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- Ep 36: What Happens When You Choose Yourself for One Year? This Trauma Survivor's Answer#HowtoHeal #HealingFromTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #ChoosingYourselfHealing from trauma is possible when you finally choose yourself. Ebony Jones-Thomas shares her sexual assault survivor story and how one transformative year changed everything—leading to love, boundaries, and purpose.My guest in this episode is Ebony Jones-Thomas, courageously sharing her journey of overcoming childhood trauma, foster care, grief, and identity after adoption, and multiple assaults. At age 24, she made a decision that transformed her life: taking one full year for people-pleasing recoveryand healing from trauma. Our conversation explores PTSD recovery andresilience, how to heal through forgiveness and self-forgiveness, settingboundaries with family and in-laws, faith-based healing, and why choosing yourself equips you for every future challenge.This is Ebony's first time sharing publicly.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00 Introduction: The moment everything changed04:50 Ebony's trauma story: Birth through multiple assaults16:00 Understanding grief and identity after adoption24:15 The breaking point: Choosing to rewrite her story27:20 One year of healing: Celibacy, therapy, and self-forgiveness32:00 Meeting her husband and finding true love38:10 Mother-in-law rejection and standing firm in healing45:10 How healing provides tools for future challenges54:10 Why survivors don't come forward: Me Too insights58:50 Connecting with Ebony's work and closing thoughts--- CONNECT WITH EBONY ---✨ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yourrunningrecruiter✨ Website: YourRunningRecruiter.com--- FREE RESOURCE ---✨Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal--- WORK WITH BETH ---✨Mentoring (1:1 / group) → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨Book: "Becoming an Empowered Survivor" → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books--- CONNECT WITH BETH ---✨Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨YouTube | TikTok → @BethJonesHEALingMentorThank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this podcast.#sexualassaultsurvivors #HealingFromTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #OvercomingTrauma #PTSDRecovery1 hr 3 min
- Ep 35: Losing Two Sons in 7 Months | How Faith and Purpose Heal Unimaginable GriefTrigger Warning: Suicide, addiction, overdose, grief.#childloss #griefhealing #faithandpurposeWhat keeps you going when you lose two children in seven months? Paula Baldwin shares her raw journey from devastating loss to purposeful healing—and why she believes her pain has meaning.My guest in this episode is a mother who experienced the unimaginable—losing her youngest son, Dylan, to suicide and her middle son, Dayton, to addiction, just seven months apart. Our conversation explores Paula's journey through grief, the importance of support groups, the questions that may never be answered, and how faith and purpose can sustain youthrough the darkest valleys. This is Paula's first time sharing her storypublicly, and her vulnerability and strength will touch your heart.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00 Honoring Dylan & the reality of grief01:25 Meet Paula + why this story matters04:18 Content warning & caring for yourself9:36 Finding survivor support groups20:49 Wrestling with “why” & faith-based healing21:02 Dayton’s story: addiction & overdose grief support34:03 From pain to purpose—helping others45:18 How to connect + next steps--- CONNECT WITH PAULA ---✨ Contact Paula through Beth: [email protected]--- FREE RESOURCES ---✨Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal✨Subscribe to this podcast--- WORK WITH BETH ---✨Mentoring (1:1 / group) → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨Book: "Becoming anEmpowered Survivor" → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books--- CONNECT WITH BETH ---✨Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨TikTok | YouTube →@BethJonesHEALingMentorThank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this podcast.#letsheal #childloss #suicideloss #addictionloss #grief #faithhealing #traumarecovery #survivorstory #paintopurpose #griefjourney #healingispossible47 min
