Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma

Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma is the podcast for anyone ready to heal from trauma, reclaim their power, and step into post-traumatic growth. Hosted by trauma therapist, coach, and author Dr. Natalie (Nat) Green, this empowering podcast blends real-life survivor stories , expert insights , and practical strategies to help you move beyond pain and create a life filled with purpose, resilience, and joy. Each episode dives deep into the psychological and emotional journey of thriving after trauma—exploring identity, values, nervous system healing, resilience, and renewed purpose. You’ll hear how others overcame adversity, plus learn tools you can use to regulate your nervous system, rewire your mindset, and accelerate your growth journey. What You’ll Gain from Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma 🌱 Real Stories of Resilience – Inspiring conversations with survivors who turned trauma i

Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma is a education podcast hosted by Dr Nat Green, with 119 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dr Nat Green hosts Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma, a education show with 119 episodes published.

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  Episode #118

  She Taught Me Why the Ordinary Days Are Everything: A Tribute to My Beautiful Friend Narelle

  Aug 17, 202638 minS3

  Send us a Message to connect This episode is a little different. In Episode 111, I spoke about two beautiful friends facing very different battles. One of those friends was Narelle — my beautiful friend of more than twenty years, who had been living with cancer for over a decade. Narelle has since passed away. But in this deeply personal episode, I don't want to tell you the story of how Narelle died. I want to tell you a little about how she lived . About the woman behind the cancer — the friend, the nurse, the dedicated mum, the woman with the enormous smile and infectious laugh who never went without her lippy and the woman who became woven into our family's life for more than two decades. This episode is also an honest reflection on grief — including the grief that comes before loss, the extraordinary privilege and heartbreak of walking beside someone during the final part of their life, and the strange dissonance of stepping back outside into a world carrying on with its perfectly ordinary day while you're carrying something enormous inside you. I also share something deeply personal about the way our nervous systems can hold the stories of previous losses, and how something happening today can unexpectedly touch a place inside us where another goodbye still lives. Love can touch love. Loss can touch loss. But woven through all of this is something Narelle has left me thinking about deeply: The ordinary days. The coffees. The sunrises. The laughter. The conversations. Sitting at the lighthouse. The moments we barely notice while we're living them, never imagining that one day we might give anything to experience them just one more time. This isn't an invitation to live perfectly or to seize every moment. It's simply an invitation to be here for more of it . Make the phone call. Have the damn coffee. Take the damn photo. Sit at the lighthouse a little longer. Tell the people you love what they mean to you while they're still here to hear it. Because perhaps the ordinary days aren't what happen in between the important moments. Perhaps the ordinary days are everything. This episode is for you, Narelle. Thank you for the extraordinary privilege of being your friend. With all my love. Dr Nat xx If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound. Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

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  Episode #116

  When Was The Last Time You Felt Like Yourself? Maybe Coming Home Isn't About A Place

  Aug 3, 202618 minS3

  Send us a Message to connect When was the last time you truly felt like yourself? Not the version of you that's constantly managing responsibilities, meeting expectations or holding everything together. The real you. In this deeply personal episode, Dr Nat shares the unexpected experience of returning to the regional country town where she grew up after travelling home for a funeral. What she thought would be a whirlwind visit became something much more profound—a reminder that sometimes coming home isn't about returning to a place at all. Sometimes it's about returning to yourself. As she sat beside a quiet river, breathed in the fresh country air and allowed herself to simply be, she noticed something shift. Her nervous system softened. The constant pressure to keep doing dissolved, even if only for a little while. And in that space came an important question: How many of us have quietly drifted away from ourselves without even realising it? This episode explores why so many high-functioning women can feel disconnected from themselves despite outward success, why our nervous systems often tell us we're safe only when we're productive, and why the journey back to ourselves is often much gentler than we imagine. If you've been feeling exhausted, disconnected, overwhelmed or like you've lost sight of who you are beneath all the roles you carry, this conversation is an invitation to pause, breathe and remember yourself again. In this episode we explore: Why coming home isn't always about returning to a place. How your nervous system influences your sense of identity and belonging. The subtle ways we can lose ourselves while simply trying to cope with life. Why slowing down can feel unfamiliar, even uncomfortable. The importance of creating moments where your nervous system feels safe enough to soften. What it really means to come home to yourself. Key Takeaways Quiet moments can reveal profound personal insights. Returning to familiar places can reconnect us with our true selves. Small, quiet shifts often indicate deep inner growth. Practicing mindfulness and trauma release can facilitate healing. Authentic self-connection is often found in simplicity. A Question To Reflect On When was the last time you truly felt like yourself? Not the version of you that's constantly doing... The version of you that simply gets to be. If this episode resonated with you... If you've been doing the inner work but still feel like something is quietly holding you back, it may not be a lack of motivation, confidence or willpower. It may be that your identity is still organised around survival. That's exactly why I created my Archetypes of Transformation™ and Invisible Ceiling Assessment™ —to help you begin recognising the unconscious patterns, identity fractures and protective strategies that may be keeping you from fully stepping into the life that's waiting for you. Take the free Quiz here Because perhaps the person you're searching for isn't someone you need to become. Perhaps they're someone you've been finding your way back to all along. If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound. Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

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  Episode #115

  Who Taught You That Being Strong Meant Never Stopping ?

