Joe Ryan is a trauma coach. During his lifelong path of overcoming trauma and shame, Joe has turned his journey into a mission to pave the road for others. Through his one-on-one coaching services, Joe helps people heal and conquer their own traumatic pasts. His podcast, It’s Not You; It’s Your Trauma, tackles trauma, PTSD, abuse, anxiety, and recovery. In addition to his work as a trauma coach, Joe is the Director of Operations of HELIX, a premier WordPress hosting service for creatives.

Joe joins me today to describe healing through self-compassion and courage. He explains how learning to sit with his feelings helped him heal and cultivate his identity from within. He also discusses what made him confront his childhood trauma and abandonment issues, describes how working with a therapist has helped him with his journey, and underscores the value of human connection.

“We all pretend that we’re okay, then suffer alone inside. Our healing is through connection to self and other human beings.” - Joe Ryan

This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:

• What an “abandonment issue” is
• What a “source figure” is and how they can be a source of abandonment issues
• How Joe’s abandonment issues impacted his adult relationships
• His journey through building self-worth by cutting off certain people
• What it took for Joe to open up and work through his abandonment issues
• How Joe taught himself to feel difficult emotions
• How working with a therapist helped Joe work through his trauma response
• Sleeping with one eye open and experiencing hypervigilance at night
• EMDR therapy and how it has helped me with sleep
• The slowness of transformation and evolution
• Joe’s coaching work and the power of human connection

Connect with Joe Ryan:

• Joe Ryan Website
• It’s Not You; It’s Your Trauma Podcast
• Joe Ryan on LinkedIn
• Joe Ryan on Instagram
• Joe Ryan on Facebook
• Joe Ryan on YouTube

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