Addicted to Busyness: How Childhood Trauma Keeps Us Treading Water in Unproductive Schedules & How to Heal From It

“Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response and fear-based distraction from what you’d be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down.”

I came across this impactful quote on Pinterest, and it really rings true when it comes to the connection between our childhood trauma and our productivity. When we have this insatiable need to be busy all the time, it’s because we’re hiding from our own trauma, and it keeps us stuck and treading water instead of getting to the shore of our dreams. 

What’s the difference between being productive and just being busy? How do we overcome the need to always be on the go?

In this episode, I’m going to share why finding our productive flow starts with healing our trauma.

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

Defining childhood trauma 

Childhood trauma isn’t necessarily abuse or extreme negative experiences. What are some of the factors that can haunt our inner monologue well into adulthood?

Why avoiding our trauma doesn’t make it go away 

Hiding from our trauma and refusing to face it isn’t healing, it’s treading water. How do we stop swimming in place and actually start moving towards the shore? 

How I went from keeping busy to avoid trauma to slowing down and loving life

Is it possible to achieve all our goals, while working less because we’re productive for the right reasons?