  Jul 27, 202619 minS3

  Send us a Message to connect Have you ever noticed that even when you finally have time to rest.... you still can't? You answer one more email. Fold another load of washing. Organise tomorrow. Check on everyone else. And before you know it, another opportunity to simply be has disappeared. In this week's Conversations with Dr Nat , host Dr Nat Green explores why so many high-functioning women feel compelled to keep going—even when they're physically and emotionally exhausted. Because what if the problem isn't your workload? What if your nervous system learned, many years ago, that being strong meant never stopping? Through deeply personal stories about her Mum, her own healing journey after PTSD, and decades of working with women who quietly carry everyone else, Dr Nat explores how the beliefs we absorb in childhood continue shaping our identity, our nervous system and our relationship with rest. This isn't about blaming our parents. It's about understanding ourselves with compassion. Because once we understand where our patterns came from.... we finally have permission to choose differently. In this episode we explore: Why so many high-functioning women struggle to slow down How childhood beliefs shape our relationship with work, productivity and rest Why your nervous system may feel safer doing than simply being The invisible identity patterns that keep women over-functioning How family role models influence our beliefs about strength and self-worth Why slowing down can feel uncomfortable—even when you desperately need it The difference between surviving and truly living Three gentle reflections to help you notice your own patterns this week A Question To Sit With Who taught you that being strong meant never stopping? And perhaps even more importantly... Is that belief still serving the woman you're becoming? If this episode resonated... Please share it with someone who has always been "the strong one." Sometimes the women who hold everything together are the ones who most need permission to put the weight down. Connect with Dr Nat Discover your Archetype - Take the FREE Archetypes of Transformation Quiz here and discover the unconscious patterns shaping your identity and nervous system. ️ Subscribe to Growing Tall Poppies so you never miss an episode. Subscribe to Conversations with Dr Nat - our Weekly connection here for weekly reflections designed to help you reconnect with yourself, increase your capacity, and gently become who you were always meant to be. If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound. Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

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  Episode #115

  Who Taught You That Being Strong Meant Never Stopping ?

  Jul 27, 202619 minS3

  <p>Send us a Message to connect </p><p>Have you ever noticed that even when you finally have time to rest....</p><p>you still can't?</p><p>You answer one more email.</p><p>Fold another load of washing.</p><p>Organise tomorrow.</p><p>Check on everyone else.</p><p>And before you know it, another opportunity to simply be has disappeared.</p><p>In this week's <b>Conversations with Dr Nat</b>, host Dr Nat Green explores why so many high-functioning women feel compelled to keep going—even when they're physically and emotionally exhausted.</p><p>Be...

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  Episode #114

  You Don't Have a Productivity Problem, You Have a Permission Problem

  Jul 20, 202621 minS3

  Send us a Message to connect Conversations with Dr Nat is a short weekly reflection for high-functioning women who are tired of just ‘surviving’ and ready to come home to themselves. Have you ever finally had time to rest.... only to find yourself cleaning the house, answering emails or searching for something productive to do? What if the problem isn't that you're bad at relaxing? What if your nervous system simply doesn't feel safe slowing down? In this second episode of Conversations with Dr Nat , host Dr Nat Green explores why so many high-functioning women struggle to rest—even when they're completely exhausted. Through a deeply personal story from a long-awaited family holiday through Europe, Dr Nat reflects on the surprising moment she realised that being needed felt more familiar than simply receiving and allowing rest. It became a powerful reminder that many of us don't have a productivity problem at all—we have a permission problem. This isn't a conversation about time management. It's a conversation about identity, nervous system safety, and the beliefs we've quietly carried for years about worth, productivity and rest. If you've ever felt guilty for slowing down... If you've ever believed you needed to earn your rest... If you've ever wondered why doing feels easier than simply being... this conversation is for you. In this episode we explore: • Why rest can feel uncomfortable even when you're exhausted • The hidden beliefs that make us feel we have to earn our worth • How your nervous system learns what feels safe and familiar • Why high-achieving women often struggle to slow down • The difference between productivity and permission • A personal story that changed the way I think about rest forever • Three gentle reflections to help you notice your own patterns this week A question to sit with Who taught you that rest had to be earned? If this episode resonated with you, I'd love you to share it with someone who is always looking after everyone else. Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who most need to hear that they're allowed to stop. Connect with Dr Nat Discover your Archetype - Take the FREE Archetypes of Transformation Quiz here ️ Subscribe to Growing Tall Poppies Subscribe to Conversations with Dr Nat - our Weekly connection here If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound. Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

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