Trauma, PTSD & Triggers | Episode 154 with Trauma Specialist, Lindsay Blaire
Episode 154
This week on the podcast I have invited Lindsay Blair to join us again to talk with us specifically about trauma, ptsd, triggers and navigating this aspect of life after losing a baby. Lindsay is a certified as a Miscarriage and Bereavement Doula, Trauma Specialist, and Infertility Coach who joined us back in episode 151 to share her motherhood journey of recurrent pregnancy loss. In this episode she is answering questions like:
What is trauma? What is PTSD? How common is it to experience PTSD after losing a baby? How do you manage triggers after experiencing loss? And what does it look like to continue to take steps forward into our “new normal” following the trauma of baby loss?
We also talk significantly about how to support a grieving mom so if you love a woman who has experienced the loss of a baby, this episode is going to be very, very helpful.
I loved so much of what Lindsay had to share with us but especially when she said: It's never too early and it's never too late to seek help and to ask for support.
QUESTIONS we discuss IN EPISODE 154
What is trauma?
What is PTSD?
How common is it to experience PTSD after losing a baby?
If a mom listening thinks she has symptoms of PTSD what can/should she do?
How do you manage triggers after experiencing loss? *How do you even identify triggers?
In what ways have your triggers changed or evolved over time?
What does it look like to continue to take steps forward into our “new normal” following the trauma of baby loss?
How can friends and family support a woman/family who has faced trauma?
What are some things that are helpful for friends and family to know about things that are “normal” reactions to trauma?
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE 154
Find a Therapist: Psychology Today
Lindsay’s Interview on The Joyful Mourning Podcast
MEET LINDSAY
Lindsay is a daughter of the King, a wife to her amazing husband, David, and mama of eleven- nine sweet babies in heaven and her two earthside twins, Eleanor and Shepherd, who were born after 7 years of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. After walking through her own season of loss and suffering, she founded Catalyst for Courage and became certified as a Miscarriage and Bereavement Doula, Trauma Specialist, and Infertility Coach with the hope to help other women find courage in the midst of their pain-filled journeys of suffering, grief, loss, and uncertainty.
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Lindsay’s Interview on The Joyful Mourning Podcast
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