From Trauma to Resiliency – Rising Up with Carob Mars
In this episode, Roxanne chats with Carob Mars about her experiences in the foster care system and coping with trauma, depression, and PTSD. They delve into overcoming adversity, maintaining mental health, and the importance of self-education and support systems. Carob also discusses her project, 'Age Out Rise Up'.
Key Points
- Karab Mars, a veteran of the foster care system, shares her empowering journey of overcoming abuse and trauma, highlighting the importance of never seeing oneself as a victim and taking control of one's own narrative for healing and growth.
- Through her story, Karab emphasizes the significance of therapy, finding supportive mentors, and engaging in creative outlets like writing and theater, demonstrating how these tools can help one build resilience and reclaim their life after trauma.
- Karab's experience underscores the value of kindness, both in how we treat others who may be struggling with their past and in seeking out affirming voices that can help us see our own strengths and worth, encouraging listeners to reach out and create positive change in their lives.
We talk a lot about resilience and how to move forward when life throws us a curve ball. My guest today is the living embodiment of what resilience truly is. On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we welcome Carob Mars who is a former foster child and despite the odds has found her way to happiness.
Carob is a veteran of the foster system, who despite many obstacles has found her way to Happy. On her new blog, podcast and YouTube channel, she shares practical doable ideas and stories to help you too, put your past behind you, Rise Up! and succeed at life on your terms.
Authentic Touch Points:
Carob’s journey through the foster care system.2:30
The impact of trauma as a young child.6:00
How to keep moving forward.10:00
Learning to give to yourself.18:00
Finding your support system.22:30
Don’t let trauma define you.26:00
There’s no “right way” to recover.31:30
The past is gone...34:00
A survivor of every kind of abuse, Carob walked to her local police station at just 8 years old and started the foster care process. She was never adopted and aged out at 18 years of age. Over the years Carob has overcome many obstacles to create her own slice of a modest "good life" and believes that we are all capable of thriving. She created the platform 'Age Out Rise Up" to reach out to former fosters of all ages and encourage them to move past their bad histories and choose to rise!
With many of us working from home and spending most of our time with family, I encourage you to reach out with thoughts or questions about creating a healthier mindset. You will also find more information about me and how I can help you at RoxanneDerhodge.com.
Thank you,
Roxanne
Links:
Carob’s website: https://ageoutriseup.com/
Carob’s podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carob-mars/episodes/An-Introduction-to-Age-Out-Rise-Up-eb43k2
Carob’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJoX-ugFf-sqYUIBxsFgvFDIUO6eBkNrg
Roxanne’s LinkedIn profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxannederhodge/
Roxanne’s email: [email protected]
Chat with Roxanne: https://roxannederhodge.com/chat/
Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/
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