Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma
Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma is the podcast for anyone ready to heal from trauma, reclaim their power, and step into post-traumatic growth. Hosted by trauma therapist, coach, and author Dr. Natalie (Nat) Green, this empowering podcast blends real-life survivor stories, expert insights, and practical strategies to help you move beyond pain and create a life filled with purpose, resilience, and joy.
Each episode dives deep into the psychological and emotional journey of thriving after trauma—exploring identity, values, nervous system healing, resilience, and renewed purpose. You’ll hear how others overcame adversity, plus learn tools you can use to regulate your nervous system, rewire your mindset, and accelerate your growth journey.
What You’ll Gain from Growing Tall Poppies: Thrive After Trauma
🌱 Real Stories of Resilience – Inspiring conversations with survivors who turned trauma into strength and transformation.
🧠 Expert Guidance & Healing Tools – Proven strategies from leading professionals on trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and mental health.
✨ Empowering Insights – Explore the mindsets, practices, and Trauma Archetypes that unlock post-traumatic growth and freedom.
💡 Psychology Meets Coaching – Innovative approaches that bridge science, therapy, and coaching to fast-track healing and thriving.
With over 35 years’ experience and her own lived journey of trauma and growth, Dr. Nat Green—creator of the ABS Method® and Archetypes of Transformation—is dedicated to ending trauma-associated suffering. Through her podcast, bestselling books, and transformative programs, she guides survivors and professionals alike to rediscover their identity, align with their values, and shine brightly beyond adversity.
If you’re ready to not just survive trauma but truly thrive after it, this podcast is your roadmap to resilience, healing, and post-traumatic growth.
Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma
Latest Episodes
Tall Poppy Syndrome: Why You Were Never Meant To Stay Small
What if tall poppy syndrome isn’t only about other people cutting us down? What if we have also learned to cut ourselves down before anybody else gets the chance?We minimise our achievements, soften our opinions, deflect compliments, hid...
When Survival Becomes an Identity: Finding Your Way Back to Yourself with Mary Armendarez
Have you noticed how trauma or hardship can leave you feeling stuck in survival mode - not fully present, with layers of anger, grief, or fear bubbling beneath the surface? What if thriving after trauma isn’t about fixing yourself or “getting b...
She Taught Me Why the Ordinary Days Are Everything: A Tribute to My Beautiful Friend Narelle
This episode is a little different.In Episode 111, I spoke about two beautiful friends facing very different battles. One of those friends was Narelle — my beautiful friend of more than twenty years, who had been living with cancer for o...
In the Presence of Excellence: Powerful on the Outside, Quietly Unravelling Within
What happens when a woman who has spent her entire life producing excellence at the world's highest level suddenly finds herself quietly unravelling?In this episode, Dr Nat Green sits down with Stacey Nye - a remarkable wom...
When Was The Last Time You Felt Like Yourself? Maybe Coming Home Isn't About A Place
When was the last time you truly felt like yourself?Not the version of you that's constantly managing responsibilities, meeting expectations or holding everything together.The real you.In this deeply personal episode...