Growing Through Grief

Joining us today to talk about parenting, depression, and healing is Ana Lennyr, a Life Strategist and Anti-Depression Expert.

Ana overcame suffering from depression and suicidal tendencies and now specializes in helping teenagers and adults build solid and supportive family relationships, teaching them how to get rid of depression and never slip back into it. She is a Psychologist and host of the radio show True Secrets of Life. 

In this episode, we delve into Ana's life journey and the adversities she faced, the awakening moment of her mother's death, and the lessons she took from every heartbreak in her life. Ana kindly described her transition from being suicidal to becoming a life strategist, why she believes growing through grief is a painful and arduous process, and her unique perspective on collective suffering: the copy-pasted world we live in. 

Ana also shared her three-step approach to addressing pain, valuable advice for parents in helping their kids avoid and deal with depression, and why we must stop carrying around blame, guilt, and shame.  

Some Questions I Ask:

Could you talk about going from being suicidal to becoming a life strategist? (7:33)

You talked about acknowledging and looking at that pain and taking responsibility for it. But you also state that looking at the blame, the shame, and the guilt is also essential. Could you expand on that? (23:07)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Ana explains why she thanked her mother for dying and what that death taught her (4:35)

Why it is so hard to learn and grow from grief (6:52)

Ana takes us through her healing process and her aha moment after her mother's death (8:51)

Why Ana believes overcoming depression is not that hard; the tricky part is suffering from it (11:54)

Ana's three-step process to approach pain (15:58)

Why Ana believes we live in a copy-pasted world (24:32)

Ana talks about CHAOS, Childhood Automatic Operating System (26:42)

Ana shares her thoughts on what happens once we have the tools and gain awareness on how to get ourselves out of depression (32:13)

Resources:

Ana Lennyr website - BETTER ASK ANA

True Secrets of Life with Ana Lennyr radio show

Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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In today's episode, we have an exceptional, inspiring guest, Terry Tucker – a Motivational Speaker, creator of Motivational Check, and Author of "Sustainable Excellence: Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life."

From a young age, Terry dealt with the heavy duties life imposed on him based on what his parents taught him about family and the meaning of team play. He had a successful career in corporate America and then transitioned to law enforcement, where he acted as an undercover drug investigator and SWAT Team hostage negotiator. 

Terry is also a cancer warrior, fighting a rare type of melanoma since 2012. 

Throughout our conversation, Terry shares a bit of his background, the lessons, and the values he learned as a child that he carried through life. 

We delve into his passion for law enforcement, which made him quit his corporate America career, and he shares valuable insights from his experiences as a hostage negotiator. 

We also talk about Terry's reaction to being diagnosed with cancer and how he managed to put his head back in place after that. He explains some principles from his book and takes us through the four truths he learned that changed his life. 

Some Questions I Ask:

When you were a teenager, you spent some time helping your mother take care of your father. Please share with us a little bit more about that (4:59)

For the past ten years, you have been a cancer warrior. Could you speak about the inner turmoil of realizing you have cancer and how you stay in this positive state of being all the time? (9:47)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The values Terry learned from his parents and how they molded his life (7:04)

How understanding life as a team effort prepared Terry to help himself and others (12:31)

The power of realizing that suffering is optional (16:02)

Terry talks about being unique and being special and how our uniqueness is our primary tool to succeed in life (21:17)

Terry shares some of his experiences and the valuable lessons he got from his time with the SWAT Team (24:26)

Terry talks about the principles from "Sustainable Excellence" and elaborates on the one he most identifies himself with (32:16)

The four truths that helped Terry live his life without ever thinking of giving up (43:06)

Resources:

Motivational Check website

Book: Terry Tucker - Sustainable Excellence

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Mandy Harvey joins us today to talk about trauma healing, mental and physical health, presence, worthiness, and overall wellness. 

Mandy is a Holistic Worthiness Coach and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP), passionate about helping people heal from traumatic experiences, learn how to honor their bodies, and guide them to live their dreams. 

In this episode, we delve into Mandy's traumatic childhood, the abuse and neglect she suffered as a child, and the dark path she went through that led to a suicide attempt. Mandy describes the process she went through that helped her transform her past trauma into a drive to help others heal; she also explains why trauma healing is so essential and what techniques she uses with her peers to help them recover. 