- Ep 34: Breaking Generational Silence: When Speaking Out Saves Lives#breakingsilence #generationaltrauma #childprotection#speakingout"I was given the life I was given, so that when this happened to my family, I would make that right decision of reporting and of protecting her, and of doing everything for her that was not done for me..." - Angelina LoezaWhat if your most painful experience was actually preparing you to save someone else's life? When Angelina Loeza's 4-year-old daughter madean outcry about sexual abuse, she faced an impossible choice: continue the generational pattern of silence or break the cycle forever.My guest in this episode is author and advocate Angelina Loeza, a mother of three who courageously broke a generational cycle of silence around childhood sexual abuse. Our conversation explores Angelina's journeyfrom childhood trauma survivor to protective mother who made the difficult but necessary choice to report her daughter's abuse—ultimately leading to a life sentence conviction for the perpetrator. The episode highlights the power of speaking truth, the healing that comes from breaking family secrets, and how our past pain can become our greatest purpose in protecting the next generation.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome00:05:06 - Angelina's Background and Family00:08:16 - Childhood Sexual Abuse and Family Response00:12:01 - The Impact of Not Being Believed00:18:24 - Misconceptions About Love and Relationships00:25:09 - Meeting Her Husband and Learning True Love00:31:11 - Her Daughter's Outcry - The Pivot Point00:36:03 - Making the Decision to Report00:38:05 - Successful Prosecution and Life Sentence00:40:05 - God's Message and Isaiah and Understanding Her Calling to Write00:45:17 - Family Pushback vs. Public Reception00:53:36 - Healing is Never Complete--- CONNECT WITH ANGELINA ---✨Book: "Shut Up: Making Private Matters Public" available on Amazon✨Facebook: Angelina Loeza (personal page)✨Facebook: Angelina Speaker Author (professional page)✨Nonprofit: www.servicedogsforkids.org--- FREE RESOURCES ---✨Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal✨Join the Empowered Survivors Community → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/community--- WORK WITH BETH ---✨Mentoring (1:1 / group)→ https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨Book: "Becoming an Empowered Survivor" → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books--- CONNECT WITH BETH ---✨Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨Facebook | Instagram → @BethJonesHEALingMentorThank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this podcast.#letsheal #childhoodtrauma #childabuse #sexualabuse #familysecrets#protectingchildren #courtadvocacy #servicedogs #faithhealing #traumarecovery #survivorstory #couragetoSpeak #breakinggenerationalcurses #HealingIsPossible1 hr 2 min
- Ep 33: Gut Health is the Foundation of ALL Health#guthealth #holistichealing #traumahealingGut health and emotional healing are more connected than youmight think—and this conversation with Dr. Selvi Rengasami reveals exactly how. If you've been struggling with digestive issues, chronic inflammation, or feeling disconnected from your intuition, your body might be telling you something deeper about unprocessed trauma.Dr. Selvi is a Western-trained medical doctor turned holistic health coach who discovered through her own journey with Crohn's disease that gut health is truly the foundation of all wellness. After seven abdominal surgeries and two near-death experiences, she found healing throughholistic approaches when Western medicine fell short. In this powerful episode, she shares how the body stores grief, fear, and anger physically in the gut—and how healing your gut can transform not just your physical health, but your emotional state, boundaries, and spiritual connection.What you'll discover in this episode:• Why gut health affects your metabolism, hormones, immune system, mood, and intuition• How unprocessed trauma manifests as physical symptoms in your digestive system• How your gut is the only body system fully open to the external world—and why that matters• The role of somatic experiencing, nervous system work, and medical intuition in healing• Why the gut is called your "second brain" and produces most of your serotoninWhether you're dealing with bloating, chronic pain, autoimmune issues, or simply feel like something is "off" in your body, this conversation offers hope and practical insights into alternative healing modalities. Dr. Selvi's journey from Western medicine to holistic health coaching shows that your body holds the wisdom you need—you just need to learn how to listen.