How to Heal From Trauma and Become More Resilient: The Verywell Mind Podcast

Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eger shares how the suffering she endured helped her grow stronger, and how she refused to think of herself as a victim.

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Healthy Mind Strategies for Healing & Resilience With Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eger and Her Daughter Dr. Marianne Engle Amy Morin, LCSW Verywell Mind Editor-in-Chief On today's episode I talk with Edith Eger, a Jew who was living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, a death camp. Dr. Eger and her sister survived, but their parents did not. After the war, Dr. Eger moved to the United States and got her degree in psychology. She began treating people with PTSD, which inspired her to continue work on healing herself. Dr. Eger's first child, Marianne Engle, also became a psychologist, and talks about what it was like to be raised by a Holocaust survivor.   I was beginning to speak about PTSD and not realizing that I really wasn't qualified because I couldn't take people further than I had gone." — DR. EDITH EGER   What You'll Hear on the Show How Dr. Engle learned her mother was a Holocaust survivor How Dr. Eger discovered that even though she was helping others heal from PTSD, she had not yet healed Why she recently decided to go back to Auschwitz and how doing so helped her find more inner peace The one question Dr. Eger recommends everyone asks themselves if they aren't happy in their relationship Dr. Engle's advice for parents who are helping kids cope with the pandemic Why it's important to help people feel heard and how to validate kids' feelings How to experience healing from pain Strategies for becoming more resilient What You'll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength PTSD isn't a sign of weakness. There are many factors that determine how someone will fare when they experience trauma. Some of those factors are within your control, some of them aren't. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to heal from trauma. But what works for one person might not work for another. There are many different paths to healing.   You can't heal what you don't feel. So crying is good." — DR. EDITH EGER   LISTEN NOW Follow: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts / RSS READ THESE NEXT 9 Healthy Ways of Coping With PTSD Anxiety READ NOW  › How Collective Trauma Impacts Your Health READ NOW  › How to Become More Resilient READ NOW  › You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Healthy Mind newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. A DOTDASH MEREDITH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 © 2022 Verywellmind.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy