In this episode, I talk with Bernadette Gold about how her journey through trauma healing took her down the path of helping others heal their body. We discuss health, the body-trauma connection, and the fantastic new ways she's healing others. Bernadette Gold is an author, gifted psychic, success coach, spiritual teacher, master healer, and consciousness leader, facilitating rapid breakthroughs in consciousness that lead to quantum income leaps. Her mission is to transform the lives of savvy, su...
Aug 18, 2023•48 min
In this episode, I chatted with Melissa Rohlfs about how finding peace and health through food and the mind-body connection moved her from surviving to thriving. Melissa Rohlfs is a certified holistic health and life coach helping busy women find freedom and feel at peace with food, their bodies and their lives. She is committed to empowering women to break free from dieting, emotional eating and self-image issues so they can ditch the diet mentality, and feel empowered in their own skin. She te...
Aug 10, 2023•44 min
In this episode, I had a lively chat with Jen Uschold about the connections between the mind and the body and how trauma healing must include both for healing to be possible. Jen Uschold (DeLorenzo) grew up outside of Buffalo, NY and has been a PT for over 3 decades. Out of her love for PT and helping others to empower themselves, she was drawn to both pain science and health coaching. She is proud to have been in the first cohort passing the exam to become a National Board Certified Health and ...
Jul 31, 2023•48 min
Sara Alvarado is a writer, speaker, and fierce advocate for racial equity in real estate. She recently published her first memoir, Dreaming In Spanish: An Unexpected Love Story in Puerto Vallart a, and is the co-owner of Alvarado Real Estate Group, co-founder of OWN IT: Building Black Wealth, and author of the Racial Justice Toolkit for Real Estate Professionals and the creator of the Conversation Challenge: helping white people talk about race. Sara is a white, cisgender woman married to a Mexi...
Jul 25, 2023•49 min
In this episode, I had a lovely conversation with the artist, author, and coach Sue Kennedy. Sue shared how rediscovering her love of art helped her heal her trauma and led her to the work she does with others. Now she helps people uncover their own healing through creativity and writing. Founder and CEO of Author Academy, Sue Kennedy Publishing, Author Academy Bookstore and Healing with Art. With over three decades of book coaching, publishing, speaking, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-...
Jul 12, 2023•45 min
In this episode, I talked with operations expert, Emma Ferrick about how her healing journey has led her to support other women in their entrepreneurial and healing journeys. Emma shared openly with me about her healing journey through motherhood and learning to thrive in her own space as a business owner. Meet Emma Ferrick - the brilliant mind behind ELF Operations, empowering women to break free from survival mode and achieve success. As an Operations and Systems Strategist, Emma partners with...
Jun 30, 2023•47 min
In this episode, I chatted with life coach Lartarsha Haughton about her from being a chronic people pleaser to someone who loves and values herself. Her journey, like many of my guests, Lartarsha's journey from abuse to thriving is an inspirational story she shares openly so others can learn and heal themselves by knowing they are not alone. Latarsha Haughton is a successful entrepreneur, inspirational author, transparent speaker, and transformational coach. Her entrepreneurial experience includ...
Jun 19, 2023•48 min
In this episode, I talk with Lisa Marree about her personal journey through childhood abuse and how she found her way to a life of thriving. Today, Lisa works with people who are ready to heal their minds, body, and spirit so they too can thrive after a life of abuse and neglect. Beaming in from the Sunshine Coast, Australia, Lisa believes we can all ‘take control’ & rise up through our pain and awaken the giant within. She is a proud wife & mum of 2 stepdaughters, with many tools in her...
Jun 11, 2023•53 min
In this episode, I sat down with Jami Greene to talk about her 30-year journey through healing from childhood molestation traumas. We talked about how, at 32, her body woke her up and broke her silence about the abuse and how her healing has led her to help others heal their own wounds. Jami Greene is a powerful voice full of compassion and sincerity. Known for her transparency and honest approach to life, she is the Founder of “A Mother’s Cry” which is a community-based outreach and advocacy or...
Jun 02, 2023•46 min
In this episode, I sat down for a chat with Brooke Bownes about how the unhealed mother wound runs deep for her and the women she coaches. She shared openly with me about her experiences and how healing has led her to a life full of joy and gratitude. Brooke is an accredited trauma coach, therapist, and global No.1 bestselling author. She works with midlife women who struggle with mother wounds and childhood trauma and want to heal those wounds, find their power, and confidence and release their...
