Beck Thompson

Speaker. Trauma Recovery

"To truly transform my life

I had to focus on who I wanted to become

and not what had happened to me"

The Other Side of Trauma

Beck's powerful story from trauma to triumph and her unique ability to look within to transform her life will inspire you to face your own pain and empower you to live a life you deserve.

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How I Went From Panic to Calm

I endured six long years of chronic anxiety and panic disorder.
Until I discovered there were specific steps I could take to learn how to bring my life back to calm.
Join me in learning my exact steps and strategies I used to recover from chronic anxiety and panic disorder.

Yes Please!

Most people who know me, but don't know me enough to 'know' me and my background, wouldn't know that for the past 15+ years I have been a work in progress. I have purposely and with full awareness worked on the parts of me I didn't like, which I knew were a direct result of my upbringing. I've worked on changing beliefs I thought were 'true' because of my childhood. I've worked on learning about how the world works and done everything I could to change my perspective when I knew it wasn't helping me and knew it didn't serve me anymore. I've worked hard to find a new reference and build new and healthy associations for love, self-worth and value. Behind closed doors, I have cried too many tears to count. I have wondered in agony at whether I would ever feel good enough and happy enough to keep on living. I wondered many times over and many nights in solitude whether there was ever going to be an end to the constant suffering I felt. In public view, in the company of many, I had countless inner conversations with myself, about how I was going to speak up, or how I was going to look past my own shit and speak to someone and look confident at the same time. Or try and have fun, like many of my friends were having, when fun was the last thing I wanted or felt like having. Or how I would try and be brave enough just to show up, just so it looked liked I was okay, but inside I was barely hanging on. Many times over I had to learn to stop using my 'abuse story' as a pawn to getting my own way or manipulating my husband, because it's 'not my fault', or 'it's just who I am'. Using my abuse story to excuse the many ways I behaved or treated other people because I simply knew no other way. The work to process each and every single layer that I had in front of me, was daily. It got hard, and then harder before it ever became easy. What I want to make very clear is that for anyone who is struggling to deal with their trauma, or is too afraid to, or hopes for a quick and easy path to recovery (we would all wish for that one), that the journey is long. It is hard. It is at times unbearable. You get angry because it's not fair, that I have to do all the work when it wasn't my fault to begin with. I was the one left with the damage and now I had to pick up the pieces and try and figure out how they all go back together? You get tired of being tired from constantly having to deal with the emotions that come to the surface. It's exhausting work and draining mentally. The work involved is hard and it's long. Trauma recovery is a long road, but, as much as there is pain along the path, there is many joys also. You begin to see things in yourself that you'd never noticed before. You begin to recognise the value in yourself, that was never visible. The resources that are within you, begin to come up to the surface and be employed in your life without anyone telling you how, they just begin to appear. The journey reveals just how beautiful life is and how remarkable you really are. The journey reveals, the strength you have, the courage you have to keep going. Even acknowledging that despite everything you're still here is a moment that I'll never forget, yet it says so much about you and what you're capable of. But here's the thing, the one thing I learned; if you never take that first step to recovery, you'll never find that out these things about yourself, about life, unless you begin, no matter how many people tell you how are worthy you are, or tell you how wonderful you are, you wont believe them, until you find it out for yourself. You wont discover it until you see it for yourself. And there's no other way, than to begin the path to recovery. I believe we're all capable and brave enough to take that step. But we first need the realisation, the understanding that you can do this. Where I am right now, is where I wanted to be; trauma is not a part of my life anymore. I still have the memories, but they don't hurt, they don't debilitate me, they no longer interfere with how I want to live my life. How I want to be present as a wife, mother, person and friend. But I would not be here, as I am now, without taking that first step. Without the resolve of knowing that each time I dealt with a layer, it's done and I can move onto a another layer. I wouldn't be here now, without understanding that the pain would lessen each time I confronted it. Each time I looked a little deeper at what my pain was telling me. Now that I'm here, in this state of peace, love and joy, I cannot put into words how truly wonderful the reward is when you finally discover just how beautiful and worthy you are. A Trauma Recovery Tip: When deciding to take that first step, get help. Recovery takes a lot of support. Find people who are either in your life that are supportive and want to be there for you. Or find someone completely objective and can assist you, either professionally, or someone you look up to, admire and trust. Lifeline is an amazing resource, available 24/7 in Australia Ph 13 111 4

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What people
have said
about Beck

 

To a full room of intrigued audience members, Beck shared her story.  In the most respectful and professional manner, Beck spoke of the complex trauma that she had suffered as a child and young adolescent, at the hands of those who should have been there to love, nurture and protect her but instead – hurt her in unimaginable ways.  She spoke also of the safe haven that was offered by teachers and schools and how this helped to lead to her becoming the impressive, intuitive, empathetic and caring adult and parent that she is today.  Beck is a clear example that trauma-aware thinking and practice in schools is vital – and can lead to students living with the outcomes of complex trauma – having very different life trajectories.  Beck’s courage in sharing her story is impressive.  Yet when you chat with Beck – she is less focussed on herself and more focussed on making a change for others who have been through similar harm.  Beck has reminded us yet again that our children and young people who have lived through this type of trauma are “worth it” and we must continue to adapt our processes in schools to support their recovery and growth. - Dr Judith Howard Senior Lecturer, QUT Australia

"Amazing and courageous" - Kristy, VIC

"Beck is the definition of authenticity. Her story will have you captivated
from ‘hello’ and her courage to share her own story will liberate your own story" - Deb, SA

"You have so much inspiring courage" - Rebecca, QLD

"Beck’s story is one we all need to hear, a real story from the heart
with vulnerability, emotion, strength and an incredibly powerful message
that everyone can take something away" - Warren, VIC

