Inside My 26-Week Trauma Recovery Course: A Conversation From My Heart to Yours

If you’ve been wondering what my 26-week trauma recovery course is all about, I want to walk you through it the same way I would if we were sitting together having coffee. This course has my whole heart in it. It’s filled with personal stories, the lessons I learned the hard way, the tools that actually helped me, and the insights that saved my life.

My hope is that you’ll understand not just what’s inside the course, but why I created it — and how it can help you move toward peace, healing, and freedom.

Why I Created This Course

Years ago, I had a friend who was dying of lung cancer. On the day I drove him to his very last therapy appointment, he told me a secret — something he had carried alone almost his entire life. I was invited into that session, which almost never happens, and I listened as he told his therapist that he let what happened to him when he was young destroy his whole life.

He was 62.
And it broke me.

But it also woke me up.

Because I realized: That could have been me.

And I believe with everything in me that the reason I was in that room, on that exact day, was so I could see what happens when we don’t face our trauma — and also see what’s possible when we do.

That moment is what pushed me to share my journey, my tools, and the process that helped me rebuild my life. I didn’t want anyone else to spend decades drowning in pain they didn’t understand.

This 26-week course is the healing roadmap I wish I had.

What’s Inside the 26-Week Trauma Recovery Course

Each week comes with a workbook, personal stories, exercises, and articles that go deeper into the topic. I run it weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly — whatever pace feels right.

Let me walk you through it, the same way I explained it in my video.

Week 1: Why Work on Trauma

We start with the big question: why?
I walk you through the ACEs study, talk about how trauma affects the brain and the body, and share a heartbreaking personal story about someone who never worked on their trauma. There’s also a checklist about committing to healing.

Week 2: Big T and Little T Trauma

Not all trauma looks the same.
This section breaks down Big T vs. Little T trauma so you can understand the impact of both. There’s also a checklist to help you identify what you’ve been through.

Week 3: The Process

This one explains the whole flow of the course — what to expect, how the journey unfolds, and why it’s structured the way it is. Every workbook includes exercises to help you apply what you’re learning.

Week 4: Self-Care

I share a personal story about how my self-care list literally helped me survive some of the hardest parts of healing. The workbook has a six-page list of ideas — not fluffy stuff, but real self-care that supports trauma recovery.

Week 5: Relationships

Here’s where we get into relationships — healthy, unhealthy, why we choose who we choose, and how trauma shapes our patterns. I walk through a “relationship wheel” and include an article that goes deeper into all of it.

Week 6: Therapy

I talk about therapy, why it works, and what it did for me.
You couldn’t talk about your trauma as a child — therapy gives you words you never had. And that alone changes your brain.

You also get:

• What therapy is (and isn’t)

• A guide to finding a good therapist

• Lessons I learned in my own sessions

Week 7: Spirituality

This week explores spirituality and how it can support healing. I share insights from thought leaders, including Scott Peck (The Road Less Traveled) and others who work with trauma survivors.

Week 8: Medications

Medication is a big topic, and I wanted to treat it with respect.
This week includes:

• The medication spectrum

• How to decide if you want medication

• Which professionals to see

• My personal medication story

• Extra articles for deeper understanding

Weeks 9 - 12: Trauma Responses & Emotional Regulation

This is a whole section on how the brain responds to trauma.

We talk about:

• Emotional flooding

• How to regulate your emotions

• Thinking traps

• My trauma-based thinking model

• How to understand what your brain is trying to do

Understanding what’s happening inside you is such a relief. It takes away shame and replaces it with compassion.

Week 13: Triggers - Hidden Gems of Healing

I used to get triggered by everything. Even hearing the word “incest” would send me into a panic.

This week explains:

• Why triggers happen

• How they form

• What to do when they hit

• How to come out of a trigger safely

• Why triggers are actually gifts

Week 14: Panic Attacks

I know panic attacks are like an old enemy.
Here I share:

• The panic cycle

• How panic forms

• A different way of thinking about panic

• Tools that actually helped me

Week 15: Secrets & Disclosure

• Should you tell your story?
• Should you keep things private?
• Should you disclose it at all?

This week gently walks you through all of it — the psychology, the options, and alternatives.

Week 16: Feelings

This week teaches you how to sit with your feelings, understand the difference between feelings and emotions, and work through what comes up. It includes a feelings checklist and several extra guides.

Week 17: Attachments

Here we talk about attachment styles, how they form, and how they show up in adult relationships. I also include thought leaders’ perspectives on attachment.

Week 18: Trauma Bonds

Most trauma-bond content focuses on the “perpetrator,” but I also focus on the person stuck in the trauma bond. I talk about trauma bonds in families, partnerships, work — all of it.

Week 19: Grieving

Grieving isn’t just about death.
Trauma survivors grieve the childhood they didn’t have, the safety they lost, the years they spent disconnected.

This week helps you understand and work through that grief.

Week 20: Anger - “The Alien Inside”

I share a very personal story about how my anger used to feel like an alien coming out of me. This week explains:

• Why trauma survivors feel intense anger

• How anger connects to childhood wounds

• The RISE framework

Week 21: The Child Within

I talked about holding my daughter for the first time and realizing I was holding myself. This section explains why we lock our inner child away and how to reconnect with that part of ourselves safely.

Week 22: Journaling

Journaling is one of the most powerful tools for trauma healing. I explain:

• Why journaling works

• How it helps the brain process trauma

• How it connects the left and right hemispheres

• How it calms the amygdala

Week 23: Dream Interpretation

Dreams helped me heal.
This week teaches you how to interpret them and shares the books and tools that helped me understand my own dreams.

Week 24: Planned Regression

This is advanced work that requires support. It teaches you how to revisit trauma memories in a safe and intentional way so you can release what’s stored there.

Week 25: Unplanned Regression & Forgiveness

Sometimes regression happens without warning — I share personal stories about that.
Then we talk about forgiveness. I leave forgiveness for the end because you can’t forgive something until you understand its full impact.

For me, forgiveness became a spiritual process, not a conversation.

Week 26: Resolution

This last week is about what life can look like when you’ve worked through the process.
It doesn’t mean the journey is over - but you’ll have tools, awareness, and a clear next step.

My therapist, Lynne (who read the entire course), told me it was exceptional.
She said it reminded her of the AA framework - structured, powerful, life-changing.

That meant the world to me.

I Want Peace For You

I want you to live in peace.
I want you to feel joy.
I want your nervous system to rest.
I want your life to feel like yours again.

I can’t promise your progress will look exactly like mine, but I can tell you this: healing is possible. I’m living proof.

Just take one tiny step today.
Something small.
Something kind.
And keep going.

You deserve peace.

Begin Your Path to Healing

If you want to explore this course more deeply, you can download the 22-page “Path to Peace” overview below. It introduces the course and helps you decide whether working with me is right for your journey.

👉Download: A Path to Peace

You’re not alone. I’m here with you.