How to Trust Your Inner Voice and Transcend Shame and Self-Doubt with Dr. Samra Zafar
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
One of the many consequences of complex trauma is a loss of self-confidence leading to self-doubt and difficulty trusting in one’s intuition.
On this episode of Transforming Trauma, host Emily Ruth invites international speaker, author, and resident psychiatrist Dr. Samra Zafar to share her inspirational journey from an isolated teen bride to a courageous, intuitive, and powerful agent of change. The pair explore Samra’s practice of reconnecting to her inner voice and lean into its guidance after years of self-doubt. They also discuss how practitioners can apply their lived experience to therapeutic relationships and invite clients to access reserves of profound healing intuition.
About Samra Zafar:
Dr. Samra Zafar is an award-winning international speaker, bestselling author, and resident psychiatrist. After escaping a decade of abuse as a child bride in Canada, she went on to pursue her education and became a global advocate for progress. Recognized amongst Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Samra is a trailblazer, spearheading
belonging and wellness in organizations across the world. She combines scientific research with hard-earned life lessons to share courageous strategies that lead to bold results.
Her speaking portfolio includes four TEDx Talks and speeches to leading corporations, non-profits, governmental agencies, and educational institutions. Samra’s work has been extensively featured in both Canadian and International media.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | Transforming Trauma is presented by the Complex Trauma Training Center. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:16.0 | Are you a licensed mental health professional looking to deepen your clinical expertise in healing complex trauma? |
| 0:22.6 | We are thrilled to announce our summer 2025 NARM Therapist Training offering, designed to equip you with the transformative power of the neuroaffective relational model. |
| 0:31.6 | The summer online cohort for the NARM Therapist's training runs from May to December 2025. Through this advanced |
| 0:38.7 | clinical training, you'll learn how to confidently and compassionately heal the impact of |
| 0:43.8 | adverse childhood experiences, complex trauma, and CPDSD. You'll gain specialized trauma-informed |
| 0:50.1 | training that supports the resolution of attachment, developmental, relational, cultural, and |
| 0:55.5 | intergenerational trauma. Join us and experience the integration of the neurobiologically informed |
| 1:01.3 | clinical approach that promotes post-traumatic growth, become part of a community where mindfulness |
| 1:06.6 | meets clinical expertise, and embody professional and personal growth with a catalyst for |
| 1:11.6 | transformation in your practice and community. |
| 1:14.8 | Visit Complextrauma Training Center.com to register for the summer 2025 NARM Therapist |
| 1:20.0 | Training. Enrollment is open to licensed psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, |
| 1:25.0 | and other licensed mental health professionals, as well as graduate |
| 1:27.8 | trainees and interns working toward licensure. |
| 1:33.2 | And now for our interview. Dr. Samra Zafar is an award-winning international speaker, |
| 1:39.3 | best-selling author, and resident psychiatrist. After escaping a decade of abuse as a child bride in Canada, |
| 1:45.5 | she went on to pursue her education and became a global advocate for progress. Her speaking portfolio |
| 1:50.8 | includes four TED Talks and speeches to leading corporations, nonprofits, governmental agencies, |
| 1:56.9 | and educational institutions. Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Samra Zafar. All right, I am sitting here with |
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