Surviving Trauma: Stories of Hope

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Eugene Lipov and Jamie Mustard to the podcast. Dr. Lipov is a complex anesthesiologist called the "Einstein of modern anesthesiology."  President Obama endorsed his discovery and innovation, the Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR), in 2010. His research has an 85-90% success rate in reducing the effects of trauma.     Ja...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome New York Times Bestselling Author James Arthur Ray and his wife and alchemist Bersabeh Ray to the podcast. James Arthur Ray is a New York Times bestselling author, philosopher, and consultant who has worked with over 1 million people from 146 countries through his coaching and leadership programs. He is the author of six books...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome Self-Relationship Coach Christina Carlson to the podcast. Christina is a Self Relationship Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, and the Host of the podcast Bitches, Witches, and Queers. She was raised in radical religious groups and joined two cults as an adult before reconnecting to her body through dance, discovering her own sexuali...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the very astute Dr. Lisa Smith to the podcast, where she joins me from her office in Fort Lauderdale, United States.  Dr. Lisa is an author, advocate, and professor who provides an honest perspective about solutions for mental health issues regarding the sexual assault and rape of children and teens, which is rarely addressed....

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the lovely Azzah Manukova from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  In her early years, Azzah grew up on a ranch in the Australian countryside. Her first teachers were the Australian Aboriginal Elders, whom she greatly respects. After leaving Australia, she lived and studied in Asia for 23 years. Her work experience spans more than...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the lovely mama and author Sheyann Straub from her home in Kansas City.  Sheyann is a writer, mama, and trauma survivor who advocates for others to live fully in the light of who they are. She believes in forgiveness and the power of breaking generational curses. In her debut memoir Honeysuckle and Cigarettes , Sheyann confron...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the lovely Dr. Jennifer Pratt, a Pediatric Physician from her home in Minnesota.  Dr. Jen Pratt is a pediatric physician caring for children in the same hospital where she was treated. Her story has come full circle, back to where her life was transformed. Dr. Pratt can now help improve the lives of other children battling crit...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the brilliant David Greenwalt to the podcast.  David is Certified Health Coach, fitness expert, and author, a husband, father, former police officer, gym owner, competitive state-level body builder, and powerlifter in 1997, at age 32 and a body weight of 235 pounds, David discovered an evidence-based approach for getting off h...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am happy to welcome the lovely Lisa Ford from her home in Pennsylvania.  Lisa is a multi-skilled counselor, therapist and educator, who delivers expertise in post-secondary career planning, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, emotional processing, trauma psychoeducation, relationship dynamics and child study case management with mental health a...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome to the podcast, the lovely Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou, PsyD, a Psychoanalyst, from her home in New York.  NYU's Avgi Saketopoulou explores some riveting questions in her new book, Sexuality Beyond Consent. Rather than buy into the notion that trauma can be cured, she reroutes our attention to what traumatized subjects do with t...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am excited to welcome the inspiring Zane Landin from his home in California.  Zane is a mental health and disability advocate, queer rights activist, entrepreneur, and positive change maker. I identify as Hispanic, Queer, and Disabled. I am very open about my identities and experience with suicide, grief after losing my mother, and overcoming my fear...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am excited to welcome the all-inspiring Dr. Reshie Joseph MB chB MSc from his practice in Singapore.  Dr. Reshie started a professional career as a Doctor, having obtained my medical degree (MBBS) from the University of Sheffield in the UK. He had a great future ahead until unresolved childhood trauma caught up with him. To cut a long story, it led t...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the incredibly knowledgeable  and HRV expert, Matt Bennett to the podcast.  Matthew Bennett, MBA, MA, has a master’s degree in psychology and a master's in business administration. Matt successfully combines his academic pursuits as a researcher, blogger, podcaster on the Heart Rate Variability Podcast , Trauma-Informed Le...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I talk about setting intentions and resolutions for the new year that you can keep. It's okay to be excited about the New Year. All the festivities are over, and it's time to take on the year with new vigor. But, as we feel inspired to take on new opportunities and challenges, we know that life does not always go our way, and we should be fle...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I reflect on 2022. I’m sharing some questions I like to reflect on as the year comes to a close: ⠀  ✨ Change: What changed about me this year?   ⠀  ✨Growth: What did I accomplish that I didn’t think was possible?   ⠀  ✨Self love: How did I take care of myself?  ⠀  ✨Acceptance: What disappointed me this year?  Lessons Learned ✨ Not everybody deserv...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I am proud to introduce you to my special guest Amanda Quick.  Amanda is a soon-to-be-published author, mother to three boys, wife, Quantum Energy Healer, speaker, and coach. Her memoir "The Sex Trafficker's Wife," available January 2023, shares the most significant trauma of her life when her then-husband was arrested for Attempted Huma...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I am excited to introduce you to my special guest Lea Misan.  Lea is a process-oriented psychotherapist, ex-pat coach, facilitator, trainer, blogger, and the Executive Director at Act for Change. As a parent, Lea was inspired by those who acted to save a life at a moment of violent trauma and dispossession during the Holocaust. Act for Change was born out...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am delighted to welcome the inspiring and witty Kristin Sparks to the podcast.  Kristin is the Founder and CEO of WRAR Inc., a communications and connections company that empowers women through corporate and personal growth guidance and specialized retreats. She is a trainer in the Jack Canfield Methodology and a certified Trauma and Shame Recovery Specialist...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I welcome my beautiful and inspirational guest Jocelyn J Jones, to the podcast.  Jocelyn is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in journalism. After receiving her B.A., Jocelyn worked for channel 20, WYCC. She left the television industry to work at the ARK of St. Sabina, where she served for eleven years; eig...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I welcome my incredible guest Laura Spaulding, to the podcast. I am honored to have the opportunity to learn from someone with tenacity, grit, determination, and business savvy. Laura Spaulding, founder, and CEO of Spaulding Decon is a former law enforcement officer who has evolved her business from a solo operation to a nationwide franchise specializing in crime scene, hoa...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I am delighted to welcome my incredible guest and friend Dorsey Ross to the podcast.    Dorsey was born on January 16th, 1977, with a congenital disability known as Apert’s Syndrome. When Dorsey was born, his forehead was pushed outward, his nose and mouth were pushed inward, and his fingers and toes were fused, meaning he had no individual movement of them. Doctor’s gave D...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I am thrilled to welcome the all-inspiring David Richman to the podcast.    David did something incredible that can inspire us all.  After losing his sister to brain cancer, David has organized a yearly fundraiser in her memory, the most recent being the impetus for his newly released book, Cycle of Lives – 15 People's Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Em...

Send us Fan Mail I am excited to be joined on the podcast by the very delightful Nicole Spindler.    Nicole lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a writer, a talent management specialist, a public speaker, and a lover of all things Pittsburgh. She graduated from John Carroll University, specializing in human resources and management with a minor in Spanish language and culture. She published h...

Send us Fan Mail I am excited to be joined on the podcast by the very lovely Destiny Rael and our little furry surprise guest, Mila! 🐾   Destiny lives in Los Angeles, California. She is a Certified Transformational Life and Loss Coach and a Grief Support Leader. She has been through major changes, endings, transitions, challenges, struggles, loss and all this led her to experience her soul awaken...

Send us Fan Mail I am thrilled to be joined on the podcast by the inspirational 29-year-old, Harriet Barnsley.   Harriet lives in Birmingham, UK with the love of her life and their cat, Fred. She studied at the University of Reading where she graduated with a degree in Philosophy. She loves fitness and her favorite food is dark chocolate! Harriet’s story starts in 2014 when she had just awoken fro...