Fostering Resilience, Finding Community and Thriving with Karen Robinson

From Survivor to Thriver

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What if you could change your life by embracing trauma therapy? 

In this episode of From Survivor to Thriver, we sat down with Karen Robinson to delve into trauma recovery and resilience.  We explore the complexities of dissociation, grounding techniques, and the power of validation.

Karen also shares her insights on retraining the brain, self-care, and the unexpected benefits of whispering to de-escalate arguments.

Karen Robinson is a service-driven social worker, therapist, and coach with 24 years of clinical experience. Karen received both her BSW and MSW from the University of Maine, where she is originally from. She is a genuine, authentic, compassionate provider. Her specialties are trauma recovery, anxiety, and depression. 

Heal Thrive Dream, her mother-daughter company, that includes a wide range of services and products for women recovering from trauma. 

They offer holistic therapy, coaching, virtual group coaching memberships, community service, courses, planners, journals, books, inspirational products, and workbooks. They are a one-stop shop for women who are ready to fire their boss as we offer touchless e-commerce agencies and a full-service digital agency to assist with websites, logos, social media management, SEO, etc.

Lastly, they teach survivors how to explore relationships and affiliate marketing as several streams of revenue will set them up for the best chance of success in every aspect of their lives.  

In today’s episode we cover: 

  • The reason Karen decided to work with trauma survivors 
  • Karen’s holistic approach to teaching and practicing resiliency
  • The right time for trauma therapy 
  • The connection between substance abuse and trauma
  • The different things that can cause trauma in your life 
  • What dissociation is and grounding techniques that help 
  • What a self-care kit is and what can be put in it
  • Why the word “relax” is so triggering and de-escalating words to use instead

We hope you enjoyed our conversation with Karen! If you want to learn more from her, make sure to check out the Heal Thrive Dream website and check out the podcast.

Thanks again for tuning in. We are so grateful to each and every one of you. Please remember to leave a rating and review of our show. It helps us grow and reach those who need it. Also, make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! 

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Get in touch: amgits.reverse@gmail.com

“I want to help others find that support, that compassion, and that community so that they also can heal and thrive.” -Karen

“What could be a small trauma for one person could be a large trauma for another person.” -Erik

“If you’re looking for something and you haven’t found something that works yet, it doesn’t mean that nothing will. There are so many ways to unpack these things and heal.” -Marc

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