S2 E12 - The People Pleaser Pattern: Breaking the Cycle Without Losing Your Heart

Why does saying no feel so hard? In this episode of Transcending Trauma, Moniquea Spiteri explores the people pleaser pattern through the lens of trauma healing, nervous system regulation, attachment, parts work, and somatic awareness. Many people experience people pleasing as kindness, over givi…

S2 E11 - The Fawn Response: When Safety Becomes Self-Abandonment

In this episode of Transcending Trauma, Moniquea Spiteri explores the fawn response, a powerful and often misunderstood trauma response where the nervous system learns to prioritise harmony, approval, and connection in order to stay safe. Often experienced as people pleasing, conflict avoidance, o…

S2 E10 - Secure Attachment in Action

What does secure attachment actually look like in real life? In this episode of Transcending Trauma, Moniquea explores how relational safety is built not through perfection, but through regulation, repair, and emotional maturity. Drawing on nervous system science, attachment theory, and relationa…

S2 E09 - From Reaction to Regulation

From Reaction to Regulation Why do we react before we can think? In this episode of Transcending Trauma, Moniquea explores what really happens in the body when we get triggered and how to build the capacity to regulate in real time. Drawing on Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing, parts work, …

S2 E08 - The New Story: Embodied Agency

In this episode of Transcending Trauma, we explore what it really means to reclaim agency over your life, not through mindset alone, but through embodied choice. Trauma shapes the stories we live inside of. It influences our attachment patterns, our nervous system responses, and the internal narra…

S2 E07 - The Power of Integration

The Power of Integration In this episode of Transcending Trauma, we explore what it really means to integrate healing — not just as an inner process, but as a lived, embodied reality. We look at how regulation, relational repair, and conscious choice shape a new way of being in the world. Drawing o…

S2 E06 - Sacred Work: Turning Pain into Purpose

Sacred Work: Turning Pain into Purpose What if your pain wasn’t a burden to carry, but a message waiting to be heard — a sacred thread guiding you toward deeper purpose? In this episode of Transcending Trauma, Moniquea Spiteri explores how trauma can become a gateway to transformation and meaning…

S2 E05 - Healing the Relational Wound

Healing the Relational Wound. Some wounds are invisible — woven not from a single event, but from the absence of what we needed most: attunement, safety, and connection. In this episode, we turn toward the tender territory of relational trauma — how early disconnection imprints our nervous system…

S2 E04 - The Alchemy of Transformation

The Alchemy of Transformation How do we turn pain into purpose, and survival into selfhood? In this deeply reflective episode, Moniquea explores the inner alchemy of transformation through the lens of somatic healing, neuroscience, parts work, and early attachment. With three powerful somatic pract…

S2 E03 - Co-Regulation: The Art of Healing Together

“Co-Regulation: The Art of Healing Together” Healing doesn’t happen in isolation — it happens in connection. In this episode, Moniquea explores the sacred science of co-regulation and how human connection reshapes the nervous system, rewires safety, and helps us transcend the patterns of survival.…