Understanding Trauma is not About the Past…

"You cannot heal from trauma by understanding things intellectually"… Gabor Mate, Ennea Summit 2026.

I've been lucky to come across a free 90 mins Webinar with Dr. Gabor Mate for the past three days. Available here: https://www.tylerzach.com/mh26/enneasummit

Dr. Gabor Mate has launched a new program on how to heal from trauma through mentorshow.com It's a program for trauma survivors and I recommend that you check it out if you are struggling with any trauma. 

Dr. Gabor Mate asks on the first day of his free webinar: What do you feel?

Anger

Sad

Fear

Shame

Happy

Dr. Gabor Mate says that you can feel all kinds of emotions but there could be trauma lurking behind them as well. 

You will know, if this is you because you feel it. Trauma is your response from what happened to you; whether from child abuse, rape, domestic violence, divorce, a horrific accident, a war zone or the loss of a loved one. 

You feel trauma inside your mind, in your body and in your heart. Even if you understand what trauma is intellectually, you still need to heal from it. This healing can only take place from within your body.

No amount of therapy can do this healing for you. It has to come from within.

Think about what happens when you take a deep breath and then release it. It feels good, right?

Deep breathing through exercises like yoga and meditation can help trauma survivors on a much deeper level than just reading about what trauma is.

Trauma is how you feel in your body. Only you can address these feelings that you have and release them.

Think about the last time you were angry and how your body felt at that time. Remember your body feeling tense and ready to punch something? What cause you to feel angry in the first place?

Imagine feeling anger like this all the time and how it feels in the body. I know because I've lived with horrific trauma for decades. For me, it feels like a heaviness in my chest and my stomach that will not go away no matter what I do. I also hold this tense feeling in my shoulders and suffer from frequesnt headaches.

Trauma survivors often suffer physical pain from traumatic events and we don't even know that we carry it with us everyhwere we go.

We suppress how we feel every single day when we ignore those feelings. I'm sure that many of you who read this feel the same or similar to me.

Trauma is everywhere in our society right now. We know it because we are living with it. You can't help encountering something distressing in the world or at home because of social media and news. Everything is there, happening in 3D whether you choose to ignore it or not.

The way you respond to traumatic events is your personal trauma. It's what you feel inside your body, mind and heart.

I agree with Dr. Gabor Mate. Many of us trauma survivors manage our daily lives by wearing masks to cover up our emotions. Most of us are awesome at doing it. In fact, we are so great at wearing our masks that we suppress what we really feel.

Think about it… 

How often have you said yes to something that you don't want to do? 

How many times have you stuck your neck out for someone that went against your personal desires? Like giving them a ride in the opposite direction of where you needed to be, making yourself late in the process.

How often do you put others before yourself? 

Do you ever put yourself first?

I've done it, and I'm still doing it after years of therapy. I know better, and yet I'm still doing it. 

There comes a point when you've got to take charge of your own healing together with a therapists' support. This is where I'm at now and have been for some years. 

You can heal from your trauma too. 

Grab your free ticket to: https://www.tylerzach.com/mh26/enneasummit

I've watched the first three days of the program and it's helped me in my healing journey. There is also a paid program behind this free webinar for those of you who want to delve deeper into your healing journeys.

My name is Lizzy. I'm a trauma survivor, a wife, a mom, a teacher, and an author.

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