Hi, I’m Ed Ferrigan, M.A., CPCC, SEP. I’ve spent 26 years helping people heal trauma. Not only am I certified by some of the best trauma organizations in the world, I’ve also done the deep work on myself. I've been my own best client—because I had to be.
I created this report to help you get real traction with your own healing. I’ll show you how to go straight to the root cause of why people stay stuck in life, and give you tools I use every day to stay grounded, focused and create predictable outcomes.
Many personal development programs tell you to just "focus on what you want." But if you’ve got unresolved trauma locked in your body, it’s like trying to build a house on quicksand. Without dealing with the underlying safety signals in your nervous system, nothing sticks.
That’s where this report comes in.
Why Developmental Trauma Is So Sneaky
Developmental trauma isn’t always obvious. You might just feel like something is “off.” You might see patterns that repeat, or feel like you’re constantly pushing a boulder uphill. Maybe you’ve “normalized” feeling unmotivated, anxious, or dissatisfied in your relationships or career.
I’ve been there. And I want to walk you through the exact four-step process that can help you shift these patterns—starting today.
Step 1: Ask Yourself the Hard Questions
Grab a journal and answer honestly:
Your answers are powerful clues. And if you’re not satisfied with what you wrote down, it’s okay. Just notice. Because recognizing patterns is the beginning of real change.
Step 2: Understand Your Stories
If you've been through trauma, you’ve likely created stories around the pain. These stories aren’t bad—they’re actually gold. They hold one of the keys to your healing. But repeating them over and over without shifting the meaning or being identified with them – keeps you stuck. Understand your story but stop feeding them because you are reinforcing the pattern.
Soon, I’ll show you how to rewrite those stories so they stop sabotaging your efforts.
Step 3: The “Aha” That Changed My Life
Years ago, a brief dating relationship cracked open a deep childhood wound I hadn’t fully healed. It was the one domino knocked over that healed all the rest. ...when she compared me to her ex, I noticed my body tensed up. That night, instead of distracting myself, I sat and breathed into the discomfort.
What came next changed everything.
Over the next few days, I had a profound emotional release—deep sobbing, shaking, grief. I saw how, from the moment I was born, I had assigned meaning to events: “I’m not enough. I’m flawed. I’m alone. God abandoned me.” These meanings shaped my entire life. Shaped ALL my decisions.
When I faced this reality completely, trauma finally lost it's grip on me from that day forward.
I got this "full body" aha moment, and so can you. I've had dozens of clients experience the same thing.
Soon, I’ll show you how to knock over your own domino so you stop sabotaging your efforts with unchallenged habituated habits.
Step 4: Take Healthy Responsibility
Yes, bad things may have happened to you. And yes, no one else will ever fully understand your pain. And never forget, you are the only one who can shift the meaning those experiences still carry. Take these words to heart.
Taking responsibility for the meanings you’ve assigned—no matter how young you were —is a fast way to create change.
Do You Have Developmental Trauma?
Here are common signs:
If these resonate, you’re not broken. You’ve just adapted to survive. And now you can learn to tweak those adaptations to learn instead how to thrive.
Why Other Programs Don’t Work (Long-Term)
You start with excitement. You try the new thing. But then... you stall. Or self-sabotage. Or bounce to the next shiny object.
Why? Because trauma hijacks your nervous system and creates unconscious impulses. The desire to be in a hurry to eliminate the pain causes you to disconnect from learning that is only possible when you completely let go of old habits. Until you release the old emotional residue, your brain will always try to “protect” you from the very changes you’re trying to make. Those coping patterns have a million faces. My encouragement is to pick a lane and ride out the impulse to "learn another model."
Real Tools That Create Real Change
I’ve spent years cataloging what works—5000+ hours of coaching notes – from hundreds of client breakthroughs and my own lived experience. I’ve distilled it into 25 core principles and practices. For 26 years I've studied all the famous researchers related to trauma, attachment, emotionally focused therapy, neuroscience, and even shamanism.
You can now access all of these in my trauma healing program called Rise & Thrive.
In short, you’ll learn how to:
This isn’t a “feel good” theory. These are repeatable tools based on neuroscience and somatic healing. Yes, it takes practice. But it works.