May 26, 2023•44 min
In this episode, I had a lovely chat with Gina Blundell about the amazing work she is doing to help women move forward after long-term abusive marriages. She shared with me her story of leaving her narcissistic ex-husband after nearly 30 years of marriage and how she turned her pain into passion to help others move forward. Gina Blundell is a coach that helps women who are transitioning through a divorce and feel trapped and stuck in their marriage as they cannot see a way forward. She does this...
May 19, 2023•46 min
In this episode, I had a very lively and heartfelt conversation with Amy Frame. Amy shared her story of freeing herself from an abusive marriage, moving across the country, finding the love of her life, and how her own healing journey lead to her helping other women travel through their healing too. At the age of 18, Amy Frame joined the military and left for basic training on Sept 18th, 2001. She spent one year overseas in Iraq, where she met her partner for the next nine years. This relationsh...
May 12, 2023•43 min
In this episode, I had the distinct blessing of talking with Brittany Storti about her personal journey to recovery and healing. She shared openly with me about her journey through addiction, and loss, and how she found freedom from parental narcissistic abuse. Today Brittany works with other women to help them find their own bridge from surviving to thriving. Brittany's story is all about a young girl who was constantly told that she would never be enough. Her voice became public on The Dr Oz S...
May 05, 2023•45 min
In this episode, I sat down for a chat with Essi Bagheri. We talked about his life as a survivor of child abuse and a child soldier, his journey through addiction, and how he came out the other side. now he is thriving and helping others through their trauma and addiction recovery as a coach. Essi openly shares his stories in his book Shattered Soul: The True Story of a Child Soldier and in his own podcast called Resiliency Talks, find him on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform. Essi Baghe...
Apr 28, 2023•42 min
In this episode, I had a lively and heartfelt conversation with Whitney Chrstgau, a life, and trauma-informed coach. She shared openly about her childhood experiences with molestation and being groomed by a pedophilic couple. Whitney didn't let her personal traumas stop her from learning to love herself and now she works to help others heal from their own childhood traumas so they can live a life full of love and joy. Whitney is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach that specialized in adults healin...
Apr 15, 2023•48 min
In this episode, I sat down for a very open and heartfelt conversation with Maurice about the healing journey after trauma. As all my episodes do, this conversation travels down a path of discussing self-care, love, and how Maurice is helping people move away from the excuses which keep us bound to our past. Facing a crossroads, Maurice F. Martin chose a path less traveled, the life-changing journey of healing, growth, and purpose. His second book, Your But is Too Big: 7 Principles That Empower ...
Mar 10, 2023•49 min
Dianne Simboro is a recovery coach, behavioral profiler and consultant who works with survivors of family violence to assist with their recovery after they exhaust all available government-sponsored crisis support. From her own lived experience of violence and her ten years of professional experience working with more than five hundred other survivors, Dianne developed effective step-by-step strategies to disentangle the layers of trauma and conditioning in the mindset of survivors. By unlocking...
Mar 06, 2023•49 min
In this episode, I sat down with Tiffany Toombs to talk about how abuse comes from many places, and sometimes the family, or step-family has been abused themselves. She shared openly how her stepmother, who was a domestic violence survivor herself, turned against Tiffany as a child. You may know Tiffany Toombs as the international speaker and leading expert on rewiring the unconscious mind for success and tapping into your personal potential. For over 20 years, Tiffany has educated and transform...
Feb 24, 2023•37 min
In this episode, I sat down with Katie Lain to talk about how domestic violence and addiction often go hand in hand. To escape the devastating realities of her home life, Katie found herself turning to alcohol more and more finding herself hopelessly addicted. Even after she freed herself from her abuser, the addiction remained but not forever. Listen with me as Katie shares her story of how she found her own way to thrive after abuse and addiction. Katie Lain struggled with alcohol addiction fo...
Feb 17, 2023•43 min
In this episode, I sat down to talk with Tiffany Grant a woman's finance coach, about how financial abuse can show up in any relationship. Even with all her experience with money and financial security, Tiffany herself was abused in some terrible ways. The importance of her story is that abuse is not limited to emotional or physical damage, financial abuse is very real and devastating for people when it happens. Tiffany's story is a testament to how abuse can happen to anyone at any time and the...
