When we're in these abusive relationships and these relationships end,

yes, we're focusing on the healing of who we are and all of those things, which we know.

But there's the grief side of this that very often we don't understand.

Grief is very much, very much misunderstood.

Very often we think it should be been and done and gone and we need to get on with things.

Massive welcome to trauma and narcissism redefined your weekly podcast to hopefully give you

some inspiration, education and of course hope that there is light at the end of what can

often seem like a long dark tunnel.

In this episode, I want to talk to you about something that maybe we don't talk about enough

when we talk about narcissistic abuse and experiencing trauma.

And that's grief.

And grief is a vital part of our healing process and very often something that we suppress. So stay tuned because in this episode we're going to face it head on.

Hi everybody. My name is Caroline Strawson and I'm a trauma therapist and coach specialising in all things relationships.

Things like narcissistic abuse, coercive control, domestic abuse,

really helping you heal and thrive after toxic relationships, which very often have come

from our experiences in our childhood. And this can be what we then experience as trauma.

And really, before I get started talking to you about grief, I need your

help if that's okay. And your help is I need you to message me, email me, and that's on

Instagram, on Facebook, drop me an email at helloa carolinesdawson.com, because I'm having a bit of a

dilemma right now about what to do with this podcast,

because I had this what I thought was an amazing idea. But I'm really struggling to get this

okayed from a legal perspective. And you'll understand why when I tell you. And I'm absolutely

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