Trauma isn’t who you are

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Our experiences in life lead us to where we end up, but they don’t have to define who we are today.

You might try saying to yourself, “I had a traumatic experience, but I am not that experience.”

Ask yourself, “Who would I be without this story? Who do I want to be today?”

Is it possible to use your experience, your story, to help someone else with theirs?

Copyright © 2020 Chelsey Fjeldheim, Courage Speaks Counseling

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