Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma
Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma is the podcast for anyone ready to heal from trauma, reclaim their power, and step into post-traumatic growth. Hosted by trauma therapist, coach, and author Dr. Natalie (Nat) Green, this empowering podcast blends real-life survivor stories, expert insights, and practical strategies to help you move beyond pain and create a life filled with purpose, resilience, and joy.
Each episode dives deep into the psychological and emotional journey of thriving after trauma—exploring identity, values, nervous system healing, resilience, and renewed purpose. You’ll hear how others overcame adversity, plus learn tools you can use to regulate your nervous system, rewire your mindset, and accelerate your growth journey.
What You’ll Gain from Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma
🌱 Real Stories of Resilience – Inspiring conversations with survivors who turned trauma into strength and transformation.
🧠 Expert Guidance & Healing Tools – Proven strategies from leading professionals on trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and mental health.
✨ Empowering Insights – Explore the mindsets, practices, and Trauma Archetypes that unlock post-traumatic growth and freedom.
💡 Psychology Meets Coaching – Innovative approaches that bridge science, therapy, and coaching to fast-track healing and thriving.
With over 35 years’ experience and her own lived journey of trauma and growth, Dr. Nat Green—creator of the ABS Method® and Archetypes of Transformation—is dedicated to ending trauma-associated suffering. Through her podcast, bestselling books, and transformative programs, she guides survivors and professionals alike to rediscover their identity, align with their values, and shine brightly beyond adversity.
If you’re ready to not just survive trauma but truly thrive after it, this podcast is your roadmap to resilience, healing, and post-traumatic growth.
Episodes
105 episodes
When Your Nervous System Finally Exhales
What happens when you finally stop pushing… and your nervous system gets the space to just be?After making the decision to travel as part of their "celebrating 30 years together" travelling through San Francisco and the breathta...
When Trust Is Broken: What It Does To Your Nervous System
When trust is broken, your nervous system doesn’t forget — it adapts.In this episode, Dr Nat Green explores what really happens when trust is disrupted — not just emotionally, but physiologically.Because trust isn’t just relationa...
I Thought It Was a Strategy Problem... But It Was a Nervous System Trust Pattern
What if it’s not a strategy problem… but a safety pattern?In this episode, Dr Nat Green shares a powerful insight from a recent mastermind retreat — a moment that completely reframed what she thought was holding her back.Go...
The Cost of Holding It Together: Why High-Functioning Women Burn Out Quietly
You’re getting everything done… but it’s costing you more than anyone can see.From the outside, it looks like you’re handling life.You’re showing up. You’re achieving. You’re the one people rely on....
The Cost of Not Being Heard — Betrayal, Nervous System Impact & Reclaiming Your Voice
There are moments in life that change everything.Not gradually.Not gently.But in an instant.In this deeply personal and powerful 100th episode of Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma, Dr Nat Gre...
Living in the Unknown: Trauma, Identity & Finding Serenity in Life’s Hardest Moments
There are moments in life that change everything.Not gradually. Not gently. But in an instant.This week on Growing Tall Poppies, I’m joined by someone incredibly special to me — my dear friend Bron Watson — and this is a ...
From Self-Hatred to Self-Worth: The Nervous System Shift That Changes Everything
In this week's episode I’m joined by Ramona Kossowan — Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner, fitness professional, and food relationship coach — who shares her deeply personal journey from self-hatred to self-worth.Together, we unpa...
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You’re Too Bold to Stay Silent: Healing Trauma, Shame & Identity with Dr Louise Hayes
What if the very parts of your story you’ve hidden… are the exact parts that hold your power?In this deeply moving and honest conversation, I’m joined by Dr Louise Hayes — clinical psychologist, author, educator, and meditation te...
When Old Trauma Resurfaces: Identity Shifts, Nervous System Memory & The Invisible Ceiling
Have you ever done years of personal development or therapy… and still found old patterns resurfacing when life becomes challenging again?In this episode of the Growing Tall Poppies podcast, Dr Nat Green explores why past experien...
The Hidden Cost of Always Being the Strong One (Identity Fractures Explained)
Many high-functioning and high-achieving women are known as “the strong one.”The capable one. The reliable one. The person everyone else depends on.From the outside, it can look like strength, success, and...
