How to turn your Trauma into Triumph

Disrupting Wellbeing with Petra Velzeboer

Do you own your story, or does it own you?

The moment you take ownership of it is the moment you take power over it.

My incredible guest in this episode, Chana Buisson, experienced trauma in her childhood. Physical and mental abuse led to depression and suicidal thoughts later in life.

Chana shares with so much honesty what she went through, and beauty the lessons she has since learned. She discusses how she overcame her trauma to find empowerment. She also talks about the challenges of dealing with depression and finding the motivation to keep moving forward.

What Chana says resonated so much with me and my story. And it also shows that real self-care involves giving ourselves tough love to get us out of situations to get up and move forward.

“It’s worth being uncomfortable with your story so you own it and it doesn’t own you” – Chana

You'll hear about:

01:15 - An introduction to Chana

06:40 - The role Chana had in her family

10:50 - Was nursing a follow on from her childhood role

13:27 - Femininity and owning your power

19:09 - Things Chana still works on because of her past

23:40 - Perpetuating the idea of staying stuck

28:24 - Did anyone say anything useful to move from the dark?

34:51 - The self-care we really need

38:22 - What Gen Z need?

42:11 - The radical change we need in wellbeing

Chana’s resources:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chana-buisson-1922002b2/

Website - https://www.fullofnectar.com/

Petra’s resources:

Petra’s website - https://www.petravelzeboer.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/petra.velzeboer/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@petravelzeboer397

Buy Petra’s book: Begin With You: Invest in Your Mental Well-being and Satisfaction at Work - https://shorturl.at/nyDOX