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.
Contributors
Guests
Hope Pedraza
Hope Pedraza is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Human Design Guide, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and host of the Hopeful and Wholesome podcast. She helps high-performing, spiritually curious women optimize their energy, rebalance their nervous system, and reconnect with their body’s wisdom so they can scale their business and life without burnout. Her signature method blends functional labs, Human Design embodiment, and subconscious reprogramming to create sustainable radiance from the inside out.
Jenny Steadman
Jenny Steadman is a company director, leadership consultant, mother, wife, keynote speaker, and meditation teacher. Her life journey also includes navigating the challenges as a victim survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She founded the Wisdom of Survivors project, gathering stories and insights from those who have made significant progress in their healing, to support those in need. She is also the Co-National Director of Potential Project Australia, a global company on a mission to create a more human world of work.
Jo Muirhead
Meet Jo Muirhead, the unstoppable force of nature a career loving mum, a loving wife, and a die-hard macchiato enthusiast! Surviving cancer and battling chronic pain, Jo is on a mission to redefine herself and inspire others along the way.
With over two decades of experience as a Rehabilitation Counsellor, Jo isn't just a pro at her job – she's a legend! In 2018, she clinched the prestigious Allied Health Awards Rehabilitation Counselor of the Year title, proving that she's not just good; she's outstanding!
But Jo's not one to rest on her laurels. She's a fierce advocate for the power of work in everyone's life, even for fellow health professionals in private practice. As an in-demand international coach and speaker, she's on a mission to shake up the healthcare scene by showing how effective private practice can be a game-changer.
Oh and she’s written a couple of books too. Jo continues to inspire us all with her infectious energy and unstoppable spirit!
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Melanie Benson
Melanie Benson is the go-to Authority Amplifier for expert-preneurs who are ready to become Un-Ignorable. With over two decades of experience helping experts and visionary leaders break out of “best-kept secret” mode, Melanie specializes in turning overlooked brilliance into profitable visibility with high-value clients ready to say yes.
A pioneer in the podcasting world, Melanie hosts the Amplify Your Success podcast—ranked in the Top 1% globally—where she shares proven visibility and monetization strategies. She’s the author of Rewired for Wealth.
Her work has been spotlighted in Authority Magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Woman’s Day, and Parenting. Through her signature Authority Accelerator, she’ll help you claim your Lighthouse Message™ and borrow Million Dollar Visibility streams, so you rise above the noise and get seen, heard, and paid.