Resiliency Coach

Aubrey Svendin was diagnosed with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). As a teenager her boyfriend raped her and convinced her that it was because he loved her and than he convinced her to marry him–after 6 months of the marriage she found out that she was being cheated on and left the marriage. She got involved with drugs and alcohol–for 5 years she attempted to get sober–and felt suicidal and went to a bar thinking it was the end….

Her message? Don’t give up 

Contact information

https://www.facebook.com/groups/crystallineheart/

Aubrey@crystallinehc.com

I want to thank all those who participated in this podcast---thank you for helping us to welcome our new year

Rhonda Reuther

Stephanie Jones

Jenny Lytle

I want to thank all those who participated in this podcast---thank you for lending your voice to add light and warmth to the world.

Bonnie Hardie

Katherine LaVergne

Kenny Ingersoll

Kyle Spyrides

Louise Zobell

Rhonda Reuther

Stephanie Jones

Tonika Williams

Amy Cathey has overcome self-hatred, anxiety, depression, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse and healed from the trauma caused by bullying at a young age and by living with an abusive partner.

Contact information

AmyCathey1@gmail.com

Kara’s journey began 13-14 years ago and she calls it a story of miracles. She had been sick all summer with some health issues. Her health issues wouldn’t clear up no matter what medicines the doctors tried, so she went to the emergency room, and ended up with a diagnosis of breast cancer–and this is where her first miracle occurred with many more to come

Contact information

Facebook

karalynherron

Instagram

Karalynherron

Coachkaraherron

Email

yourroadtohealthy@gmail.com

Website

Yourroadtohealthy.com

lifting-hearts.com

Special Holiday Episode Thanksgiving 2022 part 2 of 3: Make A Difference To That One, Giving Tuesday with Louise ZoBell

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Making her mess into her message of hope

Holly’s story starts in 2005 when she was working as a white water rafting guide. She loved living the outdoors life, she’d wake up to the blue sky, and this was her passion. Before becoming a white water rafting guide she worked with at-risk teens as a backpacking wilderness guide. One day her life's passion came to a sudden halt because of an autoimmune disease. After tenacious trial and error,  Holly was able to feel better, once again able to do the things she loves, that she was told she would never be able to do. Best of all she no longer needs any meds. Holly now helps others on their path to healing. 

Her advice

1. Do your research–there are many different answers, some of which may be non-traditional

2. Pay attention to your body–keep a notebook of what you’re eating, and notice how your body reacts

3. Everyone's journey is different

4. Hone into your intuition 

5. Visualize yourself healthy and whole

6. Work through the different layers, including the unconscious work

7. Keep the faith–-believe that there is something out there that can help you

Contact information

thebraintrainerllc.com

She was 23, newly divorced, with 2 kids under the age of 3. She didn't have a job, because up to the time of the divorce she had been a stay home mom. So she asked for help from her own parents. Within 3 years she went back to school, went to therapy, found a job as a server, and had accumulated $150k in court and attorney fees over custody battles, still fighting with her ex-husband. During this time she remarried an active addict…when her family and she realized he was an addict they were able to help her husband who wanted to change and get help with his addiction–-then she was expecting their first child (her third)..things seemed like they were going to get better…then the morning sickness, no weight gain, sunken eyes, and high levels of anemia, she felt something was wrong but the doctors said everything was good right up to giving birth to their stillborn baby girl and that was when she felt like she was breaking, but at that moment was another changing point for her…then came the determination and the work…

–-now she and her husband own a successful business together, and she owns her own business helping others

Contact information

https://www.facebook.com/KateSacredSolidity

When Avery started her career as a Registered Nurse working in the ICU she noticed that the majority of the reasons people found themselves in the ICU were because of illnesses and diseases that could be linked to chronic stress. She decided to get out of the reactive side of medicine and now helps highly sensitive high achievers prevent burnout and reverse the negative health effects of stress. After experiencing a significant change in health in 2018, Avery had to learn to redefine her identity and grieve the loss of who she used to be. Now she shares her story openly to help others realize that they are not alone in their struggles, and talks about the strategies that helped her heal along the way. She is the CEO and founder of the Inner Stillness Outer Chaos Podcast and the Flow State Membership. 

Contact information

https://becomingavery.com 

https://instagram.com/becomingavery

Lori was raised in a cult and severely abused, which she repressed until her late 30's when she started to have flashbacks and seizures. Now with her new medical condition (flashbacks and seizures) she had to continue to work because she was a single mother needing to raise her children. Doctors didn't know what to do to help her and in the process misdiagnosed and overmedicated her. Medical professionals told her that she was stuck and she continued to get worst. She was devasted with her medical prognosis. She started off with 2-3 jobs, raising her sons, buying her own home to losing it all. She later found out that she was struggling with PTSD. She struggled with PTSD for many years, but she found a way to heal herself and others.

