TW: Discussion of domestic violence. Nichole Myles is a survivor and speaker who talks about post-traumatic growth, resilience, and trauma-informed practices. We had so much to talk about that this interview will be broken up into two parts - with today’s focus being thriving after abuse and post-traumatic growth. 

We will discuss:

• Surviving domestic violence
• Leaving an abusive relationship or marriage
• Having a child in an abusive relationship
• Healing from abuse and trauma
• Post-Traumatic growth
• Empowering yourself after abuse
• Shame around divorce and leaving abusive marriages
• Staying in an abusive relationship or marriage for a child
• Recovering after abuse and domestic violence
• Talking about your abuse
• How to know if you are being abused
• How to know if you are in an abusive relationship
• Believing the abuse is not your fault
• Negative self-talk and messaging
• NLP // Neuro Linguistic Programming Tips
• Grieving an abusive relationship or missing your abuser
• Going no contact with your abuser
• Toxic positivity and toxic gratitude
•  Loss of identity after abuse
• Feeling broken after abuse
• Finding your voice after abuse
• Reclaiming your story
• DARVO technique
• Rebuilding your life after abuse
• Talking your power back

You can find today's show notes on Root and Rise Blog.

 You can find Nichole here: https://linktr.ee/mylestogo

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Whenever I talk about domestic violence, I like to include the hotline that you can call or text if you are in that situation. You can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-SAFE or by texting “start” to 88788. You are not alone. And you do not have to go through this alone.

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