Madeline Popelka on Healing from PTSD

Episode 17: Madeline Popelka on Healing from PTSD

What Doesn't Kill Us by Dr Marion Piper | Jan 2024 | 37:39

You've heard me talk about post-traumatic growth (PTG) in previous episodes, but today's conversation tackles a related, but different, experience of trauma: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Meet the incredible Madeline Popelka, trauma survivor and founder of @healingfromptsd. Madeline and I talk about her experience with PTSD, her new book called You're going to be okay and a few other little treats along the way.

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Madeline Popelka grew up in a household where mental health was never discussed. Suffering alone, when she started to experience PTSD symptoms in her late twenties, she realized she didn't know the ­ first step in getting help. As Madeline began her healing journey, she felt an urge to create a space for other trauma survivors on Instagram, @HealingFromPTSD, which is now the largest trauma healing community on Instagram. There she shares her hard-earned lessons on healing, inspiring hundreds of thousands of survivors along their own healing journeys. To learn more about Madeline and her work, visit her website at: madelinepopelka.com and her Instagram: ⁠@HealingFromPTSD⁠.

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