Out From the Shadows

What happens when men are taught to stay silent about emotional pain? In this episode, Lisa Urbanski sits down with author Willie Handler to explore how unspoken trauma can shape relationships, affect children, and echo through generations. You’ll learn: 🧠 Why men often avoid talking about pain and vulnerability 💔 How emotional silence impacts marriages, families, and children 🔁 How generationa...

If you’re tired all the time, unmotivated, or dealing with erectile dysfunction—even while eating well, exercising, and doing “all the right things”—this episode may explain what’s really going on. Host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Willie Handler to break down the effects of unresolved stress, trauma, and a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🔹 Why chronic stre...

Are you constantly living in fight-or-flight without realizing it? In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Willie Handler to break down a practical 30-day nervous system rewiring plan to reduce chronic stress, calm anxiety, and help your body feel safe again—using simple daily habits that actually stick. You’ll learn: 🧠 What fight-or-flight is and why it becomes your “normal” 💨 How bo...

If you’re exhausted but can’t slow down, this episode will help you understand what’s driving it— and what to do right now to start recovering. Lisa Urbanski sits down with Willie Handler, author of Out of the Shadows, to talk burnout, stress, and how generational trauma can quietly shape work habits, anxiety, and health.  You’ll learn 👇 🧠 How burnout can be a survival pattern (not a character f...

In this episode, host Lisa Urbanski talks with author Willie Handle r about how father wounds, anxiety, and intergenerational trauma quietly shape men’s ability to open up, stay present, and build healthy relationships. You’ll hear a compassionate, practical conversation about what’s really happening underneath “commitment issues,” and how both men and women can respond with understanding instead...

Host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Willie Handler —son of Holocaust survivors and author—to expose how your family’s unspoken past might be running your life today. If you grew up in a “we don’t talk about that” family and still feel anxious, on edge, or never “enough,” this episode connects the dots nobody explained to you. You’ll learn: ✨ How trauma from war, persecution, and family secrets can...

Intergenerational trauma is the silent CEO of your life—until you fire it. Host Stacey Chillemi sits down with author Willie Handler to unpack his memoir Out From the Shadows, his own trauma story, and his new book on how hidden wounds get passed down through generations. No fluff, just raw truth and a game plan to break the cycle. You’ll learn: How writing Out From the Shadows helped Willie face...