Trauma can be passed down from generation to generation. It has been said that our inherited traumas can be traced back as far as 17 generations.

It is only when we become aware of this cycle that we can stop it from continuing.

How?

By healing ourselves so we don't pass our traumas onto our future generations.

Stefanie Fernandes specializes in Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). Using a form of hypnosis, Stefanie can help her clients go deep into their subconscious to find the traumas and heal them.

They learn that they are not their past, and that they can let go of holding onto those limiting thoughts and beliefs.

Come listen and learn about this amazing modality.

Our world can be a very dark and broken place that causes us to question whether or not we even have a purpose.

A survivor of sexual assault, Emily Bernath’s life quickly turned away from having everything and toward feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness.

She hit rock bottom, thinking her body had been tainted and that her worth had been taken from her.

It was in being open about her experience, that it became apparent to Emily just how many other people experience similar feelings of shame and disgust and allow things that aren’t true about them to define them.

Through rediscovering her faith and identity in Christ, Emily has found freedom from the shame and condemnation in this world, and she hopes to be able to help others find that same freedom for themselves.

Together we talk about having faith, finding a higher power, whatever that looks like for you, can help you on the path to healing and wholeness.

At the tender age of 13, Kate Vrastak had a premonition. 

Unfortunately, her premonition came true resulting in the death of her family. 

Orphaned, survival skills became her weapons against a world that seemed empty and alone.

Kate spent much of her life believing it was her fault the family died. As Kate entered adulthood, she found forgiveness and turned her pain into purpose.

Today, she guides trauma survivors to find their voice and the strength to forgive.

She uses the acronym forgive:

F - "Freedom" to let go of past emotions.
O - With an "Open" heart to create self-love and to
R - "Reach" out to receive help.
G - Believe you are a "GIFT" to the world and that your light needs to shine to help others RISE up and follow your
I - "Intuition" by following your
V - "values" in first giving yourself
E - "empathy" then spread that to the world through the eyes of LOVE!

FREE GIFT: Text in to 1-718-701-3820 the words "Roadmap" and "hungry" for a NLP Forgiveness worksheet.  https://bit.ly/3FXiiKN 

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Despite the fact that grief is one of the most universal experiences, as a society, we’re not adept at talking honestly and openly about grief and loss.

As a result, people who are grieving often feel isolated in their grief and surprised by the many forms it can take. They may wonder if their feelings and actions are “normal” and valid, especially if it’s their first time losing someone important to them.

When Janine Kwoh was in her twenties, her partner unexpectedly passed away.

At the time, Janine was one of the only people she knew who had experienced such an intimate loss at such a young age.

Feeling isolated, she started to write and illustrate cards as an outlet for what she was feeling and what she felt she needed to hear.

Little did she know, those grief cards would quickly become the most popular products from her stationery company, Kwohtations, and now she has brought the same signature warmth, inclusivity, and humor to her book, Welcome to the Grief Club, through a mix of narrative text and illustrations about the grief experience.

In this episode, we discuss, love, loss, moving forward, grief, and so much more.

Educators have a tough job. They are overworked, underpaid, and very under-appreciated. 

These men and women are tasked with the job of teaching our children. Helping mold them into who they will become as adults. 

But they also have to face our children at their best and worst behaviors. Educators are being trained to understand the impact of chronic stress and trauma on students’ development, behavior, and learning.

Schools are making great strides in becoming trauma-informed, and trauma-sensitive, but they have a long way to go. 

In an article on Psychology Today, Dr. Stuart Ablon writes:

"...traditional school discipline revolves around rewarding students when they do what we want and revoking privileges when they don’t: a toxic dynamic that many traumatized kids are already all too familiar with in their past relationships with adults. In other words, traditional school disciplinary strategies are about as trauma-uninformed and trauma-insensitive as it gets!" 

Together we discuss the changes needed to our school systems, how parents collaborate with teachers, and better ways to respond to children in the classrooms.

We are no strangers to grief. Whether it be the loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship...grief is real.

In the early days of grief, support can come flooding in. But there are still those who hold back because they simply don't know what to say or how to help those who are grieving.

When Victoria Wilson-Crane suddenly lost her niece after battling COVID for sixteen days, she found herself lost. 

She found herself in a situation where she was needing support, and also was being called upon to support people who were closer to her niece than she was.

During her early days of grieving, she turned to books and found there were many books for bereaved parents and partners, but few for those on the slightly outer circle of grief.

This prompted her to not only write her book, Sixteen Days: A Sudden Death, What to Say? but to also become a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. 

Together, we discuss what to say to those who are grieving and what not to say.

We talk about overcoming grief, moving past the loss, finding yourself, and so much more.

When Shannon Moroney married in October of 2005, she had no idea that her happy life as a newlywed was about to come crashing down around her.

One month after her wedding, a police officer arrived at her door to tell her that her husband, Jason, had called 911 and confessed to having kidnapped and brutally assaulted two women. He was arrested, held in prison, and set to be tried as a Dangerous Offender-–Canada's highest sentence.

In the aftermath of these crimes, Shannon dealt with a heavy burden of grief, the stress and publicity of a major criminal investigation, and the painful stigma of guilt-by-association, all while attempting to understand what had made Jason turn to such violence.

Her new book, Heal For Real, walks you through a proven curriculum that has helped thousands to make peace with the past, and achieve post-traumatic growth.

Through hands-on activities, reflections, and inspirational stories and quotes, Shannon takes you through the steps of defining what forgiveness means—and doesn’t mean—to you and provides practical strategies that will help you offer and receive it.

When you have endured a betrayal or trauma, even though life has moved forward, often times our mindset and emotions are stuck in t he past.

In order to fully move forward, it's important to become aware of the beliefs we accept as truth, the labels we have given to ourselves and allowed others to give us. Our beliefs are what direct our daily decisions and emotions.

In order to experience greater love, connection, and empowerment, it's paramount to uncover what's inside.

Lena Cebula is a wife and mother of three beautiful children. She is the author of a spiritual autobiography called Miraculous and is a drug addiction and human trafficking survivor.

Lena was raped numerous times and had a baby at 14, who died 3 months later.

Today Lena is a social justice advocate, blogger, speaker and host of Love&BLoved Podcast.

Her mission is to encourage, inspire, and to give hope. To let others know that there is a chance to have love, joy, peace, and wholeness again after everything you’ve seen and done!

Trauma has a tendency to cause us to forget who we truly are. 

In toxic relationships, we often pretend to be whoever they want us to be. Or they have beat us down so much, we just don't have an identity anymore. 

Sandra Cooze takes us on a journey back to self. We discuss relationships, triggers, how to heal, and how to find your true authentic self again. 

With time, self-love, patience, and determination, you can uncover your identity.