In this episode, Cassy and I discuss the "trauma door" and what it means to "open" the trauma door and begin to unpack everything from our past. We discuss what spiritual tools we use to pry the trauma door open. We also discuss how we grow from opening the trauma door, unpacking things of our past is necessary for spiritual healing. It is painful, but it is worth it. If we open our trauma doors now and unpack years of negative energy, then our children and future generations won't have to. Link...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, Cassy and I discuss what happens to your brain when you are in fight or flight mode. We review chapter 3 of, "The Body Keeps the Score: Looking into the brain: The Neuroscience Revolution. We discuss The Broca's (speech function) area of the brain shut down when we are in fight, flight, freeze or fawn. In what ways has your trauma made you speechless? Do you feel like you are stuck in fight or flight? Cassy and I discuss how the brain operates when we are triggered and how we ca...
Oct 04, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, Cassy and I discuss what it feels like to parent alone. We are parenting alone as mothers, nuerodivergents and deconstructing our previous beliefs. Never parent alone and here is a link to our support group is: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KQGyvhLCnPKDZMaa5WRW1n. We hope that you join our support group and book study that meets biweekly on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm EST via zoom. Please let us know if you are enjoying the content that we are putting out.
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this podcast episode, Cassy and I discuss parts of chapter 2 from, "The Body Keeps the Score." Our talking points today are: are you addicted to your pain, are your prioritizing your sleep, and have you ever been misdiagnosed. We also discuss some solutions if you are suffering from any of our talking points. You can join our zoom book study. It is every other Tuesday. We are going to meet 9/20 and then again on 10/4 and so on. The link for our support group is: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KQGy...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode Cassy and I cover the ACE score checklist. Cassy goes over each item that gives you a weighted outcome of having an adverse childhood experience. For example, anyone with an ACE score greater than 4 is considered to be ask risk for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual problems. We also discuss chapter 1 of, "The Body Keeps the Score" by Besser Van Der Kolk. In this chapter we discuss losing our sense of self, numbing ourselves with addictions and distractions, feeling "stuck...
Sep 12, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode, Cassy and I discuss the details of Anton Black's case. We discuss flaws in the justice system and hold space for Anton's life.
Aug 29, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 13
My 30th birthday is August 24. I was born August 24, 1992. This is a list of things I have found to be true to me. Let me know what does or does not resonate with you.
Aug 22, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode we welcome our newest cohost member, Cassy! Cassy, Diamond and I share the definition of learned helplessness. We also discuss our personal experiences with it and how we have grown away from learned helplessness.
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Diamond and I discuss how some people seem to find themselves in the same bad cycles over and over again. We offer a simple solution.
Aug 08, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Did you know how white-washed American culture and history is? Please listen with view discretion. This is a triggering episode with generational and racial trauma. Thank you Cassy for having the time and courage to educate us on such delicate subjects.
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode we use dark humor to cope with 9/11, a pandemic, nose picking and other weird things from our childhood. We thought we would take a break from the serious topics and allow our listeners to hopefully have a belly laugh. That is the best remedy to the soul, after-all.
Jul 25, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Tonight, we have a special guest from Michigan, her name is Laurie Smith: she is an author of “Life Hacks” you can purchase this book off of Amazon. She also has her own podcast Clouded Compass & her own 6-week mental health course. Laurie is very trauma and addiction informed. She is a harm reductionist. She believes that recovery is not one size fits all and she advocates for everyone and how they choose to recover from their trauma. She is a delight and we hope you enjoy listening to her ...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This is Cecilia's story. She shares how generational trauma affected her life. Her grandmother was taken from her reservation and forced to live in a catholic boarding school. Cecelia had to be a generational cycle breaker to heal her family. She shares a lot of experience, strength and hope. I hope everyone is as touched by her story as I am.
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We were all feeling very triggered today with the things going on in America. We discuss our feelings and thoughts in regards to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade, racism, baby blood, serial killers; but we ended on a good note.
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Quinn is an immigrant from France. He moved to the United States when he was a young boy with his mother. He experienced some trauma during his childhood and this caused him to have a Heroine addiction. Quinn learned through psychedelics, meditation and his own spiritual practices that his childhood trauma was the root cause of his active addiction. Listen to Quinn's story as he provides his experience, strength and hope against the war on drugs.
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tonight, Diamond covers trauma informed care. She is certified to educate people in this & she is extremely passionate about it. We also discuss ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), a blind reaction to a YouTube video named "Removed" (link below) and briefly discuss the movie, "13th Step", which you can watch for free on tubi (link below). The YouTube video "Removed Part 1 & 2" provides a heart-wrenching example of what children (like me) with high ACEs score go though on a daily basis....
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode Mike discusses his struggle with addiction and depression. In this episode, Mike discusses how he got sober in AA and how things took a turn for the worst. Through Mike’s determination to survive, he grits his teeth and shares how he overcame his struggles. He is now thriving today and in the best health and position of his life. He is completely sober and living his best life!
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode I give tips to listeners on how to better improve their sleep, nutrition, water intake, weight loss, and breath work. I provide a weight loss formula. Here is the layout. (desired weight goal) x 12 = ______. Make 80% of the calories you consume "healthy" and the remaining 20% as whatever you want. I also give a little background on what it has been like for me to live with ulcerative colitis. I share some of the tips I learned from losing 85 pounds. You can also follow me on tikt...
Jun 16, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode Juan, gives us his perspective on narcissistic abuse as a Hispanic male. He also served in the Navy. You can follow him on TikTok at el_juan_n_only. He referred books “Scattered” & “Embrace the Past, Change the Future.” He gives trauma survivors a lot of hope. We appreciate & love Juan. He also does Cosplay!
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode we will be discussing tone-policing and how it affects the relationship between parties. This can be especially taxing on people who have been oppressed either through race, sexual trauma, generational trauma and many other unfortunate scenarios. Diamond & Cassy both taught me a lot. As a white woman who grew up in a rural, Florida town, I never heard perspectives from bi-racial women. I appreciate and applaud the courage it takes for anyone to speak their truth.
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Cassy is our first guest speaker. She has endured many hardships along her journey. However, Cassy provides strength, hope, perseverance and change. Our hopes for the listener is to gain understanding of what other's may be going through. We also hope that if you are struggling, you can perhaps in some ways find solace in Cassy's story of determination to happiness. Trigger warning, viewer discretion is advised.
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This is my experience that I had growing up and living in Florida. I hope that be me sharing my experience, strength and hope the listeners can become more attuned and aware to the struggles others face. I provided website links for the viewers to research the information for themselves. Baker County News Paper from the US archives: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/baker/newspapers/wiw19762.txt 500 years of baker county: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~flbakehs/500yr.html https://www.washingtonpost....
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This is our first full length episode to "Get Happy & Drop the Label". Where Coach Heather Bellovich, Kyle Johnston & Diamond introduce themselves. Heather is a 30 year trauma survivor. She also is 5 years sober and that is how she met Kyle & Diamond. They both work or have worked at establishments that help people become sober. We will be discussing different traumas, stigmas & other triggering subjects. This show is to educate listeners about real life problems in hope to find ...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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May 24, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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