From High-Achiever to “I Can’t Load the Dishwasher”: Healing Burnout, Adrenal Fatigue & Identity Alignment
What if you’re not “unmotivated”… you’re depleted? In this week’s episode of Growing Tall Poppies, Dr. Nat Green sits down with Dr. Heather Clark—existential coach and creator of Divinely Structured Success—to un...
If Not Now, Then When: Midlife Reinvention After Grief, Chronic Pain & Menopause
In this latest powerful and moving episode Kellie Burns is back — and this conversation goes deeper than ever. In Episode 12, Kellie shared her powerful trauma story and the loss of her beloved brother, Sean. Today, we pick up from the next mom...
From Trauma to Healing: How Our Animals Mirror, Hold, and Help us Heal
What if the animals in our lives are more than companions?What if they are part of our healing?In this deeply moving and thought-provoking episode of Growing Tall Poppies, Dr. Nat Green is joined by animal communicator and psy...
When Life Is Finally Safe.... But You Still Feel Stuck Inside
Have you ever found yourself thinking:“I’ve done so much work on myself… So why do I still feel stuck sometimes?”You’ve been to therapy. You’ve read the books. You understand your patterns. You’...
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Why Insight Isn’t Enough: The Nervous System Reason You Still Feel Stuck (Invisible Ceiling Pt. 2)
Have you ever thought… “I understand the pattern… so why does it still feel so hard to change?”In this second episode of The Invisible Ceiling mini-series, Dr. Nat Green explores the missing link that so many hig...
Why You Still Feel Stuck After Healing: Identity Fractures & the Invisible Agreements Holding You Back
Have you ever wondered why… even after therapy, self-awareness, and years of inner work… you still feel stuck?Why you keep hitting an invisible ceiling?Why growth sometimes feels like it should be easier by now — but something ins...
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How to Heal Chronic Health Symptoms by Addressing Hidden Trauma
Have you ever felt like you’re “doing all the right things” for your health, yet your body still won’t cooperate? In this deeply powerful episode of Growing Tall Poppies, Dr. Nat Green is joined by Jodi Geline, a health expert kno...
Standing Tall After Trauma: Identity, Integrity & Nervous System Healing
In this opening episode, for 2026 Dr Nat Green invites you to pause — before pushing forward — and reflect on who you are now, after everything you’ve lived through.As we close the Year of the Snake and step into the momentum of...
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Beyond Healing: Identity, Nervous System Wisdom & Post-Traumatic Growth in 2025
As we close out 2025, Dr Nat Green reflects on a powerful year of growth, integration, and becoming — both personally and collectively within the Growing Tall Poppies community.This episode is a gentle yet honest Year in Review,...
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When Violence Reawakens Old Wounds: Community Trauma, Values & Collective Care
When violence occurs in a shared public space, it doesn’t only impact those directly involved — it ripples through communities, values, and our collective sense of safety.In this short, reflective episode of Growing Tall Poppies: Thr...
A Line in the Sand: Identity Grief & Stepping Into Who You’re Becoming
Today’s episode marks a deeply meaningful transition.In this personal and reflective solo episode, Dr Nat Green shares why she has chosen not to re-register as a Clinical Psychologist after 35 years in the profession — and why, instead o...
Healing Was the Doorway — Integration Is the Destination
In this powerful and deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Nat Green shares the truth that so many eventually discover: healing isn’t the destination — it’s the doorway. After 35 years as a psychologist and trauma specialist, Dr Nat opens up...
From Loss to Legacy: Kimberly Stevens on Turning Grief into Purpose
Content Warning ⚠️ - This episode discusses child loss, hospitalisation, grief and end-of-life decisions. Please listen with care and have support available and take breaks as needed.In this deeply moving conversation, Dr Nat Gree...
Burnout Isn’t Inevitable: Stop Pushing Through with Dr. Hayley D Quinn
In this deeply validating episode of Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma, Dr. Nat Green welcomes back Dr. Hayley D Quinn—mindset & wellbeing coach, speaker, author, host of Welcome to Self, and former clinical psy...
