Healing is the Best Revenge

By Karina Hagelin

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A podcast for survivors and the people who love us where we approach conversations about healing, coping with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), survivorship, self-love and community care with radical vulnerability. Host Karina Hagelin (they/them) shares affirmations, pep talks, encouragement, support, and advice for your healing journey and recovery process in semi-weekly episodes.

Episode Date
69: yes, we actually do owe each other: community care as an antidote to the hyper-individualism of the mental health industrial complex
Feb 07, 2026
68: understanding & managing emotional flashbacks
Jan 21, 2026
67: for when the holidays are hard: 5 micro-practices for survivors
Dec 16, 2025
66: supporting loved ones during their traumaversary: community care in practice
Oct 16, 2025
65: creative composting: healing trauma through creative self-expression and nonlinear storytelling
Sep 04, 2025
64: Routines and Rituals for CPTSD Rough Patches: 5 of My Habits for When Things Just Suck
Aug 04, 2025
63: Micro-journaling: A Trauma Recovery Tool for CPTSD Babes
Jun 16, 2025
62: Glimmers - the opposite of trauma triggers - what they are and how to embrace their healing potential
Jun 09, 2025
61: Who the F*ck Would Make This Up?: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 19, 2025
60: F*ck Resilience, You Deserve to Be Spoiled: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 18, 2025
59: You're in Your Glow Up Era: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 17, 2025
58: You're Lovable & Loved: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 16, 2025
57: You're Not Too Much: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 15, 2025
56: You're a Blessing, Never a Burden: A Love Letter for CPTSD Survivors
Mar 14, 2025
55: You're So Much Stronger Than You Know: A Love Letter for Abuse Survivors
Mar 13, 2025
54: Celebrate the Small Wins: A Love Letter for Abuse Survivors
Mar 12, 2025
53: No is a Complete Sentence: A Love Letter for Abuse Survivors
Mar 11, 2025
52: Healing Creates New Futures: A Love Letter for Abuse Survivors
Mar 10, 2025
51: Platonic love is important, too: 15+ ways to celebrate your friendships & nurture platonic intimacy
Feb 21, 2025
50: Surviving Out of Pure Spite #2 Zine Reading: On Healing from Complex Trauma, Radical Vulnerability, and the Politics of Survivorship
Feb 10, 2025
49: How to Create a Home that Feels Healing: A Healing thru Aesthetics Episode
Feb 03, 2025
48: Free Resources, Guides, and More for Trauma and Abuse Survivors in Their Healing Era
Dec 08, 2024
47: A Survivor’s Guide to Befriending Anger: 10 Ideas for Turning Your Anger into Art, Action, and Healing
Nov 24, 2024
46: The Power of Anger: Transformative Affirmations for Self-Love and Care
Nov 18, 2024
45: Befriending Anger 101: A Survivor’s Guide to Coping with Anger
Nov 12, 2024
44: Journaling for healing: prompts for exploring CPTSD coping skills
Nov 04, 2024
43: Creating your own community care plan: innovative ways to show up for each other
Oct 29, 2024
42: Journaling for healing: prompts on celebrating our accomplishments
Oct 21, 2024
41: Transforming trauma: the healing power of zine making
Sep 30, 2024
40: Boundaries and Protection: a book recommendation for boundary work
Sep 16, 2024
39: Tarot as a tool for healing trauma
Aug 26, 2024
38: Affirmations for survivors: radical self love and gentle reminders for healing from trauma
Aug 19, 2024
37: You don't have to be a doormat; a pep talk for recovering people pleasers
Jul 31, 2024
36: Idolization, community, and care
Jul 21, 2024
35: Expanding and transforming this podcast
Jul 16, 2024
34: Collective reading for July - themes and affirmations
Jul 02, 2024
33: An anti-pep talk on loneliness, trauma, and healing
Jun 20, 2024
32: Create a self-care plan with me
May 24, 2024
31: Abuse isn’t “drama”; let’s stop treating it as such
May 10, 2024
30: Affirmations for disabled babes
Apr 22, 2024
29: You're worth so much more than your productivity
Apr 15, 2024
28: Reflection questions for allies, advocates, and people who support survivors
Apr 12, 2024
27: Slow progress is still progress: an affirming pep talk for cPTSD survivors
Mar 19, 2024
26: Writing a love letter to your past self + journal prompts
Mar 12, 2024
25: Surviving Out of Pure Spite #1 zine reading: on survivorship, healing from cPTSD, and radical vulnerability
Mar 09, 2024
24: Writing a personal manifesto for healing
Feb 28, 2024
23: Things that have helped me heal (that aren't trauma therapy)
Feb 21, 2024
22: Trauma survival toolkit #4: coping skills for CPTSD
Jan 16, 2024
21: Affirmations for healing from trauma
Jan 10, 2024
20: Survivor solidarity 101: 15+ tips on how to support survivors
Jan 04, 2024
19: Survivor gift guide: 10+ gift ideas for people with CPTSD
Dec 13, 2023
18: Journaling for healing (+ self-love journaling prompts)
Dec 08, 2023
17: Creating collective change as survivors
Nov 28, 2023
16: You deserve nice things
Nov 05, 2023
15: You're doing the best you can & that's good enough
Oct 28, 2023
14: You're not a burden (+ talking about & planning traumaversaries)
Oct 18, 2023
13: You are inherently worthy | a mini pep talk for survivors struggling with self-worth
Oct 08, 2023
12: Radical vulnerability
Sep 29, 2023
11: What "healing is the best revenge" means to me
Sep 24, 2023
10: Trauma survival toolkit #3: coping skills for CPTSD
Sep 20, 2023
9: Trauma survival toolkit #2: coping skills for CPTSD
Sep 10, 2023
8: Trauma survival toolkit #1: coping skills for CPTSD
Aug 21, 2023
7: Creating the Survivor Affirmation Deck (& 40 affirmations for healing + radical self-love)
Aug 14, 2023
6: Unforgivable: You don't have to forgive to heal from trauma
Jul 29, 2023
5: Community care plans
Jul 21, 2023
4: Healing thru aesthetics & color magic for survivors
Jul 15, 2023
3: Let's talk about traumaversaries & why + how I celebrate mine
Jul 03, 2023
2: Create your own affirmation archive, a DIY radical self-love tool
Jun 27, 2023
1: Affirmations for survivors (& why I write them) 💕
Jun 25, 2023