Send us a text Unlock the secrets to lasting happiness and spiritual growth with life and metaphysical coach Rich Nisbet. From being inspired by The Beatles to uplifting people through music and coaching, Rich shares his journey and the profound impact of the metaphysical on our lives. You'll learn how love, beauty, and artistic expression go beyond the physical realm to bring about true transformation and healing. Discover the power of multiple answer questions in coaching sessions, as Rich ill...
Sep 18, 2024•56 min
Send us a text Unlock the secrets to overcoming imposter syndrome and self-sabotage with Sandy Kusano, a dedicated mental fitness coach whose personal journey is as inspiring as her professional expertise. Sandy shares how the resilience and determination of her grandmother and mother in Korea and Japan have shaped her mission to empower women, entrepreneurs, and executives to live authentically. Their incredible stories of matriarchal strength and overcoming hardships provide a profound backdro...
Sep 03, 2024•52 min•Ep. 83
Send us a text What happens when the quest for external validation drives your life choices? In this episode, we welcome Abby Haverman, a remarkable psychotherapist and coach, whose powerful story of transformation will leave you inspired. Abby takes us back to her childhood, sharing how these early experiences shaped her self-perception, leading her through a profound "dark night of the soul" and ultimately to a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Imagine a life-altering moment of crisis...
Aug 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 82
Send us a text What if your reflection held the key to your empowerment? Join us as we sit down with Rhonda Farrah, a lifestyle empowerment alchemist and coach, whose journey from a traditional, matriarchal family in Connecticut to a transformative life in Colorado will inspire you. Rhonda’s unique approach, encapsulated in her "Fix Your Reflection First" mantra, underscores the power of self-reflection and self-love in fostering personal growth. In this episode, she shares how her background in...
Aug 08, 2024•54 min
Send us a text Ever wondered how a career in corporate advertising could pivot to a calling in spiritual consultancy? Reverend Catherine Duncan shares her soul-stirring journey from battling childhood cancer and surviving a near-death experience to becoming a beacon of hope in whole person healing. Catherine’s story highlights the transformative power of meditation, journaling, and stillness, guiding her through significant life transitions. Be inspired by her courage to leave a cushy corporate ...
Jul 24, 2024•36 min•Ep. 80
Send us a text What if setbacks didn't define your worth or future happiness? Join me, Marlene McConnell, as we dive into the remarkable journey of Marquette Latrice Walker, a modern woman of faith whose story is nothing short of inspiring. In this heartfelt conversation, Marquette reveals how her deeply rooted church background helped her launch impactful outreach programs like Destined for Greatness 2 and Marquette L Walker Ministries. She candidly discusses her battles with insecurities, toxi...
Jul 17, 2024•50 min•Ep. 79
Send us a text What happens when a seven-year-old girl faces the unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust and survives to share her story with the world? Join us for an unforgettable conversation with Janet Singer-Applefield, a child survivor, author, and speaker who brings her remarkable journey to life. Through her memoir "Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust," Janet captures her extraordinary experiences, from her early memories in the Tatra Mountains of Southern Poland to the terror ...
Jun 26, 2024•35 min
Send us a text Ever wondered how deeply childhood trauma and addiction are intertwined? Join me on this episode of the Surviving Trauma Stories of Hope podcast, where we welcome Jason Shears, an inspiring certified psychotherapist and transformative coach from Manchester, UK. Jason's story is a harrowing yet hopeful journey, from his early diagnosis and forced medication for depression, leading to heroin addiction at the tender age of 13, and imprisonment by 20. Despite achieving sobriety throug...
Jun 12, 2024•41 min•Ep. 77
Send us a text What would you do if you were abducted and held captive for 90 days? Join us as we host the extraordinary Gloria Londono, a certified life coach and Reiki master, who shares her gripping tale of survival and resilience. At 25, Gloria faced a violent abduction in Colombia that led to a traumatic but transformative journey. Her story is not just one of survival but of healing from depression, anxiety, and PTSD, and discovering her calling to help others on their paths to recovery. E...
May 29, 2024•52 min•Ep. 76
Send us a text Struggling with anxiety, depression, or an eating disorder can feel like a relentless battle. However, Laurie Hammer, a neuro-nutrition expert and functional nutritional therapist, is proof that there's hope. In our latest episode, she shares her intimate narrative of triumphing over these challenges and a rare cancer diagnosis. Her journey isn't just a personal victory; it's the foundation of her mission to empower women through her podcast, "Take Back my Brain," and her own prac...
May 15, 2024•41 min•Ep. 75
Send us a text When the dust settled after the terrifying collapse of the World Trade Center, NYPD beat cop turned ATF Deputy Assistant Director Peter J. Forcelli found himself in a fight for his life, both physically and mentally. Join me as I, Marlene McConnell sit down with Peter to unpack his harrowing experiences from the front lines of law enforcement, including his vivid survival story from September 11th and the unspoken mental health battles that followed. His gripping narrative not onl...
May 01, 2024•51 min•Ep. 74
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am pleased to welcome Rebecca Wellington from her home in Seattle, Washington where she lives on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish people. Rebecca Wellington has taught high school social studies, as well as undergraduate courses and graduate level courses in education history and curriculum and instruction. Her higher-education teaching adventures have taken her to universities across Western Washington, including University of Washington, Seattl...
Apr 18, 2024•51 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome Mike Coy to the podcast who joins me from Chattanooga, TN, United States. Mike Coy grew up on the baseball field. From his early days of playing in Beaumont, Texas, to a long history of coaching, he has always been drawn back to the game. His dad was an umpire and coach that helped every kid in town with their game. Baseball is in his blood. And with good reason — his teams are winners! After playing in college, Mike moved into the ...
