Karena Kilcoyne, former criminal defense attorney and author of Rise Above the Story, joins Andrea to explore how childhood trauma shapes identity and how to reclaim emotional freedom. Together, they unpack the power of self-forgiveness, self-love, and letting go of victimhood.

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro & trigger warning
01:22 – Karena’s background & why she wrote her book
05:50 – Karena shares her early family story and survival mindset
10:30 – Childhood pain becomes belief systems we carry into adulthood
14:25 – Forgiveness isn’t forgetting
22:00 – How to reconnect with your worth and create inner safety
29:40 – 3-Step Process to Heal: Awareness, Untangling, Rising
39:00 – How embracing the whole story makes healing possible
48:00 – Naming Emotions to move through them
1:03:10 – Healing the parts of yourself stuck in survival
1:13:50 – Breathwork & spiritual healing tools
1:17:00 – Final takeaway: let it rise, don’t run

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