Most of us think of healing as something with an end date, a problem to fix, a chapter to close, so we can finally get back to living. But what if healing was never a detour from life? What if it was the path itself, a daily practice of meeting yourself honestly, with a little more kindness than you had yesterday? That shift changes everything. Anu Verma, certified trauma recovery coach, author, and founder of Victim 2 Victor, joins The Healing Mindset to speak openly about the journey that began at rock bottom and became a complete reinvention of self. From Reiki and Reki healing and belief work to gratitude practices and understanding her deepest needs, Anu traces the thread from surviving to truly living and offers a generous, grounded guide for anyone who is tired of treating their healing as a problem to finally solve. About the Guest: Anu Verma is a certified complex trauma recovery coach, holistic therapist, author, podcaster, and the founder of Victim 2 Victor. Based in the UK, she is a survivor of childhood and relational trauma who has trained in cognitive processing therapy, emotional freedom therapy, Reiki, and other healing modalities. Her memoir, Victim 2 Victor, has been featured by BBC, Business Insider, and The Telegraph. She hosts her own podcast and coaches clients through breaking trauma cycles, rebuilding self-worth, and creating healthier relationships. Key Takeaways: Micro-practices matter more than grand gestures. Gratitude in the morning, affirmations throughout the day, and short moments of stillness are the unglamorous foundation that sustainable healing is actually built on.Healing rarely begins until we hit a turning point that forces us to stop and look inward. For Anu, that moment came through loss and devastation, but out of it came the clarity and the courage to restart from scratch.The surface story of what we are healing is almost never the whole picture. Beneath it usually sits old childhood conditioning, limiting beliefs about worth and love, and the patterns we absorbed before we ever had language for them.People-pleasing and external validation are trauma responses, not personality traits. Understanding your own core needs, whether for connection, significance, love, or contribution, is what finally helps you stop living for other people's approval.Self-love is not a cliche. It is the practical work of learning who you are, accepting that, and refusing to settle for less. Everything else, relationships, career, health, follows from that foundation.Healing does not end. It becomes a way of living, a daily return to yourself with steadily more honesty and kindness than the day before. Connect With Anu Verma: Website: https://victim2victor.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victim2victor_anuverma Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anuvermaV2V LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuvermav2v Podcast: Victim 2 Victor (available on all major platforms) All resources: https://linktr.ee/healing.journeyy Episode Chapters: [00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset, what it means when healing becomes a way of living (approx.) [03:30] Anu's micro-practices, gratitude, affirmations and why mornings matter (approx.) [09:00] The turning point, rock bottom and the night everything changed (approx.) [16:00] Reiki, energy healing and the first real release (approx.) [22:00] The deeper layer, childhood conditioning, people-pleasing and the need for validation (approx.) [29:00] Belief work, needs work and understanding what was really driving her (approx.) 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