SEASON 4 FINALE, EPISODE 104 | Healing Trauma: The Answer to Human Sustainability

Human Amplified

We're talking to Yemi Penn. She's an engineer, author, documentary producer, speaker, and is currently pursuing her PhD around how trauma can be transformative.

She's a survivor herself who’s self awareness and growth is ongoing. She’s in the midst of transformation and change. So, it was the perfect time to dig really deep into topics like why life doesn’t have to be a struggle, what trauma is, how the aftermath of traumatic events can lead to struggle, and the huge question of what is the point of trauma?

Yemi then boldly and openly tells us about her own traumatic experience with specific examples of how it’s rippled out into her life. A loss of power and consent led to a minimization of her voice.

We explore how this became intertwined with personality, how she uses her voice now, the power of acknowledgement and awareness, some of the healing modalities Yemi has used in her own healing journey, and we even breach the topic of restorative justice and how punishment just isn’t working to stop perpetrators.

This episode may be hard to listen to for some of you, but I hope it inspires you to face any discomfort you may feel when you’re ready in order to embrace the sometimes messy inner work required to heal your own trauma.

We end the episode by considering the question, what would life look like without trauma. Yemi says she searched the depths of her soul to answer this question and the others throughout this vulnerable and informative interview.

I invite you now to imagine for yourself a life and a world without trauma. If we can do that, we can get there.

TRIGGER WARNING: We discuss child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

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When I look back at season 4, I see an evolution that parallels the evolution of the human spirit. We don’t have to be what we’ve always been. We can change. We can move forward. We can create a life, and by extension, a society, that works better for us. And that, my friend, is what it’s all about. We can’t change the past, but we can change the here, now, and future. When you’re ready, I’m here as a trauma-informed coach to hold space for you as you build awareness and heal trauma. Post-traumatic growth is possible. The inner work looks different for everybody, but together over time, we can practice regulating your nervous system, rerouting neural pathways, and reconnecting your body, mind, and spirit, so that you feel more peace and freedom to be your authentic and beautiful self. To get started, book your free discovery call with me now.