Brooke welcomes Marie Cat Bass, a Tennessee horse trainer and nutritionist, for a candid story about survival and repair. Cat traces early years of physical and verbal abuse, the night she called 911 at eighteen, and what it cost to start over on her own. She talks about mother wounds, boundaries that took a decade to build, and the ripple effects of divorce, co-parenting, and a public detour when her ex appeared on reality TV. The conversation turns to healing practices that changed everything for her, especially inner-child work and the letting go method she learned from Michael Singer, and why she now chooses peace over anger. Cat closes with grounded advice for anyone in an abusive situation, including the hardest part, leaving, and what life on the other side can look like.

We explore:

• Calling 911 at eighteen and the moment police lights meant survival

• Mother wounds, distance, and rebuilding contact with limits that protect you

• Co-parenting through upheaval, including reality TV fallout on a family

• Inner-child repair and the letting go method as daily practice

• Practical encouragement for people planning a safe exit

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This episode includes discussion of childhood physical and verbal abuse, domestic violence, strangulation risk, religious trauma, divorce, co-parenting conflict, and references to hospitalization.

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