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The Wheel of Wellbeing podcast discusses healing from childhood trauma. Trauma is an upsetting experience that can affect a person emotionally, mentally, or physically. It can happen at any age and can have negative impacts on the brain. Healing from trauma involves taking actions to address and overcome its effects. Hello, welcome to another episode of the Wheel of Wellbeing. I'm your host Nyaba, and for those of you who are new to this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to the eight parts of wellbeing. The topic that we will be going over today will relate to emotional and physical wellbeing. Today, we will be talking about how to heal from childhood trauma. And now this may be a touchy topic, but don't worry. We won't be diving too deep into childhood trauma. Instead, this podcast episode will discuss actions you can take to heal from it. But first, what is trauma? According to the Impact of Trauma on Neurodevelopment and Learning, trauma is an upsetting experience that can be emotionally, mentally, or physically overwhelming for a person. Traumatic experiences can be a one-time event or a long-term event or exposure to a person. Trauma can happen at any age, at any time, from when you're a child to when you're an adult in your 40s. When trauma is left untreated, it can negatively alter your brain, especially during childhood, a time when your brain is most vulnerable to changes and experiences in your life. Some of these negative impacts include hormonal, epigenetic, neurological, and immune system changes to your brain. Writer Amanda Merrick explains, these changes affect your teen and adult brains later in life. So what are ways we can heal from it, you may ask?