Dear ,

Childhood trauma is one of the sensitive topics but a very important one nevertheless. You know you have elements of childhood trauma if you have anger issues, and anxiety, maybe you have attempted suicide before or are suicidal, you may also have experienced a string of toxic relationships in your life.

If you are also prone to extreme emotional and even physical reactions to situations, chances are you went through childhood trauma. 

When we talk about childhood trauma, I know most of us think about situations like rape, and other forms of sexual abuse but surprisingly it's more than that. These are definitely extreme cases and unfortunate incidences but it's more than catches the eye. 

Something that may not seem to have a huge impact as bullying can bring about childhood trauma. Living in insecure neighborhoods, physical abuse as a child as a form of discipline, watching a parent suffer or go through domestic violence, experiencing abandonment, especially as an older child taking care of your younger siblings all these things are all potential causes of trauma. 

When it comes to healing, we may think that asking for forgiveness from those who bullied us, telling our parents what they did, and getting an apology from our guardians and caregivers will heal us but unfortunately, it takes more than that as well. 

With childhood trauma, we develop coping mechanisms like anger issues, shutting down of our emotions, anxiety attacks or even showing no emotions.

The bridge to healing is becoming your own parent now. What is it that they should have done? Give it to that hurt child.

The inner child is the person who lives, it's the person who enjoys life. So if your inner child was hurt, the person who lives, lives in hurt until now. For instance, if your first relationship with a male figure ( your father) wasn't a healthy one you may find yourself in a cycle of toxic relationships.

How do you make the change? becoming the responsible parent to this inner child. Through this process, you will realize even those who were responsible for your care didn't know it any better because they also went through their own traumas. That's the effect of not healing as it's said, hurt people, hurt people. 

As an adult now, or a parent that desire to break this cycle, it's important to take upon yourself and heal your own inner child. This is an area I'm quite passionate about and through my own journey, I have experienced the power of healing the inner child. 

It's this transformation that I've experienced and those my clients have experienced through coaching on this area that inspired me to open up the opportunity to many people for a one week Bootcamp on Dealing with childhood trauma: Healing the inner child. This Bootcamp is our next of it's kind happening from the 7th to 13th Aug for a small investment of Kes 2000. 

To sign up or get more details give us a reply on email and looking forward to seeing you inside the camp.