From Suicidal to Sovereign | Cari Rickabaugh on Childhood Sexual Trauma & Medical Gaslighting

⚠️ This episode contains discussions of childhood sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and medical trauma. Listener discretion is advised.

Four decades of buried trauma.
Three dismissive therapists.
One miracle phone call that changed everything.

What happens when traditional therapy fails—and your own mind whispers you're “too broken to be helped”?

For trauma coach Cari Rickabaugh, it meant being 24 hours from ending her life… until divine intervention and an unconventional guide helped her meet the wounded child within.

This episode explores how suppressed memories of childhood sexual abuse froze Cari in emotional adolescence… why therapy failed her… and how somatic healing unlocked trauma stored in her body.

From seizures and gallbladder attacks to suicidal ideation and spiritual awakening, Cari’s story reveals how emotional wounds often manifest physically—and how healing begins when we feel safe enough to feel.

🔎 Inside This Episode:
🧠 Why therapists dismissed 25+ years of trauma
🚨 The suicide plan—and the friend who refused to hang up
🔬 Seizures, fibromyalgia, and fatigue as trauma symptoms
⚡ Rewiring the nervous system through somatics and NLP
🫀 Feeling light in her chest after decades of darkness
🎤 Speaking to 250+ people and hearing “I thought I was the only one”
💪 Launching Resilience Mind and Body Coaching to help others heal

🗝️ Key Insight:
 "You don't have to believe everything you think. Just because something's in your head doesn't mean it's true. You can doubt your doubts." — Cari Rickabaugh

This is for anyone dismissed by the medical system, failed by therapy, or convinced they’re “too broken” to heal. Cari’s story proves radical healing is possible—with the right support and fierce self-advocacy.

✨ About the Guest:
 Cari Rickabaugh is a trauma-informed coach and founder of Resilience Mind and Body Coaching. She fuses massage therapy, energy work, and somatics to guide deep transformation. She’s also a featured author in A Journey of Riches: Unlock Your Hidden Potential.

🔗 Connect with Cari:
 Linktree: linktr.ee/resiliencemindandbodycoaching
 Website: resiliencemindandbodycoaching.com
 LinkedIn: @cari-rickabaugh
 Facebook: @cari.rickabaugh
 Email: ResilienceMindAndBodyCoaching@outlook.com

🎧 Episode #16 of Rabbit Hole Reflections
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✨ Mentioned:
 Lisa reflects on a prior episode with Olivia Caggiano
 🎥 Watch: “The Body Never Forgets” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6P_uXJXyEw

🔮 Next Week:
 From narcissistic abuse to neural rewiring—Sophia Soul reclaims her voice through breathwork, sound healing, and radical self-empowerment.

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