Trauma Rock Stars® | Trauma Recovery & Healing Podcast
Trauma Rock Stars® is a trauma recovery and healing podcast for survivors ready to move from surviving to thriving. Hosted by Tracy Smaldino — a survivor, advocate, and speaker — this is a safe, real, and empowering space for anyone navigating trauma recovery, emotional healing, and post-traumatic growth. Each week we dive into the real, emotional truth of healing — with honest conversations, practical tools, and inspiring survivor stories that break the silence, remove the shame, and celebrate the courage it takes to grow through what you've been through. Whether you're navigating childhood trauma, PTSD, grief, anxiety, or nervous system healing — just beginning or deep in it — you'll find support, inspiration, and community here. From personal stories to expert interviews and therapeutic tools, this is where trauma survivors become the rock stars of their own lives. Because your trauma doesn't define you — it refines you. 🎸 New episodes every Tuesday. Hit subscribe and join the movement. You are not a groupie in someone else's story — you are the headliner of your own. That's Rock Star Resilience™. 📌 Free Life Audit Quiz: https://traumarockstars.com/lifeaudit 🌐 traumarockstars.com 🔗 linktr.ee/traumarockstars
Episodes
Learn how to heal from trauma, stop hiding your pain, and start living the life you actually want. In this raw and personal episode, trauma survivor Tracy Smaldino
shares how carrying unhealed trauma in silence kept her hidden for decades — and the exact moment she finally stepped into her own spotlight.
In this episode:
- Tracy's full story — sole survivor of a fatal&nb...
You've been going straight from bed to the show, from the
show back to bed — with no preparation and no recovery.
In this solo episode, Tracy Smaldino introduces The Green
Room — the protected backstage space every artist has before
and after the show — and shows you how to build yours for
your own healing journey.
Because that exhaustion you're fee...
What happens in the moments after we die? In this extraordinary episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy talks with Brheanna, who survived a near-death experience in 2020 and came back profoundly changed. Brheanna describes standing outside her own body, a life review where she saw how everything was connected, and a spiritual awakening that reshaped how she understands life, death, and healing.
💗 A note be...
Did you know Van Halen's famous "no brown M&Ms" demand had
nothing to do with being a diva? It was a test. And it changes
everything about how we think about our own non-negotiables.
In this solo episode, Tracy Smaldino introduces The Rider — the
list of requirements every artist puts in their contract before
they perform — and shows you how to build yours f...
Have you ever felt completely lost — like you have no idea who you really are anymore? In this deeply moving episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy sits down with Tara Wiskow, an intuitive energy healer and life-reinvention expert, who spent decades feeling disconnected from herself before finally coming home to who she truly is.
💗 A note before you listen: This episode includes an honest discussion of grie...
No matter how talented the artist — if the venue isn't
maintained, the show suffers.
In this solo episode, Tracy Smaldino — former Production Manager
at House of Blues Las Vegas — uses the concert venue as a
powerful metaphor for your body. Your body is the space where
your entire healing journey happens. And for most trauma
survivors, we've been ...
What if someone could look at your energy and tell you exactly
what's blocking your healing — and clear it in real time?
In this unscripted, deeply vulnerable episode of Trauma Rock
Stars™, host Tracy Smaldino invites spiritual coach, master
healer, and 3-time author Cheryl to conduct a LIVE chakra reading
and energy healing session — on Tracy herself. Nothing was planned
in ad...
When is the last time you checked in with yourself before the
world got to you?
In this solo episode, Tracy Smaldino introduces the Sound Check
— the daily non-negotiable practice that separates reactive people
from grounded ones. Your nervous system is your instrument. Your
body, emotions, thoughts, and voice are your channels. Skip the
check-in and you walk...
What do you see when you're at the very edge of life? In this unforgettable episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy talks with Holly Porter, who spent 70 days in two hospitals fighting COVID in 2021 — intubated, in and out of a coma, with her organs shutting down. During that time, Holly had a series of profound out-of-body and near-death experiences that completely changed how she sees life, purpose, and wh...
