Tanner Wallace, PhD, On Waking Up to Trauma and Healing as a Parent, Partner, and Person

EPISODE #56 - Buckle up. This month’s theme in the Yes Collective is emotional trauma and we’re kicking everything off with our interview with the incomparable Tanner Wallace, PhD. Tanner is a trauma recovery coach and educator, a level 1 practitioner in Internal Family Systems, a complex trauma survivor, and a parent. She also earned a PhD in education from UCLA and was a tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh studying psychological safety and the motivation to learn. Tanner describes herself as a compassionate, no-contact daughter, supportive sibling to an also-in-recovery human, a second wife, an ex-wife, a biological mother, a stepmother, a holder of space, a cheerleader, and a champion for Self Energetic living. We dove deep into trauma, complex trauma, and healing from trauma as a parent, partner and person. Tanner dropped so many nuggets of wisdom, you’ll need to listen to this episode multiple times—on half speed. So, grab a cup of tea, relax into your favorite chair, and meet the amazing and wise Tanner Wallace, PhD.