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Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma

Growing Tall Poppies : Thrive After Trauma

Di: Dr Nat Green
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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 Identity, Trauma and Post Traumatic Growth Practitioner and 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, 35 years of experience in the psychology field 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.

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  • Learning to Stand Tall When the Life You Knew Falls Apart with Lee Ehlers

    Learning to Stand Tall When the Life You Knew Falls Apart with Lee Ehlers
    Sep 14 2026

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    Have you ever felt the ground shift beneath you when someone you love is suddenly gone? How do you carry grief, responsibility, and your own dreams all at once — without losing yourself?

    In this deeply honest conversation, Dr Nat sits with Lee Ehlers, a screenwriter and father who faced the devastating loss of his wife Erin during the realization of a lifelong dream. Lee shares moments of raw grief, the chaos of parenting through loss, and the unspoken struggles behind pursuing creative success amid personal trauma. What does it truly mean to find new identity and purpose when everything you thought defined you has changed?

    This episode explores the complex intersection of grief and identity, how creative passion can both challenge and support healing, and what it means to move forward without shrinking or hiding after devastating loss.

    If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by grief, frustration, or isolation as you try to navigate life’s unexpected changes, this conversation is an invitation to reflect and find spaciousness amidst the chaos.

    In this episode we explore:

    • What it’s like to lose a lifelong partner and to parent through terminal illness and the hidden emotional turmoil this brings
    • How grief manifests as chaos rather than a single emotion, shaping each day unpredictably
    • The challenge of parenting children who all grieve in different ways while managing your own pain
    • The judgment and misconceptions people project on how grief “should” look or be managed
    • The long, winding journey from a stable career to pursuing a creative passion through rejection and isolation
    • How shifting perspective on both grief and ambition can open the way to embodied growth and connection


    Key Takeaways

    • Grief is not a linear process but a messy, chaotic presence that requires gentle permission rather than control
    • Holding space for all your identities to evolve instead of forcing a return to the “old self” is essential post-trauma
    • Creative passion can be a lifeline but also exposes vulnerability and requires resilience to external doubts
    • Break down overwhelming change into manageable moments to simply get through the day, not the rest of your life
    • Authentic connection and collaboration in your creative work can create meaning beyond success metrics

    A Question To Reflect On

    How do you carry grief, responsibility, and your own dreams all at once — without losing yourself?

    You may have been trying to “manage” or “fight through” grief and change, but this episode invites you to practice gentleness, spaciousness, and acceptance as you stand tall in your new reality.

    If this episode resonated with you...

    If you've been doing the inner work but still feel like something is quietly holding you back, it may not be a lack of motivation, confidence or willpower.

    It may be that your identity is still organised around survival.

    That's exactly why Dr Nat created her Archetypes of Transformation(tm) and Invisible Ceiling Assessment(tm) - to help you begin recognising the unconscious patterns, identity fractures and protective strategies that may be keeping you from fully stepping into the life that's waiting for you.

    Take the free quiz here: https://quiz.drnataliegreen.com.au/archetype-of-transformation-quiz

    You'll find Lee Ehlers here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5075943/


    If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen

    Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound.

    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.
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    46 min
  • Late-Diagnosed AuDHD: Masking, Trauma, & Finally Finding Your Authentic Self with Ellie Capstick