The advice she gives 

1. Don't give up

2. You're going to find a way

3. You're not the only one, we're here for you

4. It's important to remember the spiritual aspect of your healing

Contact information

loricayechristensen@gmail.com

She was kicked out of her church at the age of 17, and estranged from her mother and her community. She was kicked out of her house when she was 18 and was told that she was going to hell. After several years, she was able to reconcile with her mother until her mother got a different direction and she cut her off again which caused Raquel a great deal of pain...at this point she has accepted, found peace, and forgiveness.

Raquel Farmer

infor@RaquelMFarmer.com

facebook.com/rhinksonfarmer

raquelmfarmer.com

Angel was living the life she grew up believing was the best life she could, she "checked off all of the boxes". She was happy, living that life with her husband and children, operating a business together with her husband, until....2016 Angel got a phone call telling her that there was a warrant for her husband's arrest---and this is the moment where she experienced an existential crisis, it was like her "world was blown up"--she was shocked because there was no indication that her husband would be involved in any illegal activities. Shock, fear, disbelief, etc. Immediately after getting the call, not knowing what to do, she went into her bedroom where she had her books that she had always relied on to get answers...scriptures, sacred writings...but this time it was different, she needed a direct answer to what to do...instead she "turned directly to God", pleading with total surrender and asked "what do I do next"---willing and desperate to accept any answer she would get...her answer was unexpected and didn't quite make sense, but from that experience, she learned how to speak to God and miracles occurred... 

Contact information

soul.u.lar.evolution@gmail.com

She grew up in a very happy home, upper middle class, a loving home. Brittany was raised in a conservative religion which brought her joy. Then she was faced with a bully and her happy and content life crashed down around her. To heal she took back her power from the bullies in her life.

Contact information

divinaandgoliath@gmail.com

She called it all a blessing...everything seemed like it was happening all at the same time...breaking up with a boyfriend (who wasn't giving her the emotional support she needed), her sweet cat passed away, moved out of the place she shared with her boyfriend into a different apartment with a friend, she ended up in the ER due to having black mold on the ceiling of the room she was sleeping in, she packed up her bags and for 1 1/2 years she became "homeless" and stay at various places...she called it all a blessing

Contact information

www.monica-maria.com

From a survivor of abuse, trauma, and neglect, which resulted in PTSD, living in what she called "a dark cacoon."  She was misdiagnosed,  overmedicated, hospitalized in a mental institution, and given electric shock treatments, she was turned over to the state by her husband and parents with no promise to ever leave. She wasn't able to talk, walk, or make decisions for herself ("literally a vegetable"). She was blessed to have 2 doctors who believed in her and who taught her how to ask questions to get better, heal, and to become the successful person ("butterfly") she is. She now owns businesses and has written a best-seller book, "The Butterfly Experiment." Annette gives a deeply insightful guide to getting back to your "true self" again - in order to truly heal and move on. 

Some of the advice she gives is 

1. Do not ever think you are alone

2. Find the people that can support and help you

3. Ask questions

4. Don't give up 

Contact information

website annettewasden.com

email Annette.wasden@gmail.com

My guess on today's podcast had to overcome guilt, shame, and public humiliation in her journey to sobriety. She had to face 2 major things while recovering from alcoholism and those 2 things were her alcoholism and systemic racism in a very public and embarrassing way, which went viral, due to an incident of heavy drinking and accusing some people of wrongdoing which lead to her losing her apartment, job, facing criminal charges and changing her life forever.

sacredsolutionscoach@gmail.com

www.sacredsolutions-coaching.com

April was a young mother, when she had her second child and her first child passed away---she dealt with major depression during this time. She describes this time as "dark and ugly", where she couldn't get off her couch until she found some relief with medication. She felt uncomfortable with the meds and got off them. As she got off her meds she turned to running, nutrition and service. She now owns a not-for-profit that supports impoverished people including an orphanage in Haiti and other places, she's also created a grief and loss group in her community. She says "so much has come from my darkest moments to the brightest moments in my life." She does 3 things every day 1. break a sweat, 2. laugh, and 3. serves somebody.

It was a fairly normal evening when her adopted daughter got upset and stormed out of the house never to return again, the next day the police would arrive to tell her family that her daughter had been murdered.

Their lives turned upside down---she pressed on to finish her education and become a licensed mental health therapist and author specializing in grief and trauma. Veronica helps parents and professionals facing anxiety and broken hearts mend and understand their own experience of loss so that they can find healing and deeper fulfilling relationships with themselves and others in their life. 

Her newly released Grief support book is titled "Missing Pieces Matter". Veronica also serves as a clinical director and treatment creator for an upcoming residential treatment program for teen girls with a personalized approach to addressing attachment, loss, and trauma. 

Veronica Bratcher: www.veronicabratcher.com  

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Born with a depressed immune system, chronically sick, and having to go to the hospital many times for monthly IV meds to keep her well --- these challenges lead to a sharpening of her skills of watching and listening which in turn led her to become a mental health professional. From working as a therapist at a Methadone clinic, constantly stressed, living in continual fight or flight mode, and experiencing anxiety. After about 7 years she realized that she could have a greater impact in the world as a coach. After leaving her very stressful jobs and branching out into coaching, she is now free of her IV meds and feeling much better, which she attributes partly to reducing the stress in her life and getting on a better path.

