S5 Episode 18: Turning The Light On with Jenn Sluga, Therapist, Army Vet

Jennifer Sluga is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, trauma specialist, military veteran, wife, and mother. She is the founder of Trauma & Life Counseling, where she helps people break free from the cycles of addiction, trauma, and self-destruction that keep them trapped. Jennifer isn’t just a therapist, she’s a fighter and she has walked through her own struggles, battled her own wounds, and come out the other side determined to help others do the same. Before she was the expert, before she had the language to name what she had been through, Jennifer was someone searching for answers, carrying the weight of past wounds that didn’t yet make sense to her. Jennifer has a deep understanding of how trauma rewires the brain and body, and she has made it her life’s mission to change the conversation around pain, addiction, and healing. She knows firsthand that addiction isn’t just about substances, it’s about what we’re running from, that trauma isn’t just about what happened to us, it’s about what it left behind, and that real healing isn’t about “getting over it,” it’s about getting through it, learning to sit with the discomfort, face the parts of ourselves we’ve tried to silence, and finally offer them the compassion they never received. Through her work, Jennifer is proving that healing isn’t about fixing what’s “broken” in us, it’s about reclaiming what was taken, about breaking cycles, rewriting the story, and finally finding the safety and self-acceptance we’ve been searching for all along.

Connect with Jenn:

Instagram - @traumalifeconsulting

Website - www.jenniferslugacounselingwithtlc.com

Jenn's Three-Part Series on Addiction

Part 1: The Science of Addiction - Chasing the First High

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFbbV7hi8SQ

Part 2: The Pleasure Scale - Why Chasing Highs Creates Lows

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFgfO2-Cc1n

Part 3: Breaking the Trauma Drama Cycle

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtB7egJ51e

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