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00:00 - Introduction and Meeting Dr. Selvi Rengasami00:05:30 - Her Rock Bottom: Seven Surgeries and Two Near-Death Experiences00:10:30 - The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma in the Gut00:12:30 - From Medical Brain to Acceptance and Surrender00:15:30 - Ancestral Trauma and Being a Curse Breaker00:17:00 - Fear Absorbed in the Womb00:21:30 - The Cat's Arthritis Story: A Turning Point00:25:00 - Discovering Holistic Health and Acupuncture00:27:30 - Diet's Role in Natural Aging00:35:00 - The Microbiome and Emotional Health00:36:00 - Fasting and Listening to Your Body00:40:00 - Spiritual Gifts and Gut Health Connection00:43:30 - Reconnecting Women to Their Inner Wisdom00:45:00 - Client Story: Setting Boundaries Organically00:47:00 - Why the Gut Stores Trauma00:49:00 - The Gut as Our Second Brain: Serotonin Production--- CONNECT WITH DR. SELVI ---✨ Website: www.drselvimi.com✨Free Resource: Downloadable Digestive Relief Toolkit✨ Instagram: @drselvimi✨Facebook: selvi.rengasami--- FREE RESOURCES ---✨ Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal✨ Join the Empowered Survivors Community → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/community--- WORK WITH BETH ---✨ Mentoring (1:1 / group) → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨ Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨ Book: "Becoming an Empowered Survivor" → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books--- CONNECT WITH BETH ---✨ Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor✨ Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor/Thank you for listening to this episode. Please subscribe to my podcast to stay connected with the inspirational healing messages I share with you regularly.55 min
- Ep 32: From Toxic Relationships to Inner Peace: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma#toxicrelationships #breakingcycles #innerwork#intentionalhealing"I kept being in toxic, abusive relationships. I felt like I was on a hamster wheel of trying to be better and wanting better, but not attracting better. So that's when I really was just like, okay, I need to do something and I need to look inward instead of blaming everybody else around me." - Priscilla QuezadaHow do you break free when toxic relationships feel like the only thing you know? Priscilla Quezada shares her powerful journey from childhood sexual abuse to founding Powerful Authentic Queen—and the moment she realized she had to change herself to break the pattern.My guest in this episode is Priscilla Quezada, founder of Powerful Authentic Queen (PAQ), a brand empowering women who have experienced sexual abuse and domestic violence to reclaim their power after trauma. Our conversation explores Priscilla's journey from recognizing patterns of toxic relationships to doing the intentional inner work required for true healing. She shares candidly about her two pivot points—one driven by suicidal depression, the other by intentional commitment to healing—and how cultural expectations around machismo complicated her family dynamics. The episode highlights the importance of looking inward, setting boundaries with family, and building a toolbox of healing modalities that create lasting transformation.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome00:01:20 - Meeting Priscilla Quezada 00:02:10 - Introducing Powerful Authentic Queen (PAQ)00:05:00 - Childhood S3xu@l Abuse and Patterns00:06:00 - The Hamster Wheel of Toxic Relationships00:07:00 - Looking Inward vs. Blaming Others00:10:00 - Family Dynamics and Boundaries00:10:30 – Healing Journey Pivot Points00:17:30 - Being Intentional About Healing00:23:30 - Having Courage to Leave Toxic Situations00:34:30 - Cultural Overlay: Machismo and Dominican Background00:37:30 - Seeing a Healthy Relationship: Aunt and Uncle00:44:00 - Learning Self-Love Through Relationships00:51:00 - Finding Internal Peace--- CONNECT WITH PRISCILLA ---✨ Website: www.powerfulauthenticqueen.com✨Instagram: @powerfulauthenticqueen ✨ Personal Social Media:@priscillaquezada (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube)--- FREE RESOURCES ---✨ Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal✨ Join the Empowered Survivors Community → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/community--- WORK WITH BETH ---✨ Mentoring (1:1 / group) →https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨ Book: "Becoming an Empowered Survivor" → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books--- CONNECT WITH BETH ---✨ Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨Facebook | Instagram → @BethJonesHEALingMentorThank you for listening to this episode. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this podcast.#letsheal #toxicrelationships #domesticviolence #childhoodtrauma #sexualabuse #healingjourney #breakingcycles #generationaltrauma #innerwork #intentionalhealing #boundaries #familydynamics#culturaltrauma #traumarecovery #survivorstory #powerfulauthenticqueen #priscillaquezada55 min
