What happens when your life looks 'perfect' but you're fighting PTSD? Kari Wells shares her raw journey of Trauma, healing, and midlife reinvention.

Your life can look “fine” to everyone else while you’re quietly fighting to get through the day.

I sit down with Kari Wells, known to millions as a cast member on Bravo’s Married to Medicine, to pull back the curtain on the private reality behind public success. Beyond the cameras, Kari has navigated a grueling path through Grief, an eating disorder, and a violent robbery that left her battling PTSD.

In this deeply personal episode of Aging with Purpose and Passion, we get specific about the mechanics of trauma recovery and the “unmuted” truth about rebuilding your sense of safety.

What we discuss in this episode:

• The Reality of PTSD: Navigating fear in everyday places—from grocery stores to your own home.
• The Victim-to-Agency Shift: Moving from “Why is this happening to me?” to “Why is this happening for me?”
• Healing Tools: The practical power of journaling to reduce re-triggering and the role of a support system.
• The “To-Be” List: Why choosing who you want to be is more important than what you want to do during midlife reinvention.
• The Aspen Legacy: How Kari is using storytelling and her foundation to give back as her children enter adulthood.

If you are searching for resilience tools or a grounded way forward after life has knocked you down, Kari’s story is your blueprint for hope.

Resources:

For similar episodes on healing, check out episode number 147, Finding Your Voice After Trauma, and 154, Reinvention and Healing Through Music. And if Love stories of unapologetic women, 50-90 years young, who have boldly reimagined life on their own terms, check out ReinventionRebels.com

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