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.
Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma
Conversations with Dr Nat: The Hidden Cost of Always Being the Strong One
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Have you become the person everyone relies on?
The capable one.
The dependable one.
The one who remembers everything, carries everyone, and somehow keeps all the plates spinning.
From the outside, your life probably looks like you've got it together.
But underneath the surface...
you're quietly exhausted.
Not just physically.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Nervous-system exhausted.
In this very first Conversations with Dr Nat, I'm sharing something I've been noticing in so many of the incredible women I speak with every week.... and, if I'm honest, something I've recognised in myself too.
This isn't a teaching episode.
It's simply a conversation.
A conversation about the hidden cost of always being the strong one, why slowing down can feel so uncomfortable, and how survival patterns can quietly become the way we live.
I also share a deeply personal story from a time when I realised that what I had always called resilience and been so proud of at the time was, in many ways, a nervous system doing everything it could to survive.
If you've ever caught yourself saying...
• "I'll rest once this settles down."
• "I've got it."
• "I'm fine."
• "I just need to get through this week."
...then I think this conversation might be exactly what you need today.
In this episode, we explore:
- Why so many high-functioning women feel exhausted, even when they appear to be coping
- The hidden mental load of always being the one everyone relies on
- Why people-pleasing, over-functioning and overthinking are often survival patterns rather than personality traits
- Why slowing down and accepting help can actually feel unsafe
- How your nervous system can link your worth to being useful, productive or needed
- Three gentle reflections to help you reconnect with yourself this week
This isn't about becoming stronger.
It's about understanding yourself with greater compassion.
Because perhaps the next chapter isn't about carrying more.
Perhaps it's finally feeling safe enough to put something down.
Key Takeaways
- Being the strong one often comes with an invisible emotional cost.
- Your nervous system isn't trying to exhaust you - it's trying to keep you safe.
- Rest can feel uncomfortable when you've learned that your worth comes from what you do rather than who you are.
- Reclaiming yourself isn't about becoming someone new. It's about remembering who you were before survival became your identity.
Connect with Dr Nat
If this conversation resonated with you, I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
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Website: www.drnataliegreen.com.au
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Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound.
Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.
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