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Linda Meredith Complex Trauma Coach, Brisbane (2025)

20/08/2025

🧠 Childhood Survival Patterns We Carry Forward

When you grow up with trauma, you don’t just leave it behind when you become an adult.
The brain wires itself to survive — and those survival patterns often show up later as:
Fear of abandonment
People-pleasing
Feeling “not enough”
Low self-worth

These aren’t flaws. They’re the echoes of survival strategies that once kept you safe.
But here’s the important truth:
What protected you as a child may now be the very thing keeping you stuck in adulthood.

💭 Reflection Questions:
1️⃣ Which of these patterns feels most familiar to you — abandonment fears, people-pleasing, not feeling enough, or low self-worth?
2️⃣ How has this pattern shaped your adult relationships (with yourself, loved ones, or even colleagues)?
3️⃣ What might shift if you began responding from your adult self instead of your survival self?

✨ For professionals: spotting these patterns in clients is crucial. They’re not resistance or “lack of motivation” - they’re brain-based survival maps that need gentle rewiring.

📚 Inside the Thriver Resource Library, you’ll find a range of resources - including boundary-specific guides - designed to save you prep time and provide clients with practical, accessible tools for recovery.

Because effective boundaries aren’t taught once - they’re practised, reinforced, and integrated into daily life.

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💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

🔗 Explore CPtsd Education at www.cptsdeducation.com

19/08/2025

🧠 Boundaries aren’t optional in trauma recovery - they’re foundational.

For adults living with CPtsd, boundaries often weren’t modelled, respected, or safe to hold in childhood. As professionals, this means our clients may:
- Struggle to know their own limits
- Feel guilty saying no
- Sacrifice self-care in order to maintain connection

When we reduce boundaries to “just say no,” we miss the complexity of what’s happening in the trauma-impacted brain. Boundaries are not simply about willpower - they’re about rewiring safety, identity, and self-worth.

💡 For professionals:
Supporting clients in building healthy boundaries means addressing the underlying survival patterns, not just the behaviours. This is where trauma-trained, brain-based tools make the difference.

📚 Inside the Thriver Resource Library, you’ll find a range of resources - including boundary-specific guides - designed to save you prep time and provide clients with practical, accessible tools for recovery.

Because effective boundaries aren’t taught once - they’re practised, reinforced, and integrated into daily life.

LinkedIn? Start here → https://buff.ly/l2UTRgI

Instagram?

📥 Type Thriver for recovery tools that actually help.
📚 Type Courses for real trauma-trained education.
💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

🔗 Explore CPtsd Education at www.cptsdeducation.com

18/08/2025

🌱 Emotional Deficits Don’t Just Impact Our Personal Relationships — They Show Up at Work Too 🌱

For many professional women, the pressure to “hold it all together” - at work and at home - leaves little space to reflect on how emotional blind spots can quietly shape our leadership, parenting, and partnerships.

Here are 3 questions worth asking yourself today:

1️⃣ In moments of conflict, do I react impulsively or defensively — or can I pause and respond with maturity and clarity?
2️⃣ Am I willing to share openly and show vulnerability — or do I keep emotional distance that prevents deeper trust and collaboration?
3️⃣ When someone shares their emotions, do I listen with empathy — or do I sometimes dismiss, minimise, or miss the perspective behind their words?

💡 These aren’t signs of weakness - they’re opportunities. Emotional maturity, empathy, and availability are not only crucial for healthy families, but they’re also the hallmarks of effective leadership.

🧭 Inside the Thriver Resource Library, you’ll find trauma-trained, brain-based tools that help you:
✔️ Strengthen emotional intelligence in daily interactions
✔️ Build safer, more connected relationships at home and at work
✔️ Lead with authenticity while reducing conflict and burnout

Because when we grow in these areas, we don’t just change our careers - we change the legacy we pass on to our children, teams, and communities.

LinkedIn? Start here → https://buff.ly/l2UTRgI

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💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

🔗 Explore CPtsd Education at www.cptsdeducation.com

18/08/2025

Good morning global family! I'm sharing this with you as I've personally experienced just how much CPtsd can hide ASD and ADHD and all things neurodivergent. This is among the conversations we need to be having globally. it's among the areas that those of us with Childhood Developmental Trauma need to explore in regards to our health. And it's conversations we need to have in our family's too.

Rather like all things mental health, the silence has to cease.

with care,

Linda

17/08/2025

Thank you to beautiful Charlotte who sent this to me. We've been so blessed to know each other across the years now, and across vast oceans. You are an incredible blessing to all who know you, and thank you for sharing your heart with me.

I just know this will touch your heart too. Thank you for being part of our global family everyone!

So many of us still walk in silence, having to hide the deep impact of developmental trauma from those closest to us. I hope one day this changes for every single individual walking this path. My heart is that no one should suffer alone, and no one should suffer without answers. May this week bless you all with your one next step in your recovery.

with care, Linda

🧭 Inside the Thriver Resource Library, you’ll find trauma-trained, brain-based tools that help you:
✔️ Strengthen emotional intelligence in daily interactions
✔️ Build safer, more connected relationships at home and at work
✔️ Lead with authenticity while reducing conflict and burnout

Because when we grow in these areas, we don’t just change our careers - we change the legacy we pass on to our children, teams, and communities.

