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What do you do when a traumatic event crash lands into your world, completely turning it, you, and your emotions upside down and inside out, and propelling you into a seemingly endless, frightening, and spiraling emotional experience? Scream? Cry? Withdraw? Wonder can you survive it? Will you? These are some of the questions I repeatedly asked myself as a NICU, Bereaved, and Special Needs mother when trauma came knocking at my parenting door unannounced and unwanted. The same questions other parents like me, and really anyone who has ever experienced trauma, have also asked. The emotional journey that NICU, Bereaved, and Special Needs parents experience, is often described as a continuous rollercoaster ride, full of jarring, traumatic, raw emotional twists, and turns you have no control over. The aim and trajectory of this book is to give you back some control and get you off this ride and onto one which I propose is a better one: The Carousel. You may wonder why I chose this ride as a symbol of our destination. I did so because although the carousel is a ride that still moves, it does so at a slower, calmer, and more controlled pace. It feels less scary, and if there is an unexpected dip, it is not as deep, jarring, or wild, so you are more able to manage it. My hope is that you do so in a more intentional, healthier, and dare I say more joyful way. I will show you how as we walk together, alongside other parents and experts, to move you away from trauma and towards healing. One emotion at a time.

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Award-winning author Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez is a trauma-informed leadership coach, consultant, and advocate with a deeply personal connection to trauma and passion for resilience, healing, and finding joy. The mother of a surviving twin born four months prematurely and four angel babies, she integrates her lived experiences of trauma, healing, and hope into her work. She is an International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited Professional Coach and a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach (TICC), as well as the founder of GKF Coaching & Consulting and Families Blossoming LLC. Through these organizations, she supports neonatal/family-centered care and leadership and organizational wellness.With an almost 20-year background in healthcare across two continents, Gigi combines her clinical and management expertise in this sector with compassionate and positive leadership. She specializes in trauma-informed coaching, maternal-infant health, and holistic leadership and organizational development, working with individuals, teams, and institutions across a wide range of various sectors. Some of her clients include the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), Fremantle Limited, March of Dimes, National Health Service, (NHS), NICU Parent Network (NPN), Prolacta Bioscience, VML, William Grant & Sons, Ltd., PearnKandola, and the US Department of Treasury. An international speaker and advocate, she holds multiple global board appointments in the NICU and maternal-infant health spaces. Gigi believes in and learns from the diverse beauty, flexibility, power, and dynamic nature of the human spirit and applies these lessons within her professional and personal life. Originally from the U.S., she now resides in London with her Spanish husband and British son, drawing inspiration from them, as well as her travels to over 25 countries and counting. From Rollercoasters to Carousels is her first book.Feel free to connect with Gigi at: gigi@familiesblossoming.com

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