    Late-Diagnosed AuDHD: Masking, Trauma, & Finally Finding Your Authentic Self with Ellie Capstick
    Sep 7 2026
    Send us a Message to connect What happens when you spend most of your life believing there is something wrong with you — only to discover that your brain simply works differently?In this episode of Growing Tall Poppies, Dr Nat Green sits down with Ellie Capstick, AuDHD educator, podcast host and founder of Ellie AuDHD, for a raw, funny and deeply honest conversation about late-diagnosed neurodivergence, trauma, masking, identity and the extraordinary relief that can come from finally understanding yourself.For much of her life, Ellie felt different. Long before she understood that she was both autistic and ADHD — commonly described as AuDHD — she had accumulated other labels: too much, lazy, strange, obsessive, difficult. Like many late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults, particularly women, she became skilled at adapting herself to the people and environments around her.But when you spend years learning how to fit in, an important question can eventually emerge:Who are you underneath all the masks?Ellie shares candidly about growing up with childhood trauma, navigating relationships without strong boundaries, using alcohol and substances to cope socially, raising neurodivergent children before she understood her own neurodivergence, and the grief and relief that followed diagnosis.She also explains AuDHD in her wonderfully irreverent way — describing her ADHD and autism as two very different characters trying to coexist inside the same brain — and explores why understanding neurodivergence isn't about putting someone into a box. Sometimes the right label can finally replace all the painful ones a person has carried for years.We also explore the complicated intersection between trauma and neurodivergence. While trauma does not cause ADHD or autism, trauma responses and neurodivergent traits can sometimes overlap, particularly when it comes to masking, people-pleasing, self-esteem and the ways we learn to survive socially.Ellie also shares an important message for parents raising neurodivergent children: rather than teaching children to hide the things that make them different, we can help them understand their own brains, build confidence and develop a toolbox that actually works for them.Today, Ellie has created a rapidly growing community where tens of thousands of neurodivergent people can ask questions, share experiences and discover that perhaps they were never as alone — or as “wrong” — as they once believed.And when Dr Nat asks what her younger self would think of the woman she has become, Ellie offers perhaps the most powerful reflection of the entire conversation:“I found my authentic self, and I love her, and I’ve never loved me before.”In this episode, we explore:What AuDHD means and what it can feel like to live with both autism and ADHDThe relief, grief and validation that can accompany a late ADHD or autism diagnosisWhy neurodivergent people may spend years believing there is something “wrong” with themNeurodivergent masking and what can happen when you've adapted for so long that you no longer know what you genuinely like or wantThe intersection — and important distinction — between trauma and neurodivergencePeople-pleasing, boundaries, relationships and vulnerabilityWhy Ellie doesn't necessarily describe neurodivergence as a “superpower”Raising and empowering neurodivergent childrenWhy understanding your neurotype can provide a completely different toolbox for navigating lifeFinding community, belonging and your authentic identity after years of feeling differentWhy it is never too late to understand yourself differentlyThis is a conversation about far more than ADHD and autism. It's about what can happen when the story you've carried about yourself for decades finally begins to change — and you discover that understanding who you are can be the beginning of becoming more fully yourself.About Ellie CapstickEllie Capstick is an AuDHD educator, podcast host and founder of Ellie AuDHD. Through lived experience, practical education and refreshingly honest conversations, she helps neurodivergent people better understand themselves and feel less alone.She is also the host of the AuDHD and Then Some podcast, where she explores ADHD, autism, trauma, burnout, masking, relationships and the realities of living as a late-diagnosed neurodivergent adult.Ellie has built a rapidly growing online community of tens of thousands of people, creating an inclusive space for neurodivergent adults and families to connect, learn and find the kind of understanding she wished she had growing up.Connect with Ellie One link for everything: https://www.ellieaudhd.com If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://...
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    54 min
  • Tall Poppy Syndrome: Why You Were Never Meant To Stay Small

    Tall Poppy Syndrome: Why You Were Never Meant To Stay Small
    Aug 31 2026

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    What if tall poppy syndrome isn’t only about other people cutting us down? What if we have also learned to cut ourselves down before anybody else gets the chance?

    We minimise our achievements, soften our opinions, deflect compliments, hide our ambition and wait for permission. We remain indispensable behind the scenes while making ourselves invisible at the front.

    These behaviours are often mistaken for humility or a lack of confidence. But sometimes, being seen has never felt safe.

    In this solo episode, Dr Nat Green shares the deeper meaning behind Growing Tall Poppies and explores how fear of visibility, nervous-system safety and identity patterns can quietly keep capable people playing small.

    You’ll discover:

    • Why visibility and success can feel threatening
    • How shrinking can become a way of maintaining safety, approval and belonging
    • Why protective identity patterns can eventually become an invisible ceiling
    • How to become more visible without forcing yourself to be the loudest person in the room
    • Why supporting someone else’s success does not diminish your own

    Standing tall does not mean believing you are better than anyone else. It means no longer believing you must be less.

    The answer to tall poppy syndrome is not fewer tall poppies. It is a field where all of us are allowed to grow.

    Listen now and consider: Where in your life are you ready to stop cutting yourself down?

    Take the Archetypes of Transformation™ Quiz here to disciver your Archetype and see how your patterns are showing up for you.

    If this episode resonates with you then I'd love for you to hit SUBSCRIBE so you can keep updated with each new episode as soon as it's released and we'd be most grateful if you would give us a RATING as well. You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drnatgreen/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrNatalieGreen

    Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound.

    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.
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    31 min
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