Stop and Reflect: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Course: Healing and Leadership Module: Wounds That Whisper 🌱 1. Which ACE or community challenge resonates most with your personal story? Reflect on the patterns or environments that shaped your early experiences. - Were there seasons of instability, neglect, or emotional absence that still echo in how you show up for others today? - Did you grow up needing to perform for love, stay quiet to stay safe, or take care of others before yourself? - What messages did you internalize about worth, safety, or identity because of those early experiences? 🕯️ Pause and name it — not to relive it, but to recognize it. Awareness is the first step toward healing. 🌾 2. How has it shaped your leadership or decision-making? Consider how those formative experiences show up in your adult life — especially in your leadership. - Do you tend to overextend yourself because rest once felt unsafe or unearned? - Do you struggle to trust others, believing you have to do everything on your own? - Do you avoid conflict, crave control, or feel a deep fear of failure or rejection? - How do you respond when others disappoint you — with grace, or with the same pressure you once f