“Who we are is not our pain.” -Greg Wieting
Trauma is a normal reaction to an abnormal situation. However, living with trauma isn’t really ideal, especially if it’s causing us to act out in destructive ways or making us withdraw and isolate ourselves from the people closest to us.
Trauma can also manifest itself in physical ways. We might start experiencing headaches, body pain, or problems with our digestion. We might find it hard to fall asleep, or we might start having nightmares.
Many times, people who have experienced trauma don’t even realize that they’re suffering from it. They just think that they’re having a really bad day, or that they’re just overwhelmed with work. So how do we know if our pain is a symptom of trauma or not?
In this episode, I sit with Greg Wieting, the Founder of PRISMA. He developed the Prisma Method from his own healing journey. Today, Greg is helping leaders, students, and individuals heal their trauma from the roots.
Listen in as Greg and I discuss the imprints of trauma so we can easily identify it, how trauma manifests itself in leadership and our relationships, how our healthcare system is failing us with regards to healing the root causes of our pain, and how we can reorient ourselves and ultimately heal from our trauma.
Connect The Modern Man:
Highlights:
- 02:19 Losing Yourself
- 07:17 How Trauma Manifests in Leadership
- 12:49 Healing and the Mind/Body Connection
- 16:09 The Problem with the Healthcare System
- 21:06 The Stigma Around Mental Health
- 24:01 The Prisma Method
- 28:50 Recap
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Quotes:
02:44 “When we lose ourselves, there are no wins.” -Greg Wieting
04:06 “Trauma is any lived experience where we don’t feel supported.” -Greg Wieting
09:54 “It’s not so much what we do. It’s more how we do it and who we are along the way.” -Greg Wieting
11:44 “Trauma is the distortion that short circuits our connection to our innate wisdom.” -Greg Wieting
15:42 “The preventative medicine and the preventative measures aren’t necessarily covered as much as some of the treatments that we have, which will address more of the symptoms, but not so much the reasoning behind the symptoms themselves.” -Ted Phaeton
16:58 “So much of healing is just listening and slowing down. Trauma is often too much too soon so healing is actually slowing down so we can be present to the parts of our lived experience that have historically been overwhelming.” -Greg Wieting
21:28 “People can only help us as much as they’ve helped themselves.” -Greg Wieting
24:53 “Who we are is not our pain.” -Greg Wieting
Meet Greg:
Greg Wieting is the founder of PRISMA. For two decades he’s helped thousands of clients and students heal the unresolved trauma at the root of their anxiety, depression and chronic pain. He developed PRISMA on his own healing journey and teaches from direct, lived experience.