In This Training, You Will…

Learn about the important role of dissociation in healing your trauma
Learn the precursors to working with your abuse story so that you don’t get retraumatized
Gain a new understanding of abuse and trauma that differs from the dominant cultural narrative, and learn why this perspective shift is key to changing your relationship with violence you’ve experienced
Understand why some abuse becomes trauma that can follow you for a lifetime (hint: it doesn’t have to), so you can see your trauma in new light and prevent future abuse from traumatizing you
Understand how your body’s intelligence deepens your self-awareness around your story + identify what YOU need to find relief
Learn about the passion, belief in your story, and skill needed to transform your relationship with abuse. This will be shown through me answering your questions during the live Q&A and modeling in real time.

Inside your deepest wounds are rare gifts waiting to be witnessed and cherished by you.

Alchemizing your abuse story allows your trauma to flower into an authentic and purposeful life.

Abuse becomes internalized when you start treating yourself the way you were mistreated.

When you’re injured by someone more powerful than you and you can’t sufficiently defend yourself, that is abuse. This turns into trauma when no one witnesses that abuse with compassion, belief in your experience, or an instinct to protect you.

Almost all of us have some amount of internalized abuse living inside us.

If you’ve been trying to “heal” or “fix” your trauma, I want you to know this.

The dominant narrative in our culture says that we should try to “move past” abuse and heal the symptoms from it as fast as possible. It is a flaw that we must solve and pathologize.

Instead of helping us heal from violence, this narrative reinforces our shame. It teaches us that continuing to suffer means we are doing something wrong.

My work views trauma through a radically different paradigm.

Instead of ONLY looking at trauma as a wound, I understand difficult feelings as sources of life that can unfold and flower into beauty, empowerment, and purpose.

Your soul has been alchemizing within your trauma. By learning how to listen to your suffering + give it the nourishment it needs, these seeds can bloom into roses.

How do you know if this is for you?

You keep repeating painful cycles you can’t seem to break free from in your relationships, family dynamics, or career
You feel stuck, like you can’t move forward in your life
You have a harsh + critical inner voice that sounds like someone you know (a parent, authority figure, or the culture at large)
You have physical, psychological, or emotional symptoms related to trauma that continue to impact your life – despite your attempts to fix or heal them
Even though you had a “good” childhood, you still feel like there is something broken or wrong about you that you can’t place
You have pervasive sense that you aren't worthy or your story or gifts don't matter
You live a life focused on "How can I heal?" rather than "Who am I? What's the life that's meant for me?"
Your sense of self is dominated by whether you feel more or less powerful than how you did at another time, or than those around you
It is very difficult for you to accept your own vulnerabilities, mistakes, "flaws" and humanity

These are signs that, after you experienced abuse, someone denied, dismissed, or gaslighted you. This often happens in our childhoods when we have little power, but it can also happen later in life during traumatic events.

When that happens we internalize the abuse, often with thoughts like:

I must have done something to deserve that
I am helpless and powerless; I cannot protect myself
There is something bad/wrong about me
I’m terrified because I can never be truly safe
My needs aren’t important / they don't matter
My life isn’t important / I don’t matter
It's not okay to say no, my boundaries are a problem
My vulnerability is a problem to solve

Those thoughts are a very normal response to the shame that forms around our wounds when we internalize abuse.

In this UnShaming Abuse & Trauma master class, you will get a taste of what it feels like to work with those heavy, stuck feelings instead of being trapped by them.

Whether you have been trying to heal your trauma for years, or you are just beginning to tune into this suffering within your mind and body…

If any of these sound familiar to you, I invite you to join me for this powerful healing hour.

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Meet David

David Bedrick, J.D., Dipl. PW is a process worker, attorney and facilitator. For over 30 years, he has supported his students in creating a life free from shame, where they are deeply connected to the wisdom and vitality of their truest self.

David is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies where he teaches and works with individuals around the world. He is the author of four books on psychology and activism. His latest book, The UnShaming Way, is set to release in the coming year.