45. What Is Abandonment Trauma?
Dear Little Me
Dawn Chitty
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
How does creativity heal trauma?
Aunia had no voice. Surviving in a home heavy in generational trauma she felt completely unseen and unheard. Trauma at home and trauma at school. There was very little light or shade. Deep in trauma Aunia attempted to take her own life. By her twenties Aunia was living with an undiagnosed chronic illness. Forced to give up study she turned to art to get her through. To work through the trauma. To make sense of it all. Unable to come into contact with her beloved paint and pencils due to her illness she turned to digital art and flourished. And there were so many co-incidences in who she met and where her art took her that you can see the deep purpose in this journey. Our trauma is so often the link to our purpose and when you see all the things that Aunia is doing in the world it is so obvious this is what she came here to do. To bring beauty to the world and teach others how to heal through art and creativity and colour. Aunia Kahn is a multi-faceted creative entrepreneur and a globally awarded, collected, and exhibited artist/photographer, graphic/web designer, the host of the Create & Inspire Podcast, a published author, as well as a teacher and an inspirational speaker. For years her art was based on survival. Now, entering another phase of her life, her work has transitioned into a narrative of personal evolution and highlights how grateful she is to still be alive. Aunia is teaching us how to heal through art. Please come and hear what she has to say.
You can find Aunia's art and courses at https://auniakahn.com/ and on instagram https://www.instagram.com/auniakahn/
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| 0:00.0 | This is not right, and this is not how it should be, and I actually went to a counselor in high school who saved my life. |
| 0:08.0 | So, and I didn't tell my parents about it, no one knew about it. It was a private situation for me. |
| 0:14.0 | And he basically saved my life. He was my, I always had a little bit of anchor somewhere if I knew that things were getting too crazy. |
| 0:23.0 | A lot of people don't have that, so I feel like that's one of the reasons I'm still alive today, because I became very suicidal. |
| 0:30.0 | I became very just not, not well. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to how my parents raised me, I'm Dawn Chitty. |
| 0:43.0 | When we are born, we arrive here as pure and perfect souls, and the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what our parents bring to our lives. |
| 0:56.0 | And what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected to what their parents brought to their lives, and that's the cycle of families. |
| 1:06.0 | I have always craved connection with real and raw stories, to understand what makes you you, what makes you the absolutely unique human that you are. |
| 1:20.0 | Stories are medicine for the soul, they can connect us, and they can change the world. And so, in this podcast, I'm listening to beautiful souls sharing their story. |
| 1:32.0 | What happened to them, how they got through, and how they have healed and thrived despite everything to arrive right here in this moment. |
| 1:43.0 | Content warning, if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast, please seek a help line in your city. |
| 1:52.0 | Hey beautiful souls, this week, I have the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Anya Khan and hearing her story. |
| 2:03.0 | Anya is a globally awarded, collected and exhibited artist, photographer, graphic web designer, as well as a teacher and an inspirational speaker. |
| 2:15.0 | But this isn't what Anya was expecting her life to turn out like. Anya's home life as a child was deeply traumatizing, and she was also mercilessly bullied at school. |
| 2:27.0 | No where was safe. And at her lowest point, Anya did attempt to take her own life. |
| 2:34.0 | After school, Anya went to college and was studying to be a psychologist. But all of a sudden, she found herself in the midst of an illness that took away her ability to continue with her studies. |
| 2:47.0 | Anya turned to art, and even when Anya was unable to touch paints or pencils due to the illness in her body, she moved into digital art and continued this journey in new and amazing ways. |
| 3:01.0 | Anya has spent many years in search of answers to her chronic health issues whilst evolving into an artist, and her mission is now to help other trauma survivors to heal through art and colour and creativity with some amazing courses and offerings. |
| 3:19.0 | Please join me in hearing Anya's story. |
| 3:23.0 | Anya, you are a globally awarded artist, photographer and graphic web designer. You are a published author, teacher, inspirational speaker, and the host of the create and inspire podcast. |
| 3:38.0 | You're also an advocate for healing trauma through art, and I know that you're offering some amazing courses on this. We'll talk a bit more about that soon. |
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