Episode Details

Tracy Smaldino is the founder of Trauma Rockstars, a keynote speaker, author, podcast host, and someone who spent decades looking functional on the outside while carrying trauma she had never truly faced. When the pandemic forced her to slow down, a simple meditation practice opened the door to memories, survivor’s guilt, and pain she had worked hard to bury.

We talk about trauma without comparing or minimizing it, why being busy can sometimes be a way to avoid ourselves, and how healing can affect everything from relationships and self-worth to weight, movement, and the ability to set boundaries. Tracy’s message is clear: you do not have to tell the whole world your story to begin healing, but you do deserve to stop living as if your pain does not matter.

=== Chapters

• 00:29 When What You Carry Affects Your Health
• 00:36 Meet Tracy Smaldino of Trauma Rockstars
• 01:20 How Meditation Opened the Door to Healing
• 05:05 Staying Busy to Avoid What Hurts
• 10:05 What Trauma Rockstars Is All About
• 12:02 Trauma Is Trauma, No Comparison Needed
• 16:19 Survivor’s Guilt, Silence, and Facing the Past
• 20:00 How Trauma Shapes Relationships and Self-Worth
• 22:35 Music, Numbing Out, and the Need to Belong
• 30:21 Listening to Your Body and Setting Boundaries

=== Guest: Tracy Smaldino, Trauma Rock Stars

• Website: https://traumarockstars.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-smaldino-484b373b1

=== Resources / Books / Podcasts / Apps

• Trauma Rock Stars™ | Trauma Recovery & Healing Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j8Zoy3p3Mair20q0AQbW2
• Songs That Saved Us, Trauma Rock Stars™ healing playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy

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