- Ep 31: Human Design & Relationship Spheres | The Key to Love | Danielle Laura#humandesign #genekeys #relationshipspheres#energeticselfmastery"When we look at all of these spheres together, the light, the shadow, and the gift of every single one of them, it liberates us to choose relationships in our life, whether it's romantic or platonic, that are actually nourishing, healthy, and mutually fulfilling. And who doesn't want that?" - Danielle LauraWhat if understanding your energetic blueprint could transform every relationship in your life? If you've ever wondered why some relationships feel effortless while others drain your energy, this conversation will reveal the missing piece.My guest in this episode is Danielle Laura, an energetic self-mastery expert specializing in Human Design and Gene Keys. Our conversation explores how understanding your energetic blueprint can revolutionize your relationships and help you choose connections that are trulynourishing and fulfilling. Danielle shares her unique approach to spiritualgifting and how these ancient systems can guide us back to who we were designed to be before trauma and conditioning.— CHAPTERS —00:00:00 - Opening Hook: The Key to Choosing HealthyRelationships00:02:30 - Meet Danielle Laura: Energetic Self-MasteryExpert00:06:00 - Understanding Your Energetic Blueprint vsPersonality Tests00:09:00 - The Journey from Shadow to Light State00:16:30 - What Are Relationship Spheres?00:22:00 - The Four Relationship Quotients Explained00:33:30 - Beth's EQ Sphere: From Seriousness to Ecstasy00:48:30 - Understanding Emotional Frequencies inRelationships00:53:00 - Why 80% of Relationship Problems Start withSelf-Awareness00:55:30 - Beth's Complete Relationship Mantra Revealed01:04:00 - Spirituality and Human Design: A ChristianPerspective01:11:30 - How Human Design Brought Danielle Closer to God— CONNECT WITH DANIELLE —✨Website: daniellelaura.com✨Facebook: danielle.laura.73113✨Instagram: _daniellelaura_✨YouTube: @_daniellelaura_— FREE RESOURCES —✨Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide→ https://empoweredsurvivors.com/heal✨Join the Empowered Survivors Community→ https://empoweredsurvivors.com/community— WORK WITH BETH —✨Mentoring (1:1 / group) → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/work-with-me✨Speaking & Interviews → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/speaking✨Book: “Becoming an Empowered Survivor”→ https://empoweredsurvivors.com/books— CONNECT WITH BETH —✨Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/✨Facebook | Instagram → @BethJonesHEALingMentorThank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this podcast.#letsheal #spiritualgifting #shadowwork #lightstate#relationshiphealing #emotionalfrequency #energeticblueprint#relationshippatterns #vibratinalfrequency #divineinspiration #energetichealing #soulwork #relationshipmastery #emotionalintelligence1 hr 17 min
- Ep 30: My Astrologer Predicted Everything: Job Loss, Family Crisis & Finding LoveWhat happens when an astrologer predicts your entire year with stunning accuracy? In this deeply personal episode, Beth Jones, the host of this podcast, shares her extraordinary journey through 18 months of astrological predictions that came true exactly as foretold - from career changes to family crises to finding her life partner precisely when predicted.--- CHAPTERS ---00:00 Opening Hook: Getting Fired After 32 Years02:00 Introduction: My Year of Living Life Foretold04:00 Why Most People Get Astrology Wrong06:00 Part 1: The Prophecy - March 15, 2024 Reading15:00 Part 2: The Prophecy Fulfilled16:00 Love and Family: The Tough Love Lesson18:00 The Family Crisis That Had to Happen20:00 Work and Healing: Career Death and Rebirth22:00 Getting Fired: When God Was Ready24:00 Pioneering New Healing Territory25:00 Love and Relationships: The Awakener Trail29:00 Mr. Escape: Learning Not to Settle30:00 Mr. Cloak: When Meditation Becomes Avoidance32:00 The Teacher: Mastering the Four Levels of Intimacy34:00 Mr. False Pretenses: The Block I Didn't Know I Had36:00 Discovering My Unconscious Racial