We analyze and contextualize why trauma manifests itself as self-doubt, anxiety, stress, and even getting to the point where we feel we can't deal with anything life puts in front of us. Mandy also explains her holistic approach to trauma healing, paying attention to the mental and physical parts, including our nervous system and nutrition. 

Some Questions I Ask:

• Could you tell us more about you before we get started? (2:43)
• How did you get into this work? Why trauma healing? (4:21)
• Why do you think trauma healing is so important? (16:22)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Mandy explains why we believe we must earn love through doing things and seeking external validation (3:01)
• Mandy shares the pain and suffering that led to a suicide attempt (5:59)
• How Mandy transformed the abuse she suffered into a drive to help others to heal (11:19)
• The healing techniques Mandy uses with her clients (21:05)
• The importance of taking care of and honoring our bodies (25:03)
• Mandy explains the Somatic Experiencing Trauma healing method (32:12)
• Tips on how to heal and show love to our bodies (42:34)

Resources:

• Mandy Harvey website
• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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Sometimes, self-doubt can be a loud voice in our heads, especially in moments of uncertainty. The good news is we get to choose whether to listen to it or not, and we can stop it from slowing us down or holding us back in our growth.

In this episode, we analyze the reasons behind self-doubt, ways to deal with it, and how we can stop the inaction it causes. I share a powerful mantra I repeat myself daily that will help you understand, among other things, that life happens through you and not to you. 

We delve into doubt's origins to understand why we shouldn't believe what it says to us and avoid having it dictate our future. We learn to normalize doubt as a natural response to certain situations without letting it take over. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• A powerful mantra I repeat myself every day (2:16)
• We must allow wisdom to speak in our ears (4:25)
• We need to remember we have control over what happens inside of us (7:25)
• Not everything our mind tells us is true (10:01)
• We need to normalize doubt and be kind to ourselves (12:17)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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Although we can't control the things that break our hearts, we can choose how to react to heartbreak. We definitely can't do anything to make someone love us and feel their love, but we can feel love for others. Love is self-generated, and it's always available, regardless of what is going on in our lives. 

Today's episode is about how to use love, the most powerful force in the universe, to live a healthy and happy life. We talk about the importance of making room in our hearts for love, how we prepare for love, how to experience more love, and how to attract those who share our values and vision. 

In addition, I share a list of five nuggets to experience a healthy and happy relationship with love, created from the hundreds of conversations I had with clients and the questions they ask about love.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Love remains in our hearts, even if it's covered up with pain (2:14)
• The importance of keeping our hearts open for love (7:56)
• We build our reality. Identifying patterns and beliefs (13:24)
• Committing to showing up with integrity and in alignment with the whole version of us, not the broken one (20:07)
• Using a bold intention for love and our relationships (22:20)
• Why is it essential to connect with our needs and desires (24:46)
• Cultivating the vision of who we want to be and committing to becoming that person (26:40)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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All of us have something we would like to change from our past. Words we wish we hadn't said, actions we should've avoided, responses to specific situations, and of course, things out of our control we wish had never happened. 

The reality is we can't change what happened; there is nothing we can do to modify the outcome of our past experiences. 

However, there is something we can do to prevent those harmful emotions coming from the past and haunting us, and in this episode, I invite you to discover it. 

Throughout our conversation, we learn the formula to release those emotions trapped in our bodies that we often hear screaming inside of us, wanting to get out. We understand how to clear them out of our system and experience healing, so we can focus on keeping on growing. In addition, I share three simple yet powerful tips to nurture your growing skills and use them as a kickstart to rebirthing yourself to greatness. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• A powerful question to start a serious conversation with yourself (1:27)
• Why we must be intentional about being in the present and aware and conscious of our thoughts (3:28)
• We can make of this moment, right now, a turning point in our lives (5:35)
• About the importance of clearing out emotions trapped in ourselves (8:24)
• Three tips to help you rebirth yourself to greatness (11:34)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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Life is about growing; whether we experience pain or joy, love, gratitude, fear or hopelessness, choosing growth will always be the best answer regardless of what happens in our lives. 