Apr 03, 2024•46 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome Edit B Kiss to the podcast who joins me from the United Kingdom. Edit B Kiss is a holistic mentor, success habit coach, #1 best selling author, Humanitarian Award winner and international speaker. She works with clients on releasing long-lasting pains, blockages, ancestor defects and emotional traumas so they could live fulfilled and joyful lives. Edit originally was a petroleum engineer, working in the petroleum industry for 15 ye...
Mar 20, 2024•46 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome Tate Barley to the podcast who joins me from North Carolina, United States. Tate carried the burden of shame for years, stemming from poverty, addiction, and the struggle of being a closeted gay man. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, he found sobriety and now seeks to inspire others by sharing his transformative journey. His memoir, unveils his troubled relationship with his father and his path to overcoming shame and a scarcity mindse...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome Nick Prefontaine, who joins me from Rhode Island, United States. Nick Prefontaine is a 3x best-selling author and was named a top motivational speaker of 2022 in Yahoo Finance. He’s a Speaker, Founder and CEO of Common Goal. Nick’s been featured in Brainz Media, Swaay and Authority Magazine. At 14, Nick suffered a life-threatening snowboarding accident. His parents were told he probably wouldn't ever walk, talk or eat on his own ag...
Feb 13, 2024•40 min
Send us a text I am excited to welcome Heulwen Marina Carrier to the podcast who joins me from Edinburgh, Scotland. Marina lived through early trauma as an illegitimate unwanted child, born as a girl, then sexually abused by her step-father up to the age of 9 when she was left as dead. She was baptized as a baby, so despite her suffering, she passed to Grammar School and through God’s provision was enabled to pass sufficient exams at 16, then at 18, to train as a teacher. Her career was led by P...
Jan 24, 2024•53 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome Avgi Sakatopoulou and Ann Pelligrini to the podcast. Avgi and Ann , psychoanalysts and professors at NYU, tackle one of the most hot-button cultural/health issues raging in the United States of America—how one forms their gender identity—in a new book, GENDER WITHOUT IDENTITY. The award-winning psychoanalysts challenge the argument widely embraced by rights activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community that gender identity is innat...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr0
Send us a text In this weeks episode, I commemorate the lives of my brother, Conniffe January and friend, Suritha Alting. #podcast #grief #rememberance #commemorate #death #lovedones Support the show Please support the show on Paypal: PayPal.Me/marlenegmcconnell...
Dec 06, 2023•19 min0
Send us a text I am delighted to welcome Sarah Westbrook to the podcast who joins me from Missouri, United States. Sarah Westbrook, MS, LPC, NCC, is the founder of Westbrook Counseling Services and Daisy Girl Communications. As a trauma survivor herself, she understands the work that goes into healing. She helps her clients work through their pain to achieve lasting results, laughing along the way to becoming their most authentic selves. A National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a member of the A...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Send us a text This week, I am delighted to welcome Richard Brockman, MD to the podcast who joins me from Columbia University, United States. An intertwined tale of a boy’s world shattered by suicide and a man’s story rewritten by neuroscience. Richard Brockman, MD, is a clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University and a visiting professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Namibia. He has been honored with the Nancy C.A. Roeske Award for medical st...
Oct 25, 2023•55 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome fellow survivor and mental health advocate Madeline Popelka to the podcast who joins me from the Bay Area in California, United States. Madeline, is a writer, trauma survivor, and mental health, and LGBTQ+ advocate. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she grew up in an Asian American household where mental health was never discussed. As a daughter of a refugee, intergenerational trauma runs through her family, and she struggled with h...
Oct 11, 2023•47 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the lovely Barbara Lane to the podcast who joins me from the United States. With over 25 years of private practice as a ministerial counselor, Barbara Lane has dedicated herself to serving individuals and families. Her educational background in human development, social sciences, and family psychology, with a specialization in child abuse, fuels her passion for sharing expertise on topics close to her heart. Through her journey, Ba...
Sep 27, 2023•43 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the lovely Alexandra Wyman to the podcast joining me from her home in Colorado, United States. Alexandra is an advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide. After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to change the language around suicide, and decided to write about it. Her memoir, The Suicide Club: What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death is an Amazon best seller. S...
Aug 29, 2023•39 min0
Send us a text In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the very astute Dr. Tara Perry to the podcast joining me from her in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States. Dr. Tara Perry is a Clinical Hypnotherapist & Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She specializes in Core Trauma Transformation, helping people get to the root of their biggest block, connect to their authentic selves, and thrive in deep confident peace. For 25 years, Dr. Perry has successfully treated celebrit...
Aug 16, 2023•46 min0
Send us a text 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. Jamie Mustard is an artist, multimedia consultant, and Iconist. His passion is to teach the science and "art of obviousness"...
Aug 02, 2023•52 min0
Send us a text 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, including the New York Times bestseller Harmonic Wealth, and has appeared on numerous TV shows, including...
Jul 19, 2023•43 min0
Send us a text 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 sexuality, deconverting from religion, and discovering spirituality. In our conversation, we explored topics aroun...
Jul 04, 2023•32 min0
Send us a text 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. She is a psychology, criminal justice, and human services professor with over 20 years of experience as a co...
Jun 07, 2023•49 min0
Send us a text 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 30 years. She has conducted transformational seminars on five continents, including countries such as Austra...
May 10, 2023•43 min0