Block40:00 Finding My Person for Christmas41:00 Part 3: The Bigger Picture42:00 What the Stars Knew All Along--- FREE RESOURCES ---Download: The Healing Quick Start Guide → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/healJoin the Empowered Survivors Community → Empowered Survivors Community - Empowered Survivors--- WORK WITH BETH ---Mentoring (1:1) → Contact Beth Jones - EmpoweredSurvivorsThe Empowered Survivor’s Journey → Work With Me - EmpoweredSurvivorsSpeaking & Interviews → Inspirational Speaker - EmpoweredSurvivorsBook: "Becoming an Empowered Survivor" → Beth Jones Books - EmpoweredSurvivors--- CONNECT ---Website → https://empoweredsurvivors.com/Facebook → Facebook#astrology #divinetiming #spiritualawakening #healingjourney #traumarecovery #careerchange #findinglove #spiritualgrowth #lifetransformation #healingmentor #letsheal44 min
- Ep 29: I Broke Completely - From Ground Zero to Self-LoveWhat happens when a lifelong people-pleaser hits absolute rock bottom? If you're drowning in overwhelm while helping everyone else, this story will change your perspective.My guest in this episode is my good friend, Cami Foerster, author of "The Selah Journey" and a certified life coach specializing in burnout recovery. Our conversation covers Cami's profound transformation from chronic overwhelm and people-pleasing to radical self-discovery and healing. The episode highlights the power of hitting "ground zero" as a catalyst for complete life transformation and the biblical concept of "Selah" - the healing power of pause, rest, and reflection.💥Also available on YouTube channel @BethJonesHEALingMentorHighlights of this episode💛Ground zero or rock bottom can be a powerful catalyst for transformation. Sometimes we must break completely to rebuild authentically. The moment when continuing the same path becomes literally life-threatening is when real change becomes possible.💙People-pleasing and chronic helping others while neglecting yourself creates systemic inflammation, sleep disorders, and emotional numbness. Learning to recognize the difference between healthy helping and validation-seeking is crucial for recovery.💛The concept of "Selah" - pause, rest, reflection, and gratitude - provides a framework for sustainable healing. True self-care goes far beyond surface activities and requires addressing the root causes of overwhelm and burnout.💙Healing transformation affects all relationships. Some partnerships survive major personal changes while others don't, often depending on how both people respond to the growth process rather than the changes themselves.💛Learning to feel pride in your healing work is healthy and necessary. Breaking free from messages that emotions don't matter or that leading from the heart is weak allows for authentic self-expression and genuine self-love.💙The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of rest must all be addressed in healing. Sleep regulation alone can take 12-18 months, and developing sustainableboundaries and self-care practices is an ongoing lifetime process.Connect with Cami✨"The Selah Journey" book by Cami Foerster (available on Amazon)✨The Selah Journey (www.theselahjourney.com)✨Social media: Facebook cami.foerster | Instagram camifoersterFollow me, the HEALing Mentor🩵Website: https://empoweredsurvivors.com/🩵Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor🩵Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor/🩵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethjoneshealingmentor🩵LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjoneshealingmentor/Thank you for listening, and please subscribe to my podcast.#healingmentor #healingjourney #letsheal #burnoutrecovery#peoplepleaser #groundzero #panicattack #overwhelm #perfectionism #depression #anxiety #selfcare #boundaries #selahjourney #chronicstress #emotionalhealing #sleephealing mentalhealthawareness #lifeCoach #spiritualhealing #gratitudepractice #mindfulness #naturetherapy #selflove #transformation #HealingIsPossible #BreakdownToBreakthrough1 hr 5 min