In this episode, I'm sharing a simple yet powerful method to encourage growth, which helped and still helps me a lot in my growing process and will definitely help you accelerate yours. 

Together, we navigate the details of this technique based on three questions that will help us mold, direction, and provide meaning to our personal growth. We also talk about the importance of living an intentional life and focusing on what we want to accomplish, not worrying too much about how we'll achieve it. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The importance of remaining sharp and focused on our growth (2:14)
• About the hardships of staying in complex relationships (5:41)
• Why it is essential to have a clear idea of what we want to experience in life (12:46)
• Connection with others is critical for our growth (14:14)
• Life is not about ourselves (17:51)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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To grieve is not only about feeling sadness; it is also the process of letting go. We grieve when someone dies, but we also do it when a relationship dies, when someone stops being part of our life or gets away from it for some time. 

Today's conversation might be as hard and painful as necessary. Grieving our relationship with our children is not an easy task. I know it by experience, and as we go through it, it will take us to places we don't want to go. Memories will pop up and make us feel excruciating pain. 

This episode is directed to grieving moms, although dads, siblings, and the other family members can take notes and use this information to grow and heal. We'll delve into one of the hardest things I had to deal with myself, grieving and letting go of our children. Grieving the relationship we had with our kids, the changes, the loss of many things buried in the past. 

We also talk about the two ways of letting go I use in my own practice, the crucial importance of letting shaming and blaming aside, and the greatest gift we can give to our children. We talk about the true meaning of unconditional love, Kübler-Ross' five stages of grief, and we remind ourselves that growth never stops, and neither should we.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• It is not about ending a relationship; it is about redefining how we will navigate the new relationship (2:40)
• Setting healthy boundaries to protect ourselves (4:31)
• The two ways of letting go (5:33)
• The greatest gift we can give to our children (11:36)
• About the five stages of grief and how we go through them (16:58)
• The challenging task of allowing our children to be grown-ups (21:36)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now

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Do you know where you want to be in your growth journey by the end of the week, the month, or the year? Setting clear expectations is the first step to succeed in any area of life, growth and self-development included. After we know exactly where we are going, we get to define how we'll walk through that path. 

In today's episode, inspired by the apparition of one of heaven's representatives, we talk about living a victorious life, designing our life book, and connecting with ourselves at the deepest level. We pause for a moment and think about relationships; first, the relationship with ourselves, and then, we reflect on our relationship with others. I share one of the 12 categories in which I've designed my own life book, my 2022 game plan. 

We also touch on the importance of being ok with feeling uncomfortable, being really clear and intentional about our expectations, and why we must assume total responsibility for our thoughts and actions. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• A beautiful white bird on the roof. A conversation with the one that speaks without words (1:51)
• What does it mean to live a victorious life (5:21)
• We tend to forget about the power of emotions (8:34)
• Stop hiding; let the creative you take control (12:10)
• One of the 12 categories I based my life book in. The power of nurturing our relationships (15:01)
• We must be crystal clear on what we want to achieve (21:03)

Resources:

• Growing Through Grief System - Book Now
• Ep#32 - Choose to Make it Right Inside Yourself

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Since we all will have to go through grief sooner or later, we should learn how to make our grieving processes easier. Learning how to grieve to suffer less is possible; it requires a reasonable effort, and the reward is enormous.

In today's episode, we will effectively go through the process that will help us deal with our grief in a less painful and growth-promoting way. We start our journey by identifying the different parts of ourselves, what parts of our behavior are under their control, how they interact between them, and what we should focus on to get the best out of them. 

We discuss the need to include a divine element into our grieving process, whether we call it God, essence, or spirit. We analyze the attacks suffered by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. We look at the darkness, the unresolved pain coming from the Senators, and the light, the humanness glowing from Judge Jackson. In the end, we practice a five minutes meditation that will help you meet with yourself and receive the power of being anchored to the power of spirit. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Grief is a holistic experience (1:57)
• Self-awareness is a must if we want to learn how to grieve (3:47)
• The importance of acknowledging our logical and divine self (7:25)
• How to invite our divinity into our grieving process (12:27)
• Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's story (13:43)
• A meditation session to meet with ourselves (21:32)

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