When little things have big impacts. This book is for anyone who feels that they're
sleepwalking through life looking for answers to challenging emotions and the practical tools
to begin living the life they want. 'How are you really feeling? A bit blah meh or simply 'I
don't actually know'. If this is your honest knot-in-the-throat response take a moment -
breathe - and let me reassure you that it's not you it's what's happened to you over the
years. You can't quite put your finger on it but somehow you just don't feel like you're
thriving or truly participating in your own life. This is the result of a build-up of life's
scrapes papercuts and bruises that have left you feeling simply 'not ok'. Emotional illiteracy
microaggressions challenging familial relationships toxic positivity and gaslighting are some
examples of what I call 'Tiny T' trauma - the impact of which often leads to problems such as
high-functioning anxiety languishing perfectionism comfort eating and sleep disturbance to
name but a few. We have been fooled into believing that 'Tiny T' trauma doesn't matter. There
always seem to be huge intractable problems in the world so we tend to overlook those small
everyday injuries that drill down to your core. This leaves us with an undercurrent of constant
melancholy and niggling pinpricks of anxiety all wrapped up in the film of other people's
Insta-perfect lives. But life doesn't have to be experienced in this suffocating way we owe it
to ourselves to develop Awareness Acceptance and take Action on our Tiny T trauma no matter
how 'small' and to start living every day as we deserve.'
