While we cannot undo or erase our painful traumatic experiences, we certainly learn from these experiences. In this episode, Anh and Aileen discuss how we can heal from our traumas, the importance of trauma therapy, and use your pain to help you find your internal strength to evolve into the healed and whole version of yourself to live a full life. 

Anh Lin is an interior stylist, founder of the faith and lifestyle blog Girl and the Word, and the creator of a video devotional series called The Abundant Life and the author of the new Christian nonfiction, Forever Home: Moving Beyond Brokenness to Build a Strong and Beautiful Life. 

02:18 Anh Lin’s mission and purpose for what she does
05:00 How Anh Lin separates work and hobby creativity
06:15 What Anh Lin’s new book Forever Home is about
11:27 The difference between talk therapy and trauma therapy
13:30 Anh Lin shares her life story
20:39 How to prepare for triggers
21:50 Talking about what EMDR is
25:15 Box breathing
26:20 Post-traumatic wisdom
27:17 How to use trauma as a reference or guidance for others
30:30 Anh Lin’s experience with marriage and healing
35:57 Aileen and Anh Lin discusses triggers and unhealed trauma
36:57 Ahn Lin shares about the book No Bad Parts and leading our inner children
41:00 What’s next for Ahn Lin
43:38 Ahn Lin’s advice for listeners

🎙️Complete show notes for this episode here

📹The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 243