The Gifts of Trauma

The Gifts of Trauma is a weekly podcast that features personal stories of trauma healing, transformation, and the gifts revealed on the path to authenticity. Join us to hear our guests share their experiences of living with the tension of trauma, and what happened when they turned inward with compassionate curiosity. These highly relatable stories illustrate how they released their triggers and transformed their trauma generated fear, anger, pain or shame into understanding, acceptance and love.

The Gifts of Trauma Podcast

“I Never Saw it Coming” : Illuminating Suicide with Nyana Sabharwal

As more and more of us are chilled by the rapidly expanding shadow of social isolation, we invite you to join us for a rich conversation that weaves one woman’s personal story of bereavement by suicide into broader perspectives. In this episode, Nyana delves deep into the heart…

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Alchemizing Inherited Trauma & Marginalization with Rennet Wong-Gates

In this compelling interview, Rennet invites us to witness her transformative journey from immigrating to Canada (from Guyana) without her parents at 17, to navigating the intricacies of her mixed-race identity. The unexpected support of a compassionate doctor who provided emotional solace in one of her toughest times highlights…

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Navigating Adoption’s Emotional Turbulence with Sara Easterly

Imagine a life where every day is a journey through complex emotions, punctuated by waves of separation, loss, and longing. For adoptees, this is often their reality—an unruly mosaic of misaligned feelings that demands understanding, support, and resilience. A lack of social awareness around the true experience of…

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Expanding Masculinity : From Adrenaline to Authenticity with Steve Borloz

Steve’s story demonstrates the transformative power of radical change as he shares how he risked all to shed false identities, confront his inner demons, and embrace his inner truth, strength and wisdom. In his unwavering pursuit of his truth, Steve’s epic journey took him from loneliness, disconnection…

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Finding Grace and Forgiveness in Connection with Warren McCaig

Warren’s story of overcoming deep-rooted shame, loneliness and isolation highlights our universal human needs for acceptance and connection. His personal journey demonstrates the profound impact of his conservative religious upbringing and shows how he, in recognizing the damaging effects of shame, fundamentalism and inauthenticity, found the people…

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Religious Trauma, Addiction and Recovery with Joakim Le Bolloch Appell

Growing up in a highly controlled Jehovah’s Witness religious environment, ever-present fear and judgment shaped Joakim’s early life. At home, his father was an intravenous drug user, his stepfather and Grandfather were alcoholics, and his mother was involved in a cult. These childhood experiences fostered…

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