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This week on Growing Tall Poppies, I’m coming to you from breathtaking Interlaken, Switzerland — where the mountains meet the lake, and the stillness invites deep reflection.

The past few days have been about rest, recovery, and gentle exploration as my daughter continues to heal after falling seriously ill on our Europe trip. Thankfully, she’s feeling a little better each day — but like her mother, she has FOMO (fear of missing out) and doesn’t want to miss a single moment.

This got me thinking about the tension so many of us feel during healing — the pull between wanting to experience everything life offers and the need to slow down to truly recover.

In this heartfelt episode, I share:

• 🌄 The life and healing lessons I’ve learned from Switzerland’s lakes and mountains
• 💡 Why FOMO often intensifies for people in Post-Traumatic Growth
• 🛑 How to shift from “fear of missing out” to the “joy of missing out”
• 💤 Practical strategies for resting without guilt and still feeling fulfilled
• ❤️ The importance of presence and small, intentional moments in your healing journey

If you’ve ever struggled with slowing down — or felt like you were missing out while trying to heal — this episode will help you see rest as a gift, not a sacrifice.

🎧 Tune in and learn how to balance adventure and recovery so you can heal without regret.

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In this special, unplanned and totally unscripted episode of Growing Tall Poppies, I’m coming to you live from Zurich with a raw and real update from my family trip across Europe—a journey that has been full of beauty, challenges, and unexpected lessons.

From the joy of flying business class for the first time, to walking 12,000 steps a day despite severe arthritis, and complex regional pain syndrome to navigating credit card fraud in Amsterdam, to watching my daughter battle serious illness in Paris and Switzerland—this trip has been nothing like I imagined.

But that’s life, isn’t it? Especially when you’ve been through trauma and are working towards Post-Traumatic Growth. Sometimes the biggest growth comes when we’re forced to adapt, let go of rigid expectations, and truly listen to what we (and our loved ones) need.

In this heartfelt conversation, I share:

• 🌍 My biggest lessons in flexibility, patience, and adaptability while traveling
• 🛑 Why taking time to pause, rest, and reflect is essential for healing
• 👩‍👧 How being a mum in crisis mode reminded me about the balance between self-sacrifice and self-care
• 💡 How to give yourself permission to revisit old patterns when they serve a purpose—and let go of the guilt attached to this
• ❤️ Why it’s okay when your goals change along the way

If you’ve ever felt frustrated when things didn’t go to plan—or struggled to balance your own needs with caring for others—this episode will give you both comfort and practical takeaways.

🎧 Listen in for a gentle reminder that healing isn’t about perfection—it’s about adaptability, compassion, and staying connected to what matters most.

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In this raw, deeply honest follow-up to Episode 63, I share more of the untold story — the messy middle — of what happened after I first spoke up about my experience with professional harm and systemic failure.

What unfolds is a journey of gaslighting, bureaucratic stonewalling, and a complaint system that not only dismissed the truth — but later turned on me. From regulatory bodies and beyond, I walk you through what it’s like to speak out in a system designed to protect, but that too often silences the very people it claims to serve.

This episode is about:

• 💔 The toll of being dismissed, disbelieved, and re-traumatized
• 🧠 Navigating trauma within a bureaucratic system
• 🔥 The moment I chose not to wait for justice, but to reclaim my power
• 💡 The path forward — from victim to voice, from survival to post-traumatic growth

Whether you've experienced systemic harm in healthcare, mental health, or legal institutions — or supported others who have — this episode is for you.

🎧 Tune in to hear:

• The moment that broke me
• The silence that screamed louder than words
• The cost of speaking up
• And the choice I’m making now — to lead, to advocate, and to help others heal

👉 Be sure to follow me on Instagram and Facebook for behind-the-scenes of what comes next, including my travels, healing in real time, and sharing more about the post-traumatic growth that’s shaping my life and work.

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It’s raw. It’s vulnerable. And it’s something so many of us can relate to — the re-trauma that happens when we turn to the system for support… and find more harm.

I’m not sharing this for sympathy. I’m sharing it because it’s time we stop being silent about the systems that silence us.

And now… I’m choosing something different:
✨ To heal out loud.
✨ To walk my talk.
✨ To show you, in real time, what post-traumatic growth can truly look like.

That means I’ll be taking a month off to travel through Europe, shedding more of the old and creating space for the new. Not just personally — but professionally, creatively, spiritually.

🌿 If you want to follow the journey, I’ll be sharing it all — raw, real, and unfiltered — on:

• Instagram
• Facebook

Thank you — for witnessing this, for walking beside me, and for believing in the power of healing, even when it’s messy.

With deep love and gratitude,
Dr. Natalie Green

P.S. If this episode resonates with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it. You never know the power of a story… until it helps someone else rise.

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Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound.

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.