109 | Uncovering Unrecognized Early Childhood Trauma with Colin Kingsmill
Colin Kingsmill is a transformational coach. Prior to dedicating himself to helping people make meaningful shifts in their lives, Colin worked successfully for a decade in Swiss banking. Today, as the founding partner of Whole Human Coaching, Colin is on a mission to help people discover their humanity to change the world. He holds an MBA from Saint Xavier University and a Bachelor’s in Political Science, History, and French from Simon Fraser University.
Colin joins me today to discuss what happens when insight opens us up to going deeper into who we are, how we are, and who we want to be in the world. He shares how letters from his late mother started his journey into uncovering unrecognized early childhood trauma. He describes how he began working on his trauma through therapy and studying and discusses his road to spiritual awakening. Colin also discusses how he is drawing from his personal experiences to help younger people who tend to make decisions through the lens of earlier childhood trauma.
“Watch and be aware of the coping mechanisms in your day-to-day life. If you can go find the origin story of that mechanism, it can be liberating.” - Colin Kingsmill
This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:
● How Colin and I connected and our thoughts on Tinder and PodMatch
● What Colin is hiding the most right now
● How the answer isn’t always the answer in coaching
● Practicing being fully me
● Letters from Colin’s mother and how they impacted him
● Colin’s childhood and how his life was framed by unrecognized trauma
● Why Colin’s father gave him his mother’s letters to her best friend
● The kind of person Colin thinks he would have become if he did not receive the letters
● People-pleasing and other classic trauma hider behavior
● The two chapters of Colin’s life
● Reading everything and doing nothing, and our experience with mindfulness and meditation practices
● The gas tank metaphor and how Colin helps younger people uncover earlier childhood trauma
● Inner child work and how your inner child drives your buses
Resources Mentioned:
● Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
● App: Waking Up
● App: Calm
● App: Inkblot Therapy
Connect with Colin Kingsmill:
● Colin Kingsmill on Instagram
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