Introduction to Trauma Healing

Written by Jennifer Aldoretta, founder of Groove

When I started Groove in 2013, it was only the beginning of my journey towards self-love, healing, and wholeness. It all started with me trying to heal the incredibly painful periods that had persisted ever since my very first one at age 11.

At the time, trauma healing was the last thing on my mind. Literally. I knew that environmental stress was a huge factor in mind and body dis-ease, but I routinely put it last when I was teaching other women how to reverse their period woes. I didn’t realize it, but I was actively avoiding acknowledging my long list of childhood and inter-generational trauma (and allowing that to inform the way I supported other women) because I was afraid of facing the pain that I had spent my whole life burying deep inside myself.

I did find relief from my lifelong period issues through extreme diet changes, biohacking, obsessing over my gut health, and overall living and breathing health-health-HEALTH above all else…including my own happiness.

But it wasn’t until years later — when I was finally ready to face my painful trauma — that I finally found true healing. Healing of my mind, body, and spirit. I no longer had to bust my ass and struggle to maintain “perfect” health to keep my pain at bay. I had gotten to the heart of the issue, and my body was finally able to heal and stay healthy.

The work was difficult, but after I finally released the trauma that I was carrying (in both my mind and my body), trauma healing quickly catapulted itself to the very top of my list.

And now, after working with women for a decade, it has become obvious to me that trauma of some kind is at the root of most (if not all) health issues. We simply have to be brave enough to face it.

Effects of trauma on the mind and body

Trauma affects us in countless ways. Including:

• suppressed immune function

• poor digestive function (IBS, diarrhea, constipation)

• anxiety and depression

• poor metabolic function

• reproductive issues (period pain, fibroids, infertility)

• disordered eating

• muscle tension (back pain, TMJ, shoulder and neck pain)

• self-loathing, shame, self-criticism

• and many, many others

As you’ll find out in the coming articles, whether you acknowledge or try to bury your painful life experiences, they arise over and over again in a multitude of ways, without you even realizing it.

Are you ready to finally free yourself from your trauma prison?

What is Trauma? >>