Epione Blogcast

This week's blogcast comes from Kelly Breakspear (Missus of a Reformed Man) who writes light-hearted blogs to inform, influence, and inspire anyone with a loved one in prison and anyone with challenging mental health.

Kells draws from her own experience of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). 

She often points out that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are often the first step on the school to prison pipeline and can cause significant problems with challenging mental health. It’s a sad fact that the vast majority of people in our prisons have unresolved trauma and are diagnosable with a 'personality disorder'. 

In 1987 her younger brother joined the school to prison pipeline and served his first custodial sentence. Since then, Kelly has served a number of prison sentences over the past four decades, but only on this side of the wall. 

Kelly uses her knowledge and experience to give a better understanding of the reality of serving prison sentences on this side of the wall.

This week's blogcast comes from Kelly Breakspear (Missus of a Reformed Man) who writes light-hearted blogs to inform, influence, and inspire anyone with a loved one in prison and anyone with challenging mental health.

Kells draws from her own experience of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). 

She often points out that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are often the first step on the school to prison pipeline and can cause significant problems with challenging mental health. It’s a sad fact that the vast majority of people in our prisons have unresolved trauma and are diagnosable with a 'personality disorder'. 

In 1987 her younger brother joined the school to prison pipeline and served his first custodial sentence. Since then, Kelly has served a number of prison sentences over the past four decades, but only on this side of the wall. 

Kelly uses her knowledge and experience to give a better understanding of the reality of serving prison sentences on this side of the wall.

In this episode, we hear from Shannon Brigid who is a somatic therapist, having trained extensively in somatic and movement based therapies, and running a private practice for many years. Shannons specialization at that time was in assisting people who live with disabilities to reach a greater sense of comfort and ease in their bodies, and she ran a hospital-based yoga program for people living with MS- one of the first of its kind in the country. 

Shannon has transitioned her practice to writing about how trauma resides in the spaces between mind and body, how the body holds trauma, and how people can heal from trauma in a way that integrates psyche, body, and spirit. 

Here she shares her own experience of clergy abuse and healing as a trauma survivor.

In this episode, we hear from Shannon Brigid who is a somatic therapist, having trained extensively in somatic and movement based therapies, and running a private practice for many years. Shannons specialization at that time was in assisting people who live with disabilities to reach a greater sense of comfort and ease in their bodies, and she ran a hospital-based yoga program for people living with MS- one of the first of its kind in the country. 

Shannon has transitioned her practice to writing about how trauma resides in the spaces between mind and body, how the body holds trauma, and how people can heal from trauma in a way that integrates psyche, body, and spirit. 

Here she shares her own experience of clergy abuse and healing as a trauma survivor.

Today's blogcast comes from a friend, colleague, and author Felicity Douglas. In her book,  A Tale of Two Dogs and a Bear, Felicity charts her journey of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. 

In this blogcast, Felicity touches upon the heavy burden of shame, guilt, and self-loathing almost destroyed her - and provides a unique insight into trauma and her insightful reflections on shame and recovery.

Today's blogcast comes from a friend, colleague, and author Felicity Douglas. In her book,  A Tale of Two Dogs and a Bear, Felicity charts her journey of recovery from childhood sexual abuse. 

In this blogcast, Felicity touches upon the heavy burden of shame, guilt, and self-loathing almost destroyed her - and provides a unique insight into trauma and her insightful reflections on shame and recovery.

Maggie shares her experience of her family in trauma. Her organization was set up by Maggie and her husband after they found themselves dealing with a traumatic family situation, but with little experience of how to handle it, and without knowing where to turn for support. Maggie found herself shocked to find how difficult it can be to access services or support at exactly the time it was needed. She also knew that when trauma strikes, it can leave individuals and families feeling isolated, even from their family and friends, as they struggle to come to terms with the experience. Although professionals offer assistance, this can often be met with resistance due to this being seen as an "academic" experience, as they may not have personally experienced anything of this sort themselves. 

Maggie now dedicates her time to support families dealing with trauma and who are struggling to make sense of their experiences and trying to navigate a very difficult path.

Maggie shares her experience of her family in trauma. Her organization was set up by Maggie and her husband after they found themselves dealing with a traumatic family situation, but with little experience of how to handle it, and without knowing where to turn for support. Maggie found herself shocked to find how difficult it can be to access services or support at exactly the time it was needed. She also knew that when trauma strikes, it can leave individuals and families feeling isolated, even from their family and friends, as they struggle to come to terms with the experience. Although professionals offer assistance, this can often be met with resistance due to this being seen as an "academic" experience, as they may not have personally experienced anything of this sort themselves. 

Maggie now dedicates her time to support families dealing with trauma and who are struggling to make sense of their experiences and trying to navigate a very difficult path.