Bravo TV's Kari Wells on Managing PTSD and Trauma

What happens after the traumatic event is over, but your brain and body still don't feel safe?

Kari Wells, known for Bravo's Married to Medicine, opens up about the severe PTSD she experienced after surviving a violent armed robbery. For months, she struggled to feel safe in everyday places like supermarkets and movie theaters, in her neighborhood, and even at home.

Wells is now sharing what came next in her new book, From Attitude to Gratitude: 15 Practices for Transforming Pain Into Power. Today she sits down with host Gabe Howard about what it really means to heal from trauma when you're nowhere near ready to “move on.”

Listeners Will Learn:

·      The difference between healing and toxic positivity

·      Why forgiveness can be an act of self-care

·      What it means to reclaim agency after trauma

This conversation challenges the idea that healing means immediately finding the positive. Wells explains why acknowledging pain has to come before transforming it, why there is no universal timeline for recovery, and how she learned to see pain as something that could teach her without allowing it to define her.

If you've experienced trauma—or love someone who has—this conversation offers a candid look at what healing can actually look like: not pretending everything is fine, but slowly learning how to move forward.

Pull Quote

“You cannot deny your pain. You cannot just quickly put a smile on your face and say, this never happened.”  ~Kari Wells from Bravo's Married to Medicine

Our guest is the elegant, articulate, and effortlessly charming, Kari Wells who is a British author, television personality, actress, and entrepreneur celebrated for her poise both on and off the screen. Best known as the breakout star and fan favorite of Bravo’s Married to Medicine, Kari was famously dubbed “The Queen of Class” by host Andy Cohen—a title she embraces with a touch of wit, often adding “and a bit of sass.”