LinkedIn? Start here → https://buff.ly/l2UTRgI

Instagram?

📥 Type Thriver for recovery tools that actually help.
📚 Type Courses for real trauma-trained education.
💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

🔗 Explore CPtsd Education at www.cptsdeducation.com

16/08/2025

🧠 Self-Esteem vs Self-Compassion (CPtsd Recovery Edition)

When you live with CPtsd, it’s easy to mistake self-esteem for healing. But there’s a deeper question we need to ask:

✨ Are we building worth on achievements and survival roles?
✨ Or are we learning to offer ourselves compassion — even when we “fail,” struggle, or feel not enough?

Here are 3 reflection questions for you today:

1️⃣ Do you notice your sense of worth going up and down depending on how much you achieve or how others see you?
2️⃣ What happens inside you when you try to respond with compassion instead of judgment?
3️⃣ In your recovery (or your work with clients), do you think you’re focusing more on building self-esteem — or cultivating self-compassion?

💡 These aren’t small questions. For many of us, they’re the turning point in recovery. Because self-esteem is fragile. Self-compassion is steady. And that shift changes everything.

🧭 Inside the Thriver Resource Library, you’ll find the trauma-trained, brain-based tools to help you move from achievement-driven worth to unconditional self-compassion - one of the most life-changing milestones in CPtsd recovery.

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08/08/2025

Trauma-Trained Tools – Built with Your Clients in Mind

As a Clinical CPtsd Professional and Registered Training Provider, I don’t just create content- I create what clients ask for in session and use what actually works. Then, I package it so trauma professionals like you don’t have to spend hours building your own.

💼 Whether you’re:
Supporting adult survivors of developmental trauma
Educating clients on attachment, emotional regulation, or identity repair
Managing burnout from reinventing the wheel every week

🗂️ The Thriver Library gives you downloadable, neuroscience-based resources - CPtsd-specific, trauma-trained, and ready to use.

📚 NEW releases include:
Flashbacks & Building Capacity Card Set
ADHD & CPtsd Integration Guide
The Fawn Response Toolkit
Self-Blame, Overwhelm Planners, Core Needs Worksheets & more.

✨ Designed to save you time and support your clients better.

🔗 Explore the full library → https://buff.ly/RinNKW3

07/08/2025

🧠 EMDR & CPtsd
Save this: Questions to Ask Before You Start EMDR with CPtsd
Not all trauma is the same. And not all EMDR is equal.
💡 If you live with CPtsd, these 5 questions will help you find a trauma-trained therapist who understands relational trauma, identity work, and emotional safety.

📌 Screenshot this. Share it. Bring it to your intake session.
🧠 Brain-based. Not drama-based.
🧠 Trauma-trained. CPtsd recovery that works.
You’re not broken. Your brain is protecting you.

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07/08/2025

🍽️ EMDR, CPtsd & Restrictive Eating Behaviours
Save this: EMDR Questions When Restriction Was Your Survival Tool
Restrictive eating isn’t about food. It’s a brain-based adaptation.
If you’ve used control or withdrawal as a way to survive, you need a therapist who gets it.

📌 Use these 10 questions to find someone trauma-trained, not just protocol-driven.

🧠 Brain-based. Not drama-based.
🧠 Trauma-trained. CPtsd recovery that works.
You’re not broken. Your brain is protecting you.

📥 Type Thriver for recovery tools that actually help.
📚 Type Courses for real trauma-trained education.
💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

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06/08/2025

🦋 That survival identity? It wasn’t your fault. It was your brain doing its best to protect you.

If you were the one who swallowed the pain to keep the peace...
If you believed love had to be earned by fixing everything...
You're not alone – and you're not broken. 💔

This was a survival role, not your true identity.

🧠 In the Thriver Library, we unpack this belief system and how to gently dismantle it, one safe step at a time.
💻 Access practical tools, journaling prompts, and trauma-trained guidance built for adult survivors.

🧠 Brain-based. Not drama-based.
🧠 Trauma-trained. CPtsd recovery that works.
You’re not broken. Your brain is protecting you.

📥 Type Thriver for recovery tools that actually help.
📚 Type Courses for real trauma-trained education.
💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

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04/08/2025

🧠 Avoidant ≠ Independent
Avoidant attachment isn’t a personality quirk.
It’s a survival pattern dressed up as self-sufficiency.

So if your client seems calm, capable, and unbothered — pause.
That might not be regulation.
It might be emotional disconnection.

This new carousel busts the 3 most common myths keeping avoidant attachment misunderstood (and under-supported).

📘 Grab the full Avoidant Attachment Workbook via Instagram → type “avoid” in the comments and we'll dm you the link.
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04/08/2025

🔥 Feel like snapping, fixing, or justifying?
👀 Pause. Your trauma brain’s about to take the wheel.

💥 Stop. Scan. Sort.
Because chaos isn’t connection.

🧠 Brain-based. Not drama-based.
🧠 Trauma-trained. CPtsd recovery that works.
You’re not broken. Your brain is protecting you.

📥 Type Thriver for recovery tools that actually help.
📚 Type Courses for real trauma-trained education.
💡 Type Trauma Trained to know the difference that matters.

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