- Ep 28: Healing After Major Life Changes (How to Cope With Trauma & Loss)#identitycrisis #lifetransitions"I feel more fully who I really am than I ever have inmy whole life. I like myself more than I ever have. I'm using gifts I didn'teven know I had..."My guest in this episode is leadership coach, author, speaker, and minister Becky Burroughs, who shares her journey through profound loss, including the end of a 41-year marriage, the deaths of her parents, and a significantcareer change. Becky describes the resulting identity crisis and feelings ofbeing lost and broken at age 60. She explains how her faith became her anchor and led her toward "resilient healing"—not just surviving these devastating changes, but using them as a catalyst for profound self-discovery and coming home to her most authentic self. The conversation highlights the importance of rediscovering personal identity, celebrating small wins in healing, and reframing gratitude by focusing on lessons learned from hardship.If you have or are facing major life transitions and emotional challenges (who hasn’t/isn’t??), then this episode is for you.💥CTA: Please subscribe to my podcast. Your support will help me to continue bringing my HEALing message to the world.Takeaways & Timestamps💛Resilient healing means transformation, not just survival (00:04:30) - When life strips away the titles and roles that defined you, it's an opportunity to discover your authentic self and become the truest version of who you are, rather than just bouncing back.💙Grief accompanies all change, not just death (00:23:30) - Learning that with every change comes loss, and with loss comes grief. Naming, owning, and walking through grief for all life transitions—even positive ones—takes away its power over you.💛Healing has visible progression markers (00:12:00) - You'll know you're healing when you can talk about your trauma without falling apart, moving from sobbing and going fetal to standing strong while sharing your story with others.💙Reframe gratitude through learning (00:16:30) - Instead of forcing gratitude for awful experiences, find gratitude for what they taught you: "I'm grateful for this because it taught me..." This approach redeems difficult experiences through the lessons gained.💛"We-ness" can erase personal identity (00:32:30) - Many people lose themselves in long-term relationships, especially when marrying young. Knowing who you are as an individual is crucial before you can successfully partner with someone else.💙Celebration and reflection fuel healing (00:14:30) - The "hard work of grief" requires intentional effort through reflective practices, honest self-examination, and celebrating even tiny victories to provide evidence that healing is happening.Connect with Becky✨Book: "Come Back Home to You: Navigating Life's Transitions and Embracing Next Chapter Living" on Amazon✨Podcast: "Leadership Becomes Her"✨Facebook✨Instagram✨Email: [email protected]Follow me, the HEALing Mentor🩵Website: https://empoweredsurvivors.com/🩵Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor🩵Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor/🩵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethjoneshealingmentor🩵LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjoneshealingmentor/#healingmentor #healingjourney #letsheal55 min
- Ep 27: How Trauma Changes Your Brain (And How to Heal It) | Why Your Childhood Trauma Affects Learning | Trauma Therapist ExplainedMy guest in this episode is Jessica Hammock, a licensed trauma specialist and director of behavioral and mental health for a large charter school system in Texas. Our conversation covers Jessica's profound personal journey through multiple traumas and her professional mission to helpchildren and teens develop healthy coping strategies early in life. The episode highlights the intersection of personal healing and professional calling, demonstrating how our most difficult experiences can become our greatest tools for helping others.Jessica shares her deeply personal story of navigating multiple life-altering traumas. Three years into her marriage, her husband sustained a traumatic brain injury that erased his emotional memories of their entire relationship, including their courtship, dating, and wedding. This wasfollowed by a ten-year journey with infertility involving multiple pregnancy losses. Through these experiences, Jessica discovered her true calling in trauma work, initially pursuing therapy training to help students overcome learning barriers caused by trauma.We explore Jessica's evolution from a teacher who wanted to improve math education to a trauma specialist who recognized that emotionalhealing must come before academic success. She discusses her own identity trauma from childhood and how understanding the brain's response to trauma has shaped both her personal healing and professional approach. Jessica emphasizes the power of choice in healing and the importance of helping children understand they have options in how they respond to difficult situations.💥CTA: Please subscribe to my podcast. Your support will help me to continue bringing my HEALing message to the world.💥Video version of Let's HEAL! with Beth Jones is available on YouTube.Highlights of this episode💛Trauma is an injury we sustain in our nervous system. Just like physical injuries, emotional injuries can heal. We shouldn't compare our trauma to others' experiences because each person's journey with trauma and healing is unique.💙The power of choice is fundamental to healing. Teaching children and teens that they have choices in how they respond to situations helps prevent the development of unhealthy belief systems and shame-based identities.💛Identity work is crucial in healing. Understanding who we truly are versus the identities that we take on or that others want us to wear helps us stay grounded during difficult times and relationship challenges.💙Memories and emotions work in complex ways. The brain can store experiences without emotional connections, and healing can happen even when direct memories aren't accessible through patterns of reactions and responses.💛Safe community is essential for healing, especially for young people. The challenge is helping teens find communities that support healing rather than trauma bonding around shared struggles.💙Hope consists of three elements: goal setting, pathways to completion, and agency (the belief that you can accomplish something). Speaking into people's ability to heal and grow provides crucial support in their healing journey.Connect with Jessica✨Facebook: Jessica Vibrant Hammock✨Instagram: Jessica Vibrant Hammock✨Email: [email protected]Follow me, the HEALing Mentor🩵Website: https://empoweredsurvivors.com/🩵Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethjoneshealingmentor🩵Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethJonesHEALingMentor/🩵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bethjoneshealingmentor🩵LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethjoneshealingmentor/🎥Thank you for watching this video. Click the "SUBSCRIBE" button to stay connected with this channel.#healingmentor #healingjourney #letsheal #traumaticbraininjury #identityhealing #infertilityjourney #pregnancyloss #traumatherapy #childhoodtrauma #youthmentalhealth #emotionalhealing #nervousystemhealing #prefrontalcortex #faithandhealing #generationalhealing #HealingIsPossible #traumatherapist58 min
About Let's HEAL!
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Welcome to Let’s HEAL! with Beth Jones. I’m Beth, your leadership performance strategist and the HEALing Mentor. We’re still talking about healing our survival patterns, but this show is taking the…
conversation somewhere we don’t talk about it nearly enough.
The business world. Because we desperately need conversations about leadership performance and healing the survival patterns that keep us from achieving real success.
Our survival patterns don’t stay in our past. They follow us to work. They shape our leadership behavior and how we treat the people we are responsible for. And most of us have absolutely no idea it’s happening. It shows up as burnout despite success. As trauma responses in leadership that nobody has named yet. Decision-making under pressure that quietly erodes trust in leadership. Emptiness high achievers feel when everything looks right on the outside, but something still isn’t working inside. The higher the performance, the easier it is to look away from your wounds.
That is the conversation this show is stepping into now — and we are ready for it. The first fifty episodes of this show, raw, honest conversations with survivors, gifted healers, and people who have walked through the fire, built the foundation. Now we are taking everything we learned about healing into the room where it is needed most and asking the hard questions.
What happens when survival patterns run the show at work? How does healing our survival patterns make us more effective, more present, and more powerful as leaders? What does it look like to be forced into healing while you are still in the middle of your career? These are the conversations we’re having now. These are the conversations leaders need — and that organizations are not having.
I know one thing for sure: you, too, can heal. And when you do, you lead differently. Your team performs differently. Your decisions come from a different place. You love differently. You show up differently. This is how we build leadership effectiveness that lasts — and a life and legacy to match.
Come on, everybody. Let’s HEAL!