We have all experienced trauma as children.

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Some much more than others.

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Often we do not eve realize it.

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For even small things can be traumatic to a child.

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It doesn't have to be a form of abuse.

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But it can be.

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It doesn't have to come from a family member.

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But it can.

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It can be physical or emotional in nature.

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And the scars run just as deep regardless of what type of abuse it was.

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Yet one aspect of trauma we usually are not aware of is how it affects how we see ourselves.

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The change in our perceived relationship with the world around.

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That feeling that we are no longer safe.

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The loss of innocence.

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It can be a subtle change from one of a joyful, playful child, to one of a scared victim.

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And that change can have a profound impact on the rest of our lives.

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We see ourselves as victims to the world around us.

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We feel unsafe and are always on guard.

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It can cause us to show up in a whole different way.

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And we may never even see the difference in ourselves.

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Until someone reflects it back to us.

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Unless we make the commitment to do the deep work to uncover our wounding.

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When we do, we may touch upon that scar.

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We feel the sting of the memories we have brought into our awareness.

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Now the healing can begin.

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We can face our fears and our trauma, for now we can see them where once they were hidden in the shadows.

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And we learn to have compassion for ourselves.

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We see the world just a little differently than we did before.

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Our heart aches, and we embrace our pain, our anger, and our sadness.

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On the other of all of that is a lightness of being.

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As we travel on the path to healing we may stumble sometimes, yet we keep going.

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Always moving towards a place of wholeness.

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We never fully reach it, yet we are always moving closer to it.

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It loses its grip on us.

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And we now start to show up differently in the world.

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We unlearn our patterns of victimhood and acknowledge that we are creators.

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That we can stand in our power without harming others.

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And life begins to look very differently that before.

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The journey may take time and effort, and it will always be worth it.

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Even if in the moment it may not feel that way.

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Yet every day we move closer to wholeness, freedom and joy.

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Can you see where you have trauma to heal in your own life?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant