Can Trauma Create High-Achievers?
Does trauma result in a unique form of ambition? This article explores the significance of...

Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: April 22, 2025
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.
In her spare time, she is an avid swimmer, mindfulness and yoga lover, occasionally bringing a raw, honest approach to the topics she faces. You may also discover some personal accounts of eye-opening wellbeing experiences amidst the reality of a disorientating, and often conflicting, modern wellbeing space.
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- 2. Is ‘trauma-transformation’ under the spotlight?
- 3. The missing piece: the body keeps the score
- 4. ‘The Three E's of Trauma’: why trauma is multifaceted
- 5. Offering an alternative lens on trauma healing
- 6. Is trauma being portrayed as a badge of honor?
- 7. So what actually helps build success?
- 8. What to remember