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How relational trauma can impact the perinatal period with vania sukola

March 23, 2022 • Christine Cunningham • Season 1 • Episode 10

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Content Warning: Today’s episode is all about relational trauma including sexual, physical and emotional abuse as well as birth trauma. Please know this is a heavy episode and you can take your time listening to it or come back to it at a different time.

My guest today is vania sukola, RP who is a feminist and trauma therapist and works with clients in the perinatal period. I first met vania when she was providing training on trauma assessments. I was instantly drawn to vania’s calm and steady presence and her wisdom. Today’s episode is quite heavy and so I encourage you to take care of yourself when listening to this episode and afterwards. Please know that we will be talking about relational trauma, childhood trauma and how this can impact people when they are in the perinatal period.

Highlights:

4:30 – What is relational trauma?

7:15 - How can past or relational trauma impact people in the perinatal period, including in the Prenatal period?

13:32 - during pregnancy

17:22 – How can we change the narrative around our story? Resourcing, grounding and regulating the nervous system.

22:00 - Parenting from our values, meeting our own needs

25:18 - Asking for help

26:24 – Attachment

29:10 - Asking questions and advocating for your perinatal care and saying no to procedures

35:52 – Circles of support – who is in our support system?

38:56 – How relational trauma impacts labour and delivery

43:00 - How relational trauma impacts our intuition

47:00 – Birth Trauma and relational trauma showing up in delivery

57:15 – How does relational trauma show up in the postpartum period?

1:03:39 - How can foreboding joy show up for people in the Perinatal period?

1:09:25 - How does the pandemic impact how relational trauma can affect us in the perinatal period and our ability to cope?

1:14:10 - What is a takeaway tool that you would like to give listeners?

Resources:

You can connect with vania on her website: http://vaniasukola.ca

Facebook: Therapy with Vania

Instagram: vania_sukola

You can find us at www.perinatalwellbeing.ca on Instagram @perinatalwellbeing_ontario or by email info@perinatalwellbeing.ca

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Date: March 23rd, 2022

The Perinatal Wellbeing Podcast

EPISODE # 010

Episode Title: How relational trauma can impact the perinatal period with vania sukola