Often there is a hidden cost to high performance
“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating the change you do choose.” Michelle Rosenthal
You may steer companies, influence markets and make complex decisions with precision, but perhaps something feels off-kilter.
- Is there lingering tension?
- Are you unable to switch off at night?
- Perhaps you have flashes of irritability and a general feeling of emptiness?
These are normal human responses to experiences your nervous system has coded as dangerous.
Success does not immunise you from trauma, but it can often conceal it. Many professionals live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) where there has been an accumulation of ongoing stress that could not be avoided at the time.
Complex trauma is often a result of relational experiences — repeated harm inflicted by someone you trusted: a parent, partner, mentor. Perpetrators of long-term abuse cultivate dependence that leads to eroded self-esteem, confusion, fear and shame that last long after the perpetrator has gone.
Trauma isn’t defined by the event itself but how your body had to respond to survive.
- Early emotional neglect or loss
- Betrayal, divorce or ongoing manipulation
- Physical or emotional abuse, past or present
- High-conflict or pressure workplace
Such experiences can leave your body in alarm mode, hypervigilant, scanning the environment for threat — ready to fight, flee, freeze or shut down at the most inopportune moments in life.
The Executive Face of PTSD and C-PTSD
Healing Is an Investment
Using evidence-based techniques, you can re-wire your nervous system to update the “danger” data and integrate past experiences, so they no longer run the show.
The alarm mode finally can turn off, giving you:
- Sharper focus, through inspiration not adrenaline
- Better sleep, without the need for medications
- Relationships that feel authentic
- Ambition that incorporates sustainable self-care
Reducing and eliminating your symptoms can optimise your life.
You may steer companies, influence markets and make complex decisions with precision, but perhaps something feels off-kilter.
- Is there lingering tension?
- Are you unable to switch off at night?
- Perhaps you have flashes of irritability and a general feeling of emptiness?
These are normal human responses to experiences your nervous system has coded as dangerous.
Success does not immunise you from trauma, but it can often conceal it. Many professionals live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) where there has been an accumulation of ongoing stress that could not be avoided at the time.
Complex trauma is often a result of relational experiences — repeated harm inflicted by someone you trusted: a parent, partner, mentor. Perpetrators of long-term abuse cultivate dependence that leads to eroded self-esteem, confusion, fear and shame that last long after the perpetrator has gone.
Trauma isn’t defined by the event itself but how your body had to respond to survive.
- Early emotional neglect or loss
- Betrayal, divorce or ongoing manipulation
- Physical or emotional abuse, past or present
- High-conflict or pressure workplace
Such experiences can leave your body in alarm mode, hypervigilant, scanning the environment for threat — ready to fight, flee, freeze or shut down at the most inopportune moments in life.
The Executive Face of PTSD and C-PTSD
Healing Is an Investment
Using evidence-based techniques, you can re-wire your nervous system to update the “danger” data and integrate past experiences, so they no longer run the show.
The alarm mode finally can turn off, giving you:
- Sharper focus, through inspiration not adrenaline
- Better sleep, without the need for medications
- Relationships that feel authentic
- Ambition that incorporates sustainable self-care
Reducing and eliminating your symptoms can optimise your life.
