‘TEDX: Trauma and Truth’ with Natalia Rachel

Founder of Illuma Health,
Author of ‘Why Am I Like This?: Illuminating the traumatised self’, Therapist, and Keynote Speaker.

“Trauma-work is how we heal. Each person who commits to their own trauma-work becomes more peaceful, empathetic and more compassionate.”

In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel gives her keynote speech prepared for TEDX PurdueU. She addresses concepts on trauma, where we are today as a humanity, and what we need to do in order to heal and become more peaceful, empathetic and compassionate humans. Her big idea is that as humanity continues to move through cycles of distress, disease, mental health crisis, inequity, violence and oppression, we need to look at root cause in order to heal. When we do our own healing work, we become the humans that break the cycle and learn how  to live and relate in ways that support others to heal too.

About Natalia Rachel:

Natalia Rachel shares her voice to begin to remedy the world’s state of hustle, trauma, bias, disconnect, and disrespect. Her insights into the human condition and our profound need for healing, self-compassion, empathy, and human connection, inspire audiences to awaken their hearts, illuminate their patterns and step forward towards self-care and relational repair. She is a proud recipient of the Women Icons Asia Award (emerging entrepreneur) for social impact in the domain of trauma-informed culture transformation & self-mastery education. Natalia’s highly anticipated book ‘Why Am I Like This?’ launched last year with Penguin Random House.

Her goal is to bring trauma work to the mainstream and bridge the gap between mental health, diversity equity, inclusion, and human sustainability.