How can I allow myself to feel vulnerable after childhood abuse?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Julie Hanks coaches Elle and addresses the question “How can I allow myself to feel vulnerable after childhood abuse?” Elle shares that she’s lost the ability to connect in life and to other people, with a big part of that due to experiencing childhood abuse, and is seeking guidance on how to break out of her shell.During this episode, Dr. Hanks validates Elle’s experience and talks about how it takes a lot of work to be able to live authentically and to not be fearful. A...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them with tools to find healing.
0:45.3	I'm thrilled to welcome Elle to the podcast today. Welcome.
0:49.8	Thank you very much for having me.
0:52.4	What is your question for me today?
0:55.7	Okay.
0:57.4	I am having some problems allowing myself to feel vulnerable in life.
1:05.7	I've studied a lot of Dr. Brown, Brenna Brown, I should say.
1:10.6	And I'm a survivor of childhood abuse.
1:14.6	And I know that plays a big part in it and being able to allow myself to make really good
1:20.7	connections when life and people can feel kind of scary.
1:25.1	Yeah, of course.
1:27.3	Of course. I'm so sorry that you went through that.
1:32.3	You know what? It's bad, but I know I'm not the only one. I know that there's a lot of really
1:38.0	good stories out there. And I try to feel so my life with those other stories to people who've gone through this. But it is something
1:46.0	that I would like to work on. I am a military wife and we move a lot. And having a really strong
1:55.2	support system is really important. People that you can depend on when your husband's deployed
2:00.2	or busy with work.
2:02.1	And it's happened to me once when I was 17, but I, I've lost the ability to feel connected
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