Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Do you struggle with food? The holidays can be challenging for people who suffer from an eating disorder, and our guest Maggie Dong can relate to the struggles. At age 16, Maggie’s life spiraled out of control when her mom suddenly passed away, and her father was sent to jail. Left with a younger brother to care for, Maggie coped with this overwhelming stress through controlling food intake and exercise. ...
Dec 26, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Are you terrified of dating because you think you might make the same painful mistake again? "I don't know where to start" is a common refrain from people newly out of a long term relationship. Dating can fill us with trepidation if we've been out of the scene for a while and we had a track record of heartaches. How do we find a great partner, knowing that the dating pool is rife with liars, cheaters, use...
Dec 13, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool A question that comes up often in our FB discussions is on dating and Attachment Styles. Per popular request, in this episode, I interview therapist Diana Chu on what attachment style is, how it impacts our relationships, and specific strategies we can employ to move us towards becoming more securely attached. “A lot of times people who are anxiously attached are attracted to people who are avoidant of at...
Nov 28, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Are you an addict or know an addict and wonder what it takes to quit and stay clean? If so, this is the episode for you. Addicts feel out of control, ashamed, and alone, but statistics show that chemical addiction is sadly common. About one-third of our population suffers from it, and countless more lives are impacted by being with an addict. My guest today is Dr. Stephan Neff, an anesthesiologist from Ne...
Nov 01, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Do you feel like work is eating into your life? Are you an empathetic, sensitive person but find your kindness being used against you at work? Are you being bullied by a narcissist and unsure who to turn to or what your options are? So much of our waking hours are spent working, so if our work environment is toxic, it's rather hard to feel happy. In this episode, I bring my friend and long time mentor Don...
Oct 17, 2020•30 min
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool When someone sees Laura today, they see a spirited entrepreneur that is married to an English gentleman that adores her. People do not know that Laura had to overcome the unimaginable to get to where she is today. In this episode, Laura shares her story for the first time. This episode is longer than our typical 15-20 min length; however, I know you will find it time well spent. Parts of Laura’s story tou...
Oct 03, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Have you experienced betrayal by an intimate partner? Kelly Savage thought she married her dream man when she married Don (pseudonym). Don is a smart, well-educated, handsome fellow Canadian who has a glamorous job working with the Canadia embassy in Saudi Arabia, where he regularly interacts with the royal family. Kelly and Don shared a love for travel and enjoyed a great sex life. Seven years into their...
Sep 23, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Were you raised by toxic parents and are worried that you might pass the abuse down to your own children? If so, this is an episode you won't want to miss. In this episode, holistic coach and new mom, Maggie Conrad, shares how she broke the chain to be a good mother to her newborn son. We go into a lot of depth on boundary setting. We cover not just the 'why" but the "how" to do it from our core, so we st...
Sep 20, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Is there something about you that you feel ashamed of and wish nobody found out? Ben was nine when he was traumatized by an innocuous incident in school. His decision to stuff down, rather than experience the emotions, eventually landed him in the therapist's office for the first time decades later, after losing a significant relationship. Ben shares his story and the specific techniques he uses to help c...
Sep 16, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool The root of many Childhood PTSD symptoms is emotional dysregulation . We all get dysregulated sometimes, and we all eventually return to regulated. However, trauma survivors suffer from more triggers, the amplitude of dysregulation is larger, and it takes them longer to bring emotions back to the norm. For all these reasons, managing emotions well is crucial to thriving post-trauma. One of the most effect...
Sep 11, 2020•11 min
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool If you're like me, instilling a new habit is a struggle, and often, after much effort, the new habit did not stick. For the longest time, I've tried to build the habit of meditating, journaling, and affirmations without success. I would start with much enthusiasm, fail, and after a while, I would try again, usually at the start of the new year. Then I read about habit stacking. It teaches you to stack new...
Sep 09, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool Do you have kids but felt that you had failed them as a parent? In this episode, I talk to my friend and coach, Tara Brown. Tara spent the first 30 years of her life suffering from chronic depression and social anxiety. She became a teenage mother that went from abusive relationship to abusive relationship until one fateful day when her kids were taken away from her. Hear her amazing story of how she turn...
Sep 05, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool In the last episode, I covered 6 tips that help you build any habit, using meditation as an example. In this episode, I will go into exactly how to meditate by sharing two methods I use to great effect. Meditation is absolutely a worthwhile practice to build. Meditation teaches us how to be the observer vs. automatically believing a thought. It also teaches us how to let go of thoughts, so they don't ling...
Sep 03, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool The benefit of meditation is well known, but building a meditation practice habit is not always easy, especially if you also have a monkey mind like me! In this episode, I'll go over 6 specific tips that will help you build any new habit, so you can make daily meditation a reality and reap the benefit of a more peaceful and joyful mind. Here are some items I use in my meditation practice. They're optional...
Sep 02, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool You're in for a treat! Raj Montage, the host of podcasts "The On-Call Empath," interviewed me to learn what it was like growing up in Asia with abusive parents. We went into specifics on how it impacts me today, steps I've taken to heal myself, and why I started LifeIsLoveSchool.com to help survivors. Please subscribe and leave us a review . Your review will help us reach more people. Also, consider suppo...
Aug 15, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool How do we stay strong after leaving a toxic relationship? Following the last episode, Yumay will give you insights to help you stay strong during the no contact period. For more discussions, join us on Facebook at “ Life Is Love School .” --- Send Yumay a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life-is-love-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/life-is-love-school/support...
Jun 05, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool How do we stay strong after leaving a toxic relationship? In this episode and next, Yumay will give you insights to help you stay strong during the no contact period. For more discussions, join us on Facebook at “ Life Is Love School .” --- Send Yumay a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life-is-love-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/life-is-love-school/support...
Jun 05, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Connect with fellow survivors and access free resources: https://linktr.ee/lifeisloveschool What are triggers, and how do we work with them in the context of a close relationship? If we don’t know how to handle triggers, it can be an area of conflict and misunderstanding. In this episode, Yumay shares how to recognize triggers and how to communicate what triggers us with our partner skillfully, so we bring them into our world as an alley. For more discussions, join us on Facebook at “ Life Is Lo...
May 31, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
