Meaning after Trauma A Meaning-Centred Workbook for Healing After Trauma Trauma can change the way you see yourself, your relationships, your future—and even the meaning you once found in life. But trauma does not have to be the end of your story. Meaning After Trauma is a guided journey towards healing, self-understanding and post-traumatic growth. Drawing on trauma-informed principles and the insights of Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, this workbook explores what happens to us after trauma and how we can gradually rebuild safety, reconnect with ourselves, develop resilience and discover meaning in our lives. Through accessible explanations, reflective questions, practical exercises and guided activities, you will be invited to: ■ understand how trauma affects the brain, body, emotions and behaviour; ■ recognise the ways you have adapted in order to survive; ■ develop greater safety and emotional regulation; ■ reconnect with your identity, strengths and values; ■ explore relationships, boundaries and connection; ■ discover the human capacity to find meaning even in the midst of suffering; ■ transform painful experiences into opportunities for growth; and ■ begin creating a future guided not only by what has happened to you, but by what you choose to do with your life. This workbook does not promise a quick recovery or suggest that suffering should simply be viewed as a lesson. Instead, it offers a compassionate framework for recognising both the reality of what has been lost and the possibilities that remain. You cannot always choose what has happened to you. But you can begin to explore what happens next. Your story is not finished.