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  • Stuck in a rut? Attract the wrong people in your life? Do people not respect you? Struggle to achieve what you want? The cycle feels never ending. If you feel like you're not getting what you want, it might be time to look at the beliefs you have in all areas of your life. We don't like to think that we get in or own way, that we block our own goals but our beliefs about who we are and what we believe we deserve can completely sabotage what you're trying to achieve. So take some time to truthfully think about what you believe in all areas. Truth of it is... we get what we believe. Our experiences are a direct reflection of what we believe we deserve. It simply doesn't work any other way. The way to see your world change is to release the old belief and install a new belief. You world must correspond with it. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumatotriumph #anxiety #panic #lifeskills #lifetips #mentalillness #changeyourbeliefs #youcan #disorder #depression #beliefs #childhoodtrauma #abused #mindset #growth #youareincharge
  • More than likely most of your negative thoughts are BS from the past and you're just running old tapes in your head. Things that have been said over and over, how you've been treated by family, friends etc... most of it we keep bringing the past rubbish into the present and make it true for now. But is it? Are you just running auto tapes? Give yourself a chance to prove that those BS self talk statements are not about NOW. In this present moment YOU get to decide what you believe about you. The past BS will want to speak louder but you have to learn to make the present self talk be louderr and stronger. It's a habit to let the negative self talk run in your mind and dominate. Stand up and catch them and decide you get to choose NOW. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumatotriumph #anxiety #panic #lifeskills #lifetips #mentalillness #changeyourbeliefs #youcan #disorder #depression #selfhelp #suicidal #selftalk #youdecide #traumaaware #traumasurvivor #theothersideoftrauma #traumacoach #iwasabused #traumahealing #livingwithanxiety #anxious #ptsd #youcan #trainyourmind
  • You'll know when you know. You'll know when you're ready. You'll know when the fear is there but instead of putting you off it drives you. You'll know when the opinions of others no longer bothers you or is a reason to shut up. You'll know when you're ready to face any obstacles. You'll know because the #universe will align to show you the path. You'll know because everything in you will tell you it's time. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumatotriumph #anxiety #panic #lifeskills #lifetips #mentalillness #changeyourbeliefs #youcan #disorder #recovery #beyondtrauma #livingwithanxiety #anxious #breathe #itstime #improve #improof #mystrategies #mystory #thisisit #goforit
  • What ever you want to achieve, personally, professionally. Whoever you want to become, to get there you must stay the course.. no matter what the obstacles. Obstacles WILL happen.. they are not roadblocks or signs that you're on the wrong path, They're indicators that a skill you need to get there needs refining. A new approach, a new response, a new way of thinking about it. Obstacles are not dead ends. They are mean't to be there. Stay the course. Learn the lessons along the way and you willl get there. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumatotriumph #anxiety #panic #lifeskills #lifetips #mentalillness #depressed #youdecide #anxietytips #growth #maturity #mystrategies #choose #improof #iwasabused #selfhelp #mentalhealth #childhoodtrauma #abused #selfworth
  • You actually can handle more than you think you can. But sitting thinking about it doesn't make it happen. Mental rehearsing the HOW is a great first no-risk place to start . As you can plan out your steps in your mind. But it's still not the same as actually doing it! You have to step out beyond what your fear. It doesn't matter how you finish it.. just do what you fear and be proud that you tried and then keep refining it. It won't feel comfortable but it will feel easier the more you keep trying. #trauma #theothersideoftrauma #traumafree #healtrauma #fear #afraid #childhoodtrauma #abused #selfworth #selfhelp #improof #mystory #mystrategies #youdecide #anxietytips #growth #maturity #lifetips #mentalillness #lifeskills #youcan
  • My abuse started in grade 2. New school, new teacher, new life. So much had changed and would neverever go back to how it was. While I struggled to adapt to the trauma I was living every single day, consequently I shut down at school. I have no recollection of grade 2 and 3. It wasn't until grade 4 that I remember the time my teacher took to acknowledge me. To bring out any strengths he noticed, to praise me, that I felt I had someone I could connect with. Only then did I begin to engage in school, in learning, in activities. I began interacting more as my teacher spent time connecting with me. How powerful is it when a teacher spends that time building a relationship with a student that the student feels safe and secure enough to begin learning? Connect first, then the student can learn. #educators #teachers #schools #trauma #traumaaware #traumasurvivor #theothersideoftrauma #traumacoach #iwasabused #traumainformedschools #connect #relate #childhoodtrauma #childhoodabuse #recovery #beyondtrauma #livingwithanxiety #anxious #breathe
  • Living through childhood trauma, my only source of kindness, protection, care, trust, nurturing of any kind was received from my teachers. I'm not sure I'd even be here today if I didn't have them to rely on. They saved me in so many ways. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumafree #teachersmakeadifference #teachersarecritical #traumaaware #adversechild #childhood #childhoodtrauma #abused #neglected #abandoned #recovery #beyondtrauma #livingwithanxiety #anxious #childhoodabuse #school #traumainformed #improof #mystory
  • Teachers have so much power to make difference particularly to children experiencing trauma, neglect, abuse, abandonment. Teachers are often the only adults providing a child's basic needs of security, trust, love, nurturing, even something as simple as a smile. #theothersideoftrauma #trauma #traumafree #healtrauma #teacher #traumaaware #adversechild #traumainformed #improof #mystory #teachersmakeadifference #childhood #childhoodtrauma #abused #neglected #abandoned #recovery #beyondtrauma #livingwithanxiety #anxious #breathe #coping