Shannon Thomas: What Healing Looks Like

Redefining Wealth with Patrice Washington

Patrice Washington

Self-improvement, Education:self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We are only going to grow to the extent that we’re willing to heal and a part of redefining self love is learning how to acknowledge and heal from hidden abuse. In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Shannon Thomas, LCSW, the international bestselling author of Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse and Exposing Financial Abuse: When Money is a Weapon. Shannon is the Owner/lead therapist of an award-winning counseling practice in Southlake, TX. Thomas, Founder of the Keep Dreaming Big Project, a IRS approved 501 (c)(3), a certified trauma therapist and a fellow survivor of psychological abuse who is helping people around the world find healing. Key discussion points from this episode include: 04:20 - An Unspoken Seventh Pillar 14:30 - How To Recognize Hidden Abuse 21:10 - Hidden Abuse In Religious Settings 30:00 - Identifying Signs Of Abuse While Dating 37:50 - Healing From Hidden Abuse What Healing Looks Like Takeaways “I equate hidden abuse to poison in water, ‘You don’t really see it, until you start to feel it’.” - Shannon Thomas “Psychological abuse is always there before a physical abuse episode.” - Shannon Thomas “Stone walling is truly the message of, ‘I don’t see you, you don’t exist and you don’t matter’.” - Shannon Thomas “It is a privilege to be in my presence.” - Patrice Washington “Psychological abusers are attracted to success.” - Shannon Thomas “Collect impressive No’s.” - Patrice Washington “If I know where I’m not supposed to be, then I’m going to be really excited to know where I’m supposed to be.” - Shannon Thomas Redefining Wealth Rapid Wisdom Questions And with that, let’s dig into Shannon’s responses to our Redefining Wealth Rapid Wisdom Questions. Define Success: “I define success by being at peace.” Define Wealth in 3 Words or Less: "My own freedom.” One Book that Has Helped You Redefined Wealth For Yourself: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Fill-in the Blanks … “My name is ___ and the truth about wealth is ___”: “My name is Shannon Thomas and to me, the truth about wealth is you can define it for yourself.” Connect With Shannon: Instagram: @shannonthomas | https://www.instagram.com/shannonthomas/ Website: https://shannonthomas.com/ Counseling Practice: https://southlakecounseling.org/ LINKS: Take The Redefining Wealth QUIZ: https://patricewashington.com/starthere/ Book Me To Speak: https://patricewashington.com/speaking/ Find Me On Instagram: @SeekWisdomPCW https://www.instagram.com/seekwisdompcw/ Our Sponsors: * Check out Factor 75 and use my code rw50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	psychological abusers are attracted to success so they go for strengths. So the more successful
0:08.0	by the world's definitions that we do have blessings come to us, the more hidden abusers we're
0:14.3	going to recognize have sort of jumped on as you don't want to pick little pieces of flesh.
0:20.2	So it is not for those that, you know, oh, I'm weak or oh, I'm this or it's actually
0:25.6	you become a target the more successful you become.
0:43.2	You're listening to the redefining wealth podcast with Patrice Washington.
0:47.4	This is the space that you come to each and every week to learn more about what it means to
0:51.6	chase purpose, not money. Because in this community, we have a different perspective of wealth.
0:56.7	We understand that wealth is not just about money and material possessions. We believe in the
1:02.0	original 12th century definition of wealth, which says it's about the condition of well being.
1:07.6	And so we talk about the parts of life where we need to be well if we're going to get to the
1:13.0	wealth building phases of our journey. So I'm really excited about today's guest because as I've
1:20.5	shared with you, this entire season is about redefining love, love of self, love of God,
1:26.7	and love for others. And I know personally that, you know, I've been on such a self-love journey
1:32.5	and some of that had to come from no longer romanticizing reality. That means that I had to really
1:39.5	be honest about what I was experiencing and then get the tools and resources to help me figure
1:46.0	out what that really was. And it's a big thing. It's a lot. So I want us to dive into this conversation
1:52.6	with Dr. Shannon Thomas, who's a friend of the Rita Finding Wealth podcast. You have heard her
1:57.6	here before. But before I read her bio, let's get to the affirmation of the week.
2:16.8	We've got to affirm positivity. We've got to affirm abundance. We've got to affirm yourself
2:25.6	the world. This week's affirmation is, I enforce my boundaries with ease. To protect my personal
2:36.7	relationships and honor my personal commitments, I put boundaries in place in my professional life.
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