Dahlia is joined by Caroline Strawson, expert in understanding, identifying and recovering from trauma.

Dahlia and Caroline discuss what trauma is, how it is triggered and what it does to our nervous systems, our confidence and our mindset.

Caroline draws on her own traumatic experience of marrying a narcissist and shares how she recognised her situation and managed to break free and begin again.

Dahlia and Caroline discuss the stress of being stuck in what Caroline calls 'functional freeze' and how to build the confidence to move forward step by step.

Caroline Strawson is an award-winning Hay House Author, nervous system educator and

one of the world’s most influential voices in trauma informed healing and mental health. As

the founder of The Mental Wellbeing Company, the UK’s fastest-growing franchise, and

TIDAL – Trauma Informed Development And Learning, she is leading a national

movement to transform mental health in homes, schools, workplaces and communities.

With lived experience of domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and complex trauma,

Caroline rebuilt her life from rock bottom and has since dedicated her work to helping others

do the same. She is living proof that rock bottom can become a platform and that a

diagnosis, a label or a past chapter never has to define a person’s future.

Today, Caroline is a global educator, trainer and speaker, teaching that there are no bad

parts of us,, only nervous system responses and unhealed pain reducing shame on a

global scale..

She has personally trained thousands of practitioners, and is the creator and

lead educator of the world’s only Trauma Informed Coaching & Leadership Level 7

Qualification, delivered through her CMI Centre and accredited internationally.

She is trained in multiple therapeutic and coaching modalities including Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Positive Psychology and Nervous System-based trauma therapies.

Caroline’s work reaches millions worldwide. She hosts a chart-topping podcast called No

Visible Bruises, with over 6 million downloads, her YouTube content has reached over 14

million views, and she has built a loyal and engaged community of over half a million

followers across her social platforms. Her expertise has been featured on national television

and in numerous publications, where she is frequently called upon as a trusted voice in

trauma, relationships and nervous system education.

Through TIDAL, Caroline and her team deliver trauma informed leadership and mental

health programmes into organisations, reducing burnout, absenteeism and emotional

fatigue and creating psychologically safe cultures where people feel seen, heard and

understood.

Caroline’s mission is driven by a simple but powerful belief that when people understand

their nervous system, they reclaim their choices. She is passionate about bringing compassion, science and humanity back into the way we view mental health, behaviour and emotional struggle reminding audiences everywhere that there is always a reason for how we feel and how we act, and that healing is critical for every nervous system.