook" and "Bubbayumyum - Foods to Thrive for New Parents, Babies and Toddlers". Helen has contributed chapters to the peer reviewed textbooks "Clinical Naturopathic Medicine" and "Advanced Clinical Naturopathic Medicine" by Leah Hechtman. Working from the foundation of food as medicine, Helen loves to work with individuals and communities to empower them to find the JOY in Being Well. Working with hundreds of children with ASD / autism early in her career has taught Helen invaluable lessons in healing for the rest of the population chronic multisystem inflammatory conditions. These children have been massive guiding lights for many. Helen is an ambassador for The Mindd Foundation and Inner Origin. Her Clinical areas of interest: Gut health, SIBO, inflammatory bowel diseases, IBS, autoimmune disorders (including but not limited to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, MS, Rheumatoid arthritis), Asthma, Allergies, ADHD, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety, depression & trauma. And the journey of "know thyself.”

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