Ep. 71 The Transition Phase of Trauma Healing No One Talks About (And How to Get Through It)

Show Notes:

Healing from trauma is not a straight line, and one of the least talked about parts of the journey is the transition phase. It's that in between space where your old coping strategies no longer fit, but your new way of living isn't fully established yet. In this episode, Angie Berrett opens up about her own experience moving through this phase right now, and why the discomfort you feel during this stage is not a sign that you're failing at healing. It's a sign that you're growing.

Angie explains what happens in the body during the transition phase, including why your nervous system shifts into fight, flight, or freeze as a protective response to stepping into the unknown. She shares honestly about the irritability, the urge to escape, and the moments of numbing out that come with this territory, and why all of it is normal.

She also talks into one of the hardest parts of the transition phase: outgrowing relationships. Angie shares her personal experience of walking away from a romantic relationship with someone she deeply loved, not because they were a bad person, but because their healing paths had diverged too far. She also discusses how her relationship with her parents changed as she set boundaries around the faith community connected to her abuse. Outgrowing relationships doesn't make you better or worse than anyone. It means you're on different paths, and that's okay.

Then Angie gets practical, offering playful movement tools for each nervous system state. For fight energy, she shares drumming techniques using pillows and household items to release anger safely. For flight energy, she guides you through imaginative movement, including her favorite: pretending to be an octopus on roller skates. For freeze, she offers a gentle caterpillar in a cocoon visualization using small, rhythmic movements to slowly bring your body back online.

If you're in the messy middle of your healing journey and wondering why everything feels so uncomfortable, this episode will help you understand what's happening and give you real tools to move through it.

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