Growing up in a dysfunctional family, Allison began her attempts to break toxic patterns at an early age.

Her path has lead her through multiple unhealthy relationships, career changes, religious experiences and life as a foster/adoptive parent. While she is still healing from wounds of her childhood, she currently has a life she never thought would exist.

She is now married to her soulmate, mother to three beautiful adopted sons, and helping others through her work as a Chiropractic Neurologist.

In this podversation:

• Allison's epiphany at age 12
• "We want to mess them up so they have THEIR problems NOT OUR problems
• The day Allison decided to cut ties with her family
• Dynamics of a narcissistic family system (e.g., scapegoat, golden child)
• Why adult children may still be "obeying" their parents
• How chiropracty healed many of Allison's somatic symptoms
• What it was like to live at home as a grown woman trying to finish her degrees
• The power of the mind-body connection and the illnesses that can result
• "If there is more than one way to perceive something, choose the way that makes you happier."
• How Allison and her husband came to adopt their three sons
• What it was like growing up in the shadow of her mother's stillborn daughter before her
• The empowerment that comes from realizing there's nothing you can do to make someone love you
• Dealing with the pushback and victim shaming
• Love is unconditional but relationships are not

  Follow Allison's journey on her blog.

Additional Resources:

• The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn
• The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield