Dr Trudi Taylor, Executive Coach and founder of IslandB joins me on this episode of The Full Circle Podcast to discuss the vital importance of being heard.
Throughout Trudi’s childhood and into early adulthood, she was faced with the reality that while people may have been listening to her, they weren’t understanding what she was trying to communicate – they weren’t HEARING her. This resulted in Trudi suppressing trauma, acting out of frustration, and being treated as “difficult” when all she needed was to be heard.
Now, after delving deep into the root cause of her trauma and working to uncover the obstacles that have held her back, Trudi uses her experience to support leaders in becoming more effective through improved emotional intelligence and connection with those they lead teams to become high performing through trust, healthy conflict, and attention to results, and she helps organisations equip their people to create and sustain ambitious goals.
Trudi joins me in the studio to discuss the importance of being heard and hearing the people around us, how not being heard and understood manifests later in life, and how she overcame the mental and physical effects of being misunderstood since childhood.
Time stamps
00:00 - About this episode
02:43 - An introduction to Trudi
04:15 - The themes of Trudi’s life
06:14 - How not being heard has impacted Trudi
09:35 - The thoughts and feelings that arise when you’re not being heard
10:40 - How Trudi discovered that she wasn’t being heard
17:28 - The importance of self-trust
19:23 - What drove Trudi to face what was going wrong in her life
28:00 - How minimising your trauma can effect you
31:40 - How to manage your anger about not being heard
33:48 - The life change that happens from working through being unheard
42:00 - How to contact Trudi
Quotes “If we could just talk candidly and kindly and clearly then we would move to a place of better understanding.” -
09:39
“Sadness, despair, betrayal, depression, self-doubt… all those big things we deal with can stem from something which seems as small as not being heard.” -
10:35
“If we can’t be heard or seen, then what are we? Who are we?” -
10:57
“Why does it feel like I’m screaming my head off and everyone’s walking around with ear defenders on?” -
14:08
“How can I have a child when I’m so broken? What if I pass the brokenness on to her?” -
20:25
“If you’re not prepared to look at what’s going on inside, how can you really show up fully on the outside?” -
40:38
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