Randi knows, first-hand, how divorce can have a devastating effect on all involved, having been impacted by three divorces during her childhood, and then seeing her daughters suffer when her own marriages crumbled. She now lives happily with her three fierce and independent daughters, has healthy, cooperative co-parenting relationships with her two ex-husbands, and is pursuing a master’s degree in social work.

Introduced to pornography at a young age and became addicted, hiding his addiction from family, friends, and loved ones, living a second life while married--to breaking the silence of his addiction to his wife, healing and being in recovery for a number of years with many tools to help others and their spouses. A father of five adopted children, three of whom have special needs. Soccer is his pastime when he's not doing things with his family.

She began to lose her hair at age 7, dealt with an eating disorder, married an abusive spouse who committed suicide, turned to meditation, yoga, and other natural modalities, and has come to find and trust herself---Since losing her hair at 7 years old, Sheridan battled the ups and downs of self-doubt, anxiety, insecurity, trauma, body image, and mental health challenges. For years she felt disconnected from her body and inner wisdom and felt like she was searching for answers. She began to make her way through the challenges and into empowerment using yoga, meditation, and other mind-body practices. Through years of study, she built a deep understanding of the connection between the mind and body and has become a specialist in the inner world. She has cultivated her own unique methodology to support women struggling with anxiety and self-doubt, which unites esoteric teachings with evidence-based western sciences, such as psychology. Sheridan has a certificate in Yoga Therapy & Yoga Psychology, and Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine. Sheridan is here to help women embrace the journey of life’s ups and downs with resilience, empowerment, and inner peace.

To contact Sheridan 

www.SheridanRuth.com 

Instagram: _sheridanruth_

From a culture that tried to dim her light of creativity, having no voice to enabling her dreams to an empowered individual that is the voice of the voiceless in her culture---who helps women with unconventional dreams find their own tribe, feel validated and grow their business worldwide with the power of her words. She is now an email Copywriter.

Was married to a narcissist for 27 years, found the strength to leave and find personal healing

Being raised in poverty where the electricity would be turned off for 3 months sometimes because the bills couldn’t be paid, raising herself from being mentally “poor” to now helping people change their money mindset 

Raquel Farmer

infor@RaquelMFarmer.com

facebook.com/rhinksonfarmer

raquelmfarmer.com

Leaving an abusive spouse, having their spouse make erroneous claims against them so that the police falsely investigate them, on the verge of suicide, and had to start over again from nothing

John Webster

facebook.com/coachjohnwebster

Amber has her master's degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development and is currently working on her Ph.D. in the same field.

Her research focuses on authenticity and connection, and her mission is to help women love themselves for who they are so that they can find a deeper connection with their partners, family, and friends.

Amber Price

instagram.com/amber.a.price/

amberaprice.com

Raised in an abusive home, put into foster care, lost 16 loved ones in a short period of time, and starting from scratch she was able to find herself and balance

Olivia Hart 

facebook.com/olivia.hart.3382

instagram.com/olive_treee/

Child of an alcoholic and abusive home. Their spouse threaten to commit suicide while they watched. From PTSD to finding self-empowerment.

Brooke Santina: brookesantina@yahoo.com

Author: Dishrags To Dirtbags

Thank you to those who've already been interviewed and shared their real, authentic, and sometimes raw stories. The purpose of this podcast and what a number of people think resiliency means---you're not alone

● Growing up, being abused emotionally and physically, held responsible for younger sibling's actions, he attempted to run away from home a dozen times, he turned to isolation and alcoholism, then joined the military to escape  – he has now been sober for many years and quit smoking 5 years ago at his granddaughter's suggestion.

● Began to lose her hair at age 7, dealt with an eating disorder, married an abusive spouse who committed suicide, turned to meditation, yoga, and other natural modalities, and has come to find and trust herself 

● Was married to a narcissist for 27 years, found the strength to leave and find personal healing

● Husband passed away from stage 4 cancer, had to take care of and provide for 3 children ages 3, 4, and 5 by herself, came to a place of peace, happiness, and healing

Mentally releasing things to be able to move on

● Leaving an abusive spouse, having their spouse make erroneous claims against them so that the police falsely investigate them, on the verge of suicide and had to start over again from nothing

● Raised in an abusive home, put into foster care, lost 16 loved ones in a short period of time, and starting from scratch she was able to find herself and balance

● Her mother chose religion over her. Had her community, culture, and religion shun her and cast her out, found forgiveness and healing

● Child of an alcoholic and abusive home. Their spouse threaten to commit suicide while they watched. From PTSD to finding self-empowerment.

What inspired me to do my podcast Resiliency Coach?

The first episode airs on June 1, 2022

Contact me for an opportunity to share your story on Resiliency Coach