Robyn Broadus

06/07/2025

Hi! I’m Robyn. I’m a trauma therapist, wife, mom, and follower of Jesus.

I also have this TBI miracle story and am in awe, still, to not only have survived but also to have recovered fully (albeit imperfectly), years later.

Alongside everything else we can be aware of, I’m hoping this can be a space where we can be aware of things that bring goodness and light and hope. I plan to share:
- education on how trauma affects our bodies
- tips for building inner wellness, and
- stories from my TBI recovery—of things that helped strengthen me during overwhelm and uncertainty, which I used then, also now. :)

I hope you will pause for a moment, and be able to receive. Welcome!!

💗, Robyn

P.S. Shout out to for this photo and to for creating a beautiful space that consistently helps regulate my nervous system. :)

01/31/2025

Have you ever wondered:
💭 What is trauma, and how does it affect us?
💭 What does resilience really mean?
💭 How can I heal and move forward?

I’ve been there—as a trauma survivor, licensed therapist, and guide for others on their healing journey. In this IG Live, I’ll be sharing my personal story of healing and resilience, along with evidence-based insights on trauma and resilience, so you can feel seen, understood, and empowered. 💕🌸 That’s my deep hope at least. 💕

Join me LIVE on Sunday at 11:45 AM PST as we dive into:
✨ What trauma really is (beyond what we think)
✨ How resilience is built (and why we all have it)
✨ My personal healing journey and key lessons learned
✨ How YOU can begin (or continue) your healing & growth journey, or help a loved one

I’ll be speaking live at a church campus in Santa Barbara—if you’re local and want to attend in person, DM me for details! My husband will press “start” on IG Live, and after I finish speaking, I’ll first answer questions from the in-person audience, then respond to questions here in the coming days. 💕🌸

You’re invited to bring your questions, your heart, and an open mind. I hope this time will be one of learning, hope, refreshment, and empowerment. ✨

01/13/2025

May glimmers help strengthen us. Beauty and goodness, alongside.

01/09/2025

The devastation from the fires is un-real. Even if you don’t typically pray, please pray with me. A lot of people feel helpless, and that’s something we can do.

Regarding other things we can do, the created a Southern CA Fires Resources & Recovery Information (and I know a lot do other people have too). Check out their post on their page.

Grieving with our community, and praying for hope and strength alongside the devastation.

01/06/2025

Here's my interview with YouTube channel, Hello Darkness: Stories that Transform. I share about the power of hope and how not giving up was critical to my recovery (among other things). I hope it's encouraging!!

Trauma Survivor speaks about how she healed from trauma: resilience, hope, perseverance to trauma recovery

01/01/2025

It can be so hard to care for our own soil, but that’s my intention, vision, hope and prayer for this community in 2025.

Of course, how we nourish our metaphorical soil may be different for each of us. AND, I hope we can encourage and inspire each other to nurture our soil— through the ups and downs and seasons of this next year.

That’s my big-picture vision: to keep trying and trying and trying again.

Happy New Year!!

08/28/2024

Pain and joy oftentimes live right next to each other. And that’s my experience of the month of August: August is the month where I endured the most pain and trauma that I’ve ever experienced in my life. And it’s also the month where I’ve grown to stand in awe of how much healing and hope and good can be infused in seemingly hopeless and despairing circumstances.

Culturally, it’s uncomfortable to acknowledge both pain and joy at the same time, and sometimes (or maybe a lot of times), that’s exactly what life is. If our experience of pain doesn’t obscure our vision for joy, that is.

This August— the 13th since that summer afternoon when my car rolled 7 times off the freeway— I am viscerally reminded of this both/and reality:

I acknowledge BOTH the grotesque pain my body endured and the residual pain I still experience directly from my car accident. AND, at the same time, my eyes light up when I become aware of the truth that my brain and body amazingly adapted, and healed. I’ve learned how to make life work again. In a beautifully unique way, that works for me. (Note: There were many “experts” along the way who said I would not live and I would not live how I’m living today).

It doesn’t take much to be frightened and dismayed by all the pain in our lives and world. In fact, I think it’s pretty hard not to feel like we’re trapped by pain. And when pain seems to be ever-present, it can definitely take perseverance and intentionality to try to become aware of good. Even still, though, I wonder ... if we could try?

What if we gently tried to acknowledge the pain (in place of dwelling on it or numbing from it) and then intentionally tried to be on the lookout for.... good, too? 💕✨

I am smiling right now as I write this. I notice a deep breath. I am physiologically strengthened when I validate all of my experience— including pain— and then let myself sense into the good and miracles and hope and joy that surely do live alongside everything else.

It’s indelibly both/and.

06/19/2024

06/12/2024

Yes, I can! Yes, you can! Yes, we can! Let’s nourish ourselves with the truth. ✨💕✨

05/22/2024

Being limited absolutely does not discount the fact that we are each incredibly precious.

Noticing we are limited is… part of being human!!! Why does our culture tell us otherwise??

Could we be gentle with ourselves— holding the fact that we’re both limited AND incredibly precious, just as we are in this very moment? I’m writing this for this community. I’m also writing this to encourage/inspire/remind myself. Let’s tell ourselves — and be nourished by — the truth. ✨Thoughts? 💕

04/24/2024

It’s okay to have needs. In fact, it’s 100% human to have needs. And it is absolutely within the realm of possibility to both 1.) speak our needs and 2.) speak our needs with compassion (instead of with contempt or guilt, etc).

Becoming aware of/knowing our truths helps to regulate us! Hopefully this will serve as a reminder to ground ourselves… in the truth!! ✨

04/20/2024

It’s honestly amazing that I can’t remember if I was wearing my pink eye patch or whether I’d already graduated to “prism” glasses (because I had felt so embarrassed for wearing an eye patch and having a crossed eye). Though there are some fuzzy parts of this memory, these are the things that I so clearly remember: I was wearing my baby blue Disneyland t-shirt and athletic shorts. My heart was beating loudly, full of both trepid energy and courageous energy. And I was walking, unassisted, for the first time since my extreme traumatic brain injury a few months prior. I was no longer using a wheelchair or a 4-point cane or a single cane or having someone else hold me with a gait belt; this was the moment that I was walking all by myself. For these 5 to 10 seconds, I was beaming. My parents and sister, on the other end of the hallway, were too.

Maybe you’ve heard the expression that affect is contagious. Calm begets calm. Defensiveness begets defensiveness. Joy begets joy. And my mom, dad, sister, and I could not stop smiling.

I notice a deep breath as I write this now, and wetness in my eyes. When I think of this moment today, I feel strengthened. And in awe. And I have a big, huge smile too. This moment gave me so much courage and momentum to keep going. I still had an incredibly long way to go in my recovery, but this moment gave me so much perseverance, hope, strength, energy, gratitude, and joy.

When the world is loudly shouting contradictions to light and goodness and miracles and hope, I’d like to provide another message. That is 100% true. 💕

What else is true? 💕

What other messages of light and goodness and hope do you see (or have you seen)? May we encourage each other with narratives of light and hope— and let these strengthen us. 💕