Trauma doesn’t always look like someone falling apart. Sometimes it can hide behind achievement, relentless ambition, risk-taking, and the drive to keep doing more.
In this episode of the Mark Divine Show, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Edith Shiro to explore post-traumatic growth and the possibility of becoming stronger, more aware, and more connected through the process of healing.
Dr. Shiro shares how her own family history shaped her understanding of generational trauma and explains why trauma is about more than the event itself. The resources we have, the relationships surrounding us, our sense of purpose, and the tools we’ve developed can all influence how we respond.
We also unpack her five-stage framework for post-traumatic growth, beginning with radical acceptance and moving through support, new narratives, integration, and ultimately greater wisdom and purpose. And we explore why high performers may need to look especially closely at what is driving their ambition when the outside world continues rewarding their success.
In this episode:
• How trauma can move through generations
• Why the event itself doesn’t tell the whole story
• Building resilience before adversity arrives
• Why healing happens through relationships
• Purpose and spirituality as protective factors
• Dr. Shiro’s five stages of post-traumatic growth
• Radical acceptance as the beginning of healing
• Creating a new narrative after trauma
• Why the body has to be part of trauma recovery
• Forgiveness without bypassing pain
• When high performance becomes a way of avoiding trauma
• Moving from survival toward growth, wisdom, and service
Learn more about Dr. Edith Shiro:
dredithshiro.com
Learn more about Unbeatable Mind:
unbeatablemind.com
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