Truths About Trauma No One Told You (with Anya Charnaud)

Have you ever wondered, “Was what I went through really trauma?”

Or have you felt ashamed that therapy means your faith is weak?

For years, I told myself what I went through wasn’t bad enough to matter. Not war. Not abuse. Not the kind of “big T trauma” you read about.

But then my body broke down—chronic pain, panic, tears that wouldn’t stop.

It was only when I began to understand what trauma really is—not the size of the event, but the wound left inside—that healing finally began.

In this new episode of Tender & Wild, I sit down with psychotherapist Anya Charnaud, who brings over two decades of experience in the NHS and private practice, to unpack:

• What trauma really is (and isn’t)

• Why Russian nesting dolls explain our inner child and reactions

• The “fishing net” analogy for triggers

• Why complex trauma is like a car alarm that won’t stop blaring

• How faith and science can walk together in recovery

You are not alone.
You are not too much.
And you are not beyond healing.

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