Episode 1- How Trauma Colors Our Life

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Black Women Amplified

Monica Wisdom

50 episodes

1 week ago

Black Women Amplified is where culture, creativity, and real life converge. Hosted by Monica Wisdom, this show delivers in-depth conversations and inspiring interviews with women who are expanding the conversation through art, entertainment, empowerment, and personal evolution.

From behind-the-scenes insights to bold storytelling, each episode invites you to slow down, listen in, and tap into the brilliance of women forging new paths. This is more than a podcast, it’s a vibe, a space, and a movement.

Podcast Credits:
Host: Monica Wisdom
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Episode 1- How Trauma Colors Our Life - 6:23:25, 4.22 PM

Black Women Amplified

20 minutes

4 months ago

Episode 1- How Trauma Colors Our Life - 6:23:25, 4.22 PM

Episode 1: How Trauma Colors Our Life

LifeCode™: What happened to me shaped me, but it does not define me.

Episode Summary:
In this opening episode of The Soft Life as LifeCode™, Monica Wisdom invites you into a tender conversation about the invisible weight many of us carry. Before we can embrace softness, we must understand what hardened us.  This episode explores how trauma—both personal and generational—shapes the way we love, work, rest, and show up in the world. Monica breaks down what trauma is, how it lives in the body, and what it takes from us. Most importantly, she offers a powerful reframe: you are not broken, you are patterned. And patterns can be changed.  This is not about reliving the past. It’s about reclaiming the power we lost along the way. This is the first step in your journey home to yourself.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Soft Life Mornings – A free 7-day audio series to gently guide your mornings with intention and grace. [here]

The Soft Life Blueprint Journal – A beautiful guided journal to help you reflect, release, and reimagine your next chapter. [here]

Key Takeaways:

Trauma isn’t just what happened to you; it’s what happened inside of you in response
Black women often live in a state of high-functioning freeze, a trauma response mistaken for strength
Healing begins in the nervous system, not just in the mind
What was taken—peace, rest, softness—can be reclaimed
You are not broken. You are becoming

Citations & Further Reading:

Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture
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Joy DeGruy – Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
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Stephen Porges – The Polyvagal Theory
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