Episode Description
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
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