The Archeologist, The Artifact, The Architect: A New Way To Heal Trauma | with Kristen Crabtree
From Think Unbroken with Michael Unbroken | Childhood Trauma, CPTSD, and Mental Health Recovery by Michael Unbroken
June 2, 2026 · 48 min
About this episode
Michael Unbroken and Kristen Crabtree discuss healing from trauma and building an authentic identity.
Imagine if everything blocking you from becoming who you really are started with the questions you ask yourself. What if you are not broken, you are just buried? In this powerful Think Unbroken Podcast episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with Kristen Crabtree to talk about moving from trauma and survival mode into emotional sobriety, truth, and self‑reclamation. Kristen shares her raw journey from childhood sexual assault and a 22‑year psychologically abusive marriage into freedom, healing, and designing a new identity built on authenticity instead of adaptation. She breaks down her unique framework of the Archaeologist, the Artifact, and the Architect – a process of excavating your truth, sorting what is real from the masks you wear, and then consciously building a life that aligns with who you actually are. You will learn how trauma, prolonged stress, and narcissistic abuse shape your identity, create survival‑mode behaviors, and turn your nervous system into an addict for stress chemicals like cortisol, adrenaline, and the trauma‑bond mix of oxytocin and dopamine. Michael and Kristen unpack why you keep repeating the same toxic patterns, why leaving does not instantly “fix”…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Unbroken
Guest: Kristen Crabtree
Topics covered
- trauma recovery
- emotional sobriety
- self-reclamation
- identity
- psychological abuse
- healing
Keywords
- trauma
- emotional sobriety
- psychological abuse
- identity
- self-reclamation
- nervous system
- survival mode
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