Are you healing in chaos — reacting to whatever is loudest and never actually choosing what you're working on?
In this solo episode, Tracy introduces The Set List: a 5-step method for building an intentional trauma healing roadmap across the 3 lanes of your life — emotional, physical, and mental.
Just like a professional band builds their set list before a single
fan walks through the doors, you...
Female firefighter bullying, workplace trauma, and PTSD recovery — this episode covers it all. Lynette was the first and only woman ever hired at her fire department, and on her very first day as a career firefighter, a captain pulled her into a room and told her: "If you ever get into trouble — we're not coming to save you."
She carried that secret for over a decade, walking into burning buildings never ...
Are you carrying too much? In this solo episode, Tracy introduces the Load-In & Load-Out framework — a life audit for your energy, boundaries, and everything you're carrying.
Just like a concert crew loads in and loads out, we need to review what is coming in and going out emotionally, physically, and mentally. Are you overextending yourself? This episode gives you baby steps to start auditing your ...
What do you do when you're body-shamed online by the very people who should have your back? When trauma nurse Heidi posted a confident photo in a women's Buffalo Bills (Bills Mafia) group, she was met with anonymous body shaming and adult bullying instead of support. 💙
In this raw and powerful episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy sits down with Heidi to talk about online bullying, body image, and the co...
Can trauma actually live in your body? In this powerful episode of Trauma Rock Stars™, host Tracy talks with Nikki Everett — author, mental health advocate, and former mental-health and prison-system professional — about how a series of violent events led to complex PTSD, and the long, raw journey she took to heal.
💗 A note before you listen: This episode includes discussion of workplace violence, PTSD, ...
🎸 Have you ever felt completely drained just from being around certain people — even though nothing "bad" happened? That's not in your head. That's your nervous system sending you a signal. 🌊
In this episode, Tracy breaks down how to do a full Life Audit™ for your emotional and mental health — using your nervous system as your guide — and how to set boundaries that actually protect your peace with...
🎸 NEW: Take the free Trauma Rock Stars™ Life Audit → https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw
Medical trauma! What happens when a routine visit for neck pain leads to a life-changing stroke? In this episode, Nikki shares the full story of how a medical treatment triggered a vertebral artery dissection, leading to a brain stroke, years of chronic pain, long-term medication use, and a breaking point that forced her to ta...
🎸 NEW: Take the free Trauma Rock Stars™ Life Audit → https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw
Sometimes your struggles are your greatest gifts to overcome trauma on your mental health journey. Justin Shaw shares his transformative journey from childhood struggles and addiction to spiritual awakening and mastery of source energy. Discover how his insights can help you tap into your inner power, embrace your emotions, an...
🎸 NEW: Take the free Trauma Rock Stars™ Life Audit → https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw
Just surviving through trauma isn't enough. Your nervous system and mental health are directly related. In this insightful interview, Lex shares her transformative journey from survival mode to understanding the power of the nervous system. Discover practical strategies to manage stress, set boundaries, and heal from past trau...
🎸 NEW: Take the free Trauma Rock Stars™ Life Audit → https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw
Hypnosis can be the answer to trauma healing during your trauma recovery journey. In this in-depth interview, Matt Johnson shares his inspiring journey from a severe brain injury to becoming a quadruple-certified hypnotherapist and NLP expert. Discover how he healed himself using energy medicine, hypnosis, and neuro-linguistic...
🎸 NEW: Take the free Trauma Rock Stars™ Life Audit → https://form.typeform.com/to/qeZfPouw
In this inspiring interview, Matt Melvin shares his transformative journey from incarceration to faith, discipline, and personal growth. Discover how he overcame trauma, developed resilience, and found community to turn his life around.
KEY TOPICS
Mental resilience in prison
The role of faith in recovery
Buildi...
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