Trauma Rock Stars® is a trauma recovery and healing podcast for survivors ready to move from surviving to thriving. Hosted by Tracy Smaldino — a survivor, advocate, and speaker — this is a safe, real, and empowering space for anyone navigating trauma recovery, emotional healing, and post-traumatic growth. Each week we dive into the real, emotional truth of healing — with honest conversations, practical tools, and inspiring survivor stories that break the silence, remove the shame, and celebrate the courage it takes to grow through what you've been through. Whether you're navigating childhood trauma, PTSD, grief, anxiety, or nervous system healing — just beginning or deep in it — you'll find support, inspiration, and community here. From personal stories to expert interviews and therapeutic tools, this is where trauma survivors become the rock stars of their own lives. Because your trauma doesn't define you — it refines you. <
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Episode #74
Why Did You Stop Doing the Healing Work That Was Working? | Trauma Rock Stars™
Sep 1, 202613 min
Send us Fan Mail Learn how to restart your healing journey after you fall off, and why taking a break from the work doesn't mean you quit. In this trauma recovery podcast episode, trauma survivor Tracy Smaldino shares why healing burnout is real, why fall is the true reset season, and how the emotional weight she was carrying kept her body from letting go for decades. Every tour has a break in it. Coming back is always harder than starting. That doesn't mean the tour is over. In this episode: - Why healing burnout is real and why your break was necessary, not a failure - What touring actually does to a body — and why healing is the exact same job - The story you tell yourself about the gap and why it does more damage than the gap - Why fall is the real reset season, not January - Why you shouldn't come back to something new - How unprocessed emotional weight kept Tracy's body holding on for decades - Why the inside work has to come before the outside work - 5 steps to get back on tour this week "Missing your practice is a gap. Believing you're someone who can't sustain a practice is an identity. One of those takes a week to fix." — Tracy Smaldino SONGS THAT SAVED US — Healing Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy Newsletter — every Sunday: https://traumarockstars.com/#newsletter All links: https://linktr.ee/traumarockstars SUPPORT THE SHOW: ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/traumarockstars ️ Become a Supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2526063/supporters/new Support the show
Can You Really Heal From Childhood Trauma and Break the Cycle? | Trauma Rock Stars™
Aug 27, 202652 min
Send us Fan Mail Healing from childhood trauma and breaking generational cycles of abuse, addiction, and people pleasing is possible — and Hilary Maumberger Powers is living proof. In this trauma recovery podcast episode, Tracy Smaldino sits down with transformation mentor, trauma coach, and the original voice of Sally in Charlie Brown Peanuts — whose journey from homelessness and addiction to healing and purpose will leave you breathless. In this episode: - Growing up in Hollywood with a narcissistic alcoholic mother - Being the voice of Sally in Peanuts from age 5 to 12 - How childhood trauma creates people pleasing and self-destruction - Running away at 14, living on the streets and addiction - The fire escape moment that cracked everything open - Inner child work and meditation that changed everything - Forgiving her mother and going from $20K to $100K - 34 years as a Hollywood script supervisor - Why your desire must be greater than your lack - How to go from victim to victor in trauma recovery "Your desire has to be greater than your lack. Whichever energy is strongest wins." — Hilary Maumberger Powers CONNECT WITH HILARY: → Website: https://hilarymombergerpowers.com NOT SURE WHERE TO START YOUR HEALING? Free Life Audit Quiz — 8 questions, a few minutes: https://traumarockstars.com/lifeaudit SONGS THAT SAVED US — Healing Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy → Rock Star 30™ Program: https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw?typeform-source=traumarockstars.com Newsletter: https://traumarockstars.com/#newsletter All links: https://linktr.ee/traumarockstars SUPPORT THE SHOW: ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/traumarockstars ️ Become a Supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2526063/supporters/new Support the show
Are You Stuck in the Messy Middle of Your Healing Journey? | Trauma Rock Stars™
Aug 25, 202615 min
