Jewelle (Colwell Boldt) Zehr is a certified trauma recovery coach and the creator of The Art of Onward, a platform through which she guides clients to healing and rebuilding their lives after trauma by using the exact strategies that saved her own life. As a coach and trauma survivor, Jewelle focuses on inspiring others in their journeys to true healing and wholeness. In addition to her work as a coach, Jewelle is an award-winning actress, film and TV producer, and author. She is the creator and executive producer of SkyeLove Pictures and an actor and voice-over artist for Dark Horse Talent.

Jewelle joins us today to discuss betrayal trauma and rebuilding your life after surviving it. She opens up about the betrayal trauma she experienced in the summer of 2015 and her journey through healing and recovery. She explains the two dimensions of betrayal trauma and describes what it’s like to lose yourself after experiencing trauma. Jewelle also describes self-sabotage, why people choose chaos over peace, and the kind of work she did to heal from betrayal trauma.

“We’re not just talking about what someone else did—we’re trying to deal with and trying to heal what we’ve done to ourselves.” - Jewelle Zehr

This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:

• What Jewelle’s listening to on repeat in her playlist
• The Art of Onward and what happened to Jewelle in the summer of 2015
• Living in denial with a narcissist and addict
• The impact of betrayal and narcissist trauma
• The tendency to choose the high-firing dopamine hit of discomfort over safety and peace
• Self-sabotage and how perceived control calms down trauma
• Losing yourself and how betrayal trauma can lead to self-betrayal
• Reuniting the different parts of ourselves after experiencing betrayal trauma
• Jewelle’s work as a certified trauma recovery coach
• Why narcissists tap into other people’s empathy, compassion, and kindness
• How trauma and hypervigilance may open us to empathy

Resources Mentioned:

• Grae Moore on Spotify

Connect with Jewelle (Colwell Boldt) Zehr:

• The Art of Onward
• The Art of Onward on Instagram
• Heal & Rebuild after Trauma Facebook Group
• Jewelle Zehr on LinkedIn
• Jewelle Zehr on Instagram
• Email: theartofonward@gmail.com

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