Healing from Past Trauma is Your Greatest Asset

How to heal from trauma by understanding the universe and its workings and use that strength for personal success

When we think of trauma, we automatically think of pain, suffering, and negative outcomes. There is plenty of information out there about the psychology of trauma and how hard it is to overcome. But is trauma an entirely bad thing? If life were completely predictable and safe, none of us would ever grow or learn anything, and we certainly wouldn’t be able to use our wisdom to improve other people around us. I hold a very holistic view of the universe, and I know that nothing happens randomly. There is a reason for everything that happens to you, and I argue that your past trauma is your greatest asset. It is your wealth! Healing from past trauma gives you riches.

I experienced the greatest heartbreak of my life this past year as a result of abuse. It is still hard every day to make conscious choices that prevent myself from collapsing from it and running back to its clutches. But I have chosen love instead of fear and healing instead of sorrow. Every day I get stronger. I am able to take this strength and pass it on. As a result of healing from past trauma, I am stronger and more able to help others.

The people who experienced and survived the most trauma are the richest of us all because they are able to pass on their learnings.

You could argue that the people who perished from their trauma didn’t reap the benefits, but you should know before you read further — I am a strong believer in reincarnation and the continuance of the soul. This is why I approach situations with the belief that everything happens to help us learn and grow as souls. When you finally see that, you will understand that your healing is your greatest wealth because you were the only one who experienced your particular trauma. This is part of self-love.

Healing from past trauma pushes us to awaken parts of ourselves and leave behind things that weren’t working.

We are flexible, adaptable beings. Many of the things that create our habits and tendencies are caused by the negative experiences of our past — our trauma. But the good news is that they do not need to define us because we are able to transform at any moment. We have choices and we can re-invent ourselves any time.

Trauma comes into play when our transformations are forced by a very shockingly negative experience. The habits we carried, the desires we attached ourselves to, and the perspective we harbored are all thrown out the window without warning. We can then receive the gift of starting from a totally blank slate. But it is a choice to approach it this way.

We always have a choice in our reactions to things. We cannot always control what is happening to us — though I’ve argued before that we can manifest things to some extent — but we can choose whether to grow from our trauma or to give in to its heaviness and sadness. If you choose the latter, it will inevitably weigh you down to the point of despair. You’ll end up in a place that is very hard to climb out from. Why would you do that to yourself?

Trauma gives us our greatest strengths after we are healed.

If you have healed from your trauma, facing it head-on with deep courage, then you have gained strength that you couldn’t have garnered elsewhere. You reaped the benefits of your gift. You evolved and grew to become something new, and now you have great value to offer the world.

Those who have hit rock bottom and come back can offer the greatest wisdom. We can learn from their strengths. They are the best teachers. The people who have endured the greatest hardships and intentionally used their trauma to educate others are also often activists. Malala Yousafzai is one example of this, having survived a shot to the head by the Taliban, surviving to fight for the rights of women.

I can’t find her profile, but there is another woman whose strength from her trauma has always inspired me. She was in charge of a first-year teacher training I did years ago. She had won the teacher of the year award and she explained how her empathy for her students was rooted in her own story. As a child, she was homeless and had witnessed domestic violence. She endured some of the hardest things that a child can know. But she grew from it and became a motivational speaker and won an award for being the best teacher in the county. This person took her pain and turned it into great lessons for the rest of us.

We all have trauma. There is no life that is completely clear of it — the experience pervades the collective consciousness in many forms. We can choose to figure out how it will help us be of service to others.

The universe is giving you exactly what you need.

As a result of my trauma, I woke up. It was painful but it was also beautiful. I saw things in the world that were not possible to see before that time. I practice active gratitude for the people who caused my greatest challenges in life, and those involved in my trauma. I can do this because I know that the universe is giving me exactly what I need to develop into my higher self.

At all moments, the universe is holding your life together in exactly the way that will help you get closer to your true and higher self. If the universe gave you trauma, it’s because you needed a jolt into a new way of thinking. Something wasn’t working in your lifestyle before or you were simply ready for something new to begin. Trauma is painful when you’re experiencing it, and it’s hard. But pain can accompany meaning, and when you are determined to find meaning in everything that happens to you, then you’ll be able to understand how your trauma can actually be a blessing in the long run.