The Trauma Recovery School: Recent Episodes
Bonita Ackerman du Preez
The Trauma Recovery School Podcasts examines everyday anxiety that can affect most of us at some point in our lives, but did you realise your anxiety may have been caused by a specific traumatic event in the past? These insightful and interesting discussions look at the relationship between trauma, anxiety, stress and what can be done to tackle the intrusive thoughts and the ‘anxiety spiral’ so many of us experience.
Bonita Ackerman du Preez, Founder of The Trauma Recovery School is an award-winning master trauma recovery therapist, trainer and coach specialising in anxiety, stress, PTSD, confidence, and resilience. Bonita utilises the unique Integrated Trauma System to provide support, education and understanding regarding trauma-related anxiety. These podcasts are especially designed to help take you from anxiety to awareness and beyond.
This episode discusses the close relationship between anxiety and excitement – both produce similar feelings within the body that we are all familiar with, but the meaning we attached to it can be quite different. Bonita provides some useful tips to ‘flip’ the feelings and address that anxiety.
Find out what mistakes people make when dealing with anxiety, such as avoidance, overthinking, procrastination thereby repeating a cycle of anxiety and stress. Anxiety is a symptom which can be linked to disturbing events in the past. Bonita explains what we can start to do to strategize, and kick start your recovery journey.
When it comes to dealing with anxiety, it can be a physical feeling that overwhelms us, and we have trouble dealing with uncertainty. We try and take control in our head and therefore replay scenarios repeatedly. Find out how this affects us and what we can do to address it.
Why do we hold ourselves back from our happiness? Does procrastination lead to our fear response. In this episode we explore these complex concepts and how it relates to our anxiety and stress.
Welcome to the Anxiety Recovery School podcast where we discuss past trauma, PTSD, anxiety and stress related topics and stories of people who are recovering. I'm Bonita Ackerman du Preez, founder of the Anxiety Recovery School. Please do join us on our journey for some exciting insights and tips to help live an anxiety-free life.