Feb 13, 2023•45 min
In this episode, I sat down for an open and surprising conversation with marketing expert and podcast host, Lyndsay Soprano. During our conversation she shared with me newly discovered memories about her own trauma as well as how she is bravely tackling her pain journey. Lyndsay was diagnosed with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) a little over 6 years ago (as of Jan 2023). CRPS is one of the most painful diseases on earth. On The McGill's Pain Scale, it is higher in pain than natural childb...
Feb 03, 2023•40 min
In this episode I sat down with life coach, Terina Maldonado to chat about being vulnerable and how overcoming her own childhood abuse led her to help other people find peace and healing for themselves. Terina Maldonado is a survivor in every sense of the word. Empowered with resilience, empathy, and determination by living through child abuse, sexual assault, and leaving a high-demand religion. As a coach, facilitator & speaker Terina now helps others confidently claim their voice, and live...
Jan 15, 2023•45 min
In this episode of Flow Rising, I sat down for a heart-to-heart chat with Catherine Wallis about her experiences with domestic violence from a landlord and how she turned her healing journey into a practice helping other women gain access to the support and services they need after an abusive relationship. Sadly, domestic violence is not limited to personal relationships sometimes the abuser shows up in a professional or semi-personal way. Catherine, story sheds light on a situation that many ot...
Dec 13, 2022•43 min
In this episode of Flow Rising, I sat down for an engaging conversation with life coach Amy Linsmeyer. Our lighthearted conversation drifted into self-care and how Amy's healing journey started when she learned what it truly meant to care for herself. Amy is a life and well-being coach who is dedicated to helping others achieve the change they are seeking and feel good in the process. She knows, from her own experiences that we are all taught to believe that we have to work hard to achieve any c...
Nov 30, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode, I sat down with Angie Berrett, an Intuitive Movement Coach, Registered Nurse, Advanced Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor, and Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga Instructor who understands the human body and how it works. After going from child abuse survivor to domestic abuse survivor, and registered nurse to yoga instructor, she has spent much of her life caring for others. In 2017 she hit rock bottom and started on a journey to heal. Discovering playful ways of using movements helped her...
Nov 18, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode, I sat down to get to know Christine Malek and her amazing story of how she turned her life around after she survived her abuser shooting her in the head. Her story is truly inspirational and her spirit is uplifting! Christine is a motivational speaker, a women’s confidence coach, an International Advocate for Women Against Abuse & Domestic Violence, and the founder and creator of SASSI® Coach based in Knoxville, TN. Her unique approach brings out the strength and the light t...
Nov 11, 2022•48 min
In this episode, I talked with Angela McKay about how she uses tarot reading to help her own personal healing as well as guide her client's on their own healing paths. Ready to let go of overthinking and second-guessing, instead of trusting yourself implicitly? Angela helps women to find and follow their intuition so that they can more quickly and confidently make decisions they trust. As driven as they come, she is an HR Exec by day, a partner, mom, and business owner serving her clients as a c...
Nov 08, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode, I sat down for a rare opportunity to talk with a male survivor of domestic violence. Will Kesselman is no stranger to how violence shows up behind closed doors because for most of his career he has gone into impossible situations to save others from abuse. Now, he is bravely sharing his own story of surviving an abusive marriage and how he turned his own survival into a coaching business that helps others walk the path towards thriving. Will Kesselman, “Special Victims” investig...
Nov 04, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode, I sat down to talk with Victoria Roybal about her journey through surviving domestic violence and how her path through healing led her to start her own energy healing business. Victoria Roybal is the founder of Ebb & Flow Healing and My Empower Tees. She is a dedicated intuitive coach and enthusiastic energy healing practitioner. Victoria is on a mission to help past survivors rise from the ashes of abuse, begin healing and break the patterns holding them back from thriving....
Oct 28, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode, I talk with Shana Francesca. An amazingly powerful woman whose story of survival brings inspiration to other women who want to learn how to design a life of their own making. Now Shana uses her talents as an interior designer to help others remove old energies from their homes and workspaces. She shared with me why she loves working with her clients saying, "They're like, incredible human beings. But they're sharing their story with me and I get to be part of changing and shifti...
Oct 21, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 3
