Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

We're going to be talking about money and trauma.

When we're talking about trauma, we have to understand this reflexive action that our brains are

designed to go into a primitive state, a reactive state, a stress response state.

So it's a state of survival rather than thriving.

If you've experienced tremendous trauma in your life,

do not be surprised if your financial situation has left you exasperated.

So when we think about trauma, we're talking about something

that's happened to us that basically causes us to feel powerless in the moment or overwhelmed

in the moment. But trauma can also have long lasting effects. In other words, like, even though I

had this traumatic experience, I can still experience trauma

and overwhelm in the future over this event.

We're talking about PTSD.

Then there's complex PTSD, which basically refers to this idea of being unable to escape a trauma. Think about a child born to

alcoholic parents who are not being attended to, are not being attuned to. There could be

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