Send us Fan Mail Feeling stuck in the middle of your trauma healing journey is one of the most common — and least talked about — experiences in trauma recovery. In this trauma healing podcast episode, Tracy Smaldino breaks down the bridge — the uncomfortable in-between stretch where most people quit — and shows you exactly how to cross it. In this episode: - Why the messy middle of healing feels so uniquely hard - Why most people quit in the bridge - What the bridge is actually building inside you - Signs you are in the bridge right now - How to measure progress when nothing feels like it's happening - Why Gertrude gets loudest here - 5 steps to cross the messy middle "You are not lost. You are not failing. You are in the bridge. And the bridge always leads to the final chorus." — Tracy Smaldino NOT SURE WHERE TO START YOUR HEALING? Free Life Audit Quiz — 8 questions, a few minutes: https://traumarockstars.com/lifeaudit SONGS THAT SAVED US — Healing Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy → Rock Star 30™ Program: https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw?typeform-source=traumarockstars.com Newsletter: https://traumarockstars.com/#newsletter All links: https://linktr.ee/traumarockstars SUPPORT THE SHOW: ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/traumarockstars ️ Become a Supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2526063/supporters/new Support the show
Can Your Worst Breakdown Lead to Your Biggest Breakthrough? | Trauma Rock Stars™
Aug 18, 202617 min
Send us Fan Mail Trauma recovery breakthroughs almost always follow a breakdown — and understanding why your worst moments are actually clearing space for healing can change everything. In this trauma healing podcast episode, Tracy Smaldino breaks down the tear down framework and shows you how to survive and grow through your biggest life breakdowns. In this episode: - Why your breakdown was actually a necessary tear down - Why trauma survivors experience breakdowns so deeply - The 4 stages of the healing tear down: The Lights Go Down The Audience Leaves The Crew Gets to Work The Empty Stage - Why the empty stage is the most important part - How to survive without rebuilding too fast - What your breakdown was clearing space for "Your breakdown was not a failure. It was your system saying the old stage has to come down. Because something better is being built." — Tracy Smaldino NOT SURE WHERE TO START YOUR HEALING? Free Life Audit Quiz — 8 questions, a few minutes: https://traumarockstars.com/lifeaudit SONGS THAT SAVED US — Healing Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy → Rock Star 30™ Program: https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw?typeform-source=traumarockstars.com Newsletter: https://traumarockstars.com/#newsletter All links: https://linktr.ee/traumarockstars SUPPORT THE SHOW: ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/traumarockstars ️ Become a Supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2526063/supporters/new Support the show
Is Fear of Being Seen Stopping Your Trauma Recovery? | Trauma Rock Stars™
Aug 11, 202618 min
Send us Fan Mail Fear of being seen and fear of showing up are two of the most common blocks in trauma recovery and healing. In this trauma healing podcast episode, Tracy Smaldino breaks down stage fright — what it really means, why trauma survivors feel it so deeply, and how to walk out onto the stage of your healing journey anyway. Even Barbra Streisand had stage fright for 27 years. Adele runs offstage mid-show. Elvis vomited before almost every performance. And every single one of them walked out anyway. In this episode: - Why stage fright means you care — not that you're not ready - The 4 fears hiding underneath your stage fright: Fear of being seen and found lacking Fear of success Fear of the healing work itself Fear of disappointing people - What happens when fear makes your healing decisions - Why avoidance makes the fear bigger - How Gertrude gets loudest before your biggest breakthroughs - 5 steps to perform anyway — even when terrified "Stage fright is not a stop sign. It is a signal that this matters. And things that matter are worth doing scared." — Tracy Smaldino NOT SURE WHERE TO START YOUR HEALING? Free Life Audit Quiz — 8 questions, a few minutes: https://traumarockstars.com/lifeaudit SONGS THAT SAVED US — Healing Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mQfkVQtw1eB1eNSsD9ZQy → Rock Star 30™ Program: https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw?typeform-source=traumarockstars.com Newsletter: https://traumarockstars.com/#newsletter All links: https://linktr.ee/traumarockstars SUPPORT THE SHOW: ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/traumarockstars ️ Become a Supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2526063/supporters/new Support the show
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