It can be difficult to identify the signs of verbal abuse, especially if you have been made to believe that you are overreacting, or that these types of interactions are normal. Today on SecondWind With Joyce, our guest Patricia Evans offers her insight on the cause, effect, and signs of verbal abuse in a relationship. She helps us take a look into the mindset of a verbal abuser in order to better understand their behavior, and reminds the audience why we can’t trust their negative views of us.

We all have coping mechanisms that can sometimes manifest itself as bad habits. Today, we have Zoilita Grant on to show us how we can combat these bad habits, and transform our lives. The key to this transformation is setting a different tone in the way we think. We walk away with a deeper understanding of our mindset, its connection to our lifestyle, and what our emotional triggers reveal to us.

It is fairly common to find yourself following a path that lacks the excitement and passion we all deserve to experience in our life. Today on SecondWind With Joyce, our guest Julie Wood shares how women can determine their desires, needs, and how to fulfill them by listening to their heart. What started as her own journey around the world to discover her own dreams and aspirations has turned into a mission to help other women reach the same level of enlightenment in their own lives.

One of the most difficult parts of aging is losing personal autonomy. In this episode, Ruth Busalacchi offers a solution that allows for the elderly to receive the care that they need while maintaining a sense of independence in their own homes. She shares some advice on how to address aging parents about receiving care, and what kind of questions you should ask to assess how safe they are in their own homes. Busalacchi also recounts how SYNERGY HomeCare has helped their clients with their day to day living, along with giving their children peace of mind.

Getting a better understanding of your subconscious mind is a key part of developing your conscious mind. This week we have Amanda Blain on to explain some of the connections we have between our mind and body, and why knowing our own unique connection is a crucial part of our overall wellness. We also learn that working on your healing makes you more empathetic and understanding to others. She discusses certain obstacles in our journey such as shame, and how we can move around it. With a deeper understanding of ourselves, we will be able to differentiate between who we truly are, and who we are as a survival mechanism.

With maturity comes a greater appreciation for what people offer in different stages of their lives, particularly the later years. In this episode, Lulu Trevena examines these stages, and we discuss how we need to look at our childhood in order to understand how we operate as adults. We also talk about how we still need to find out what we want in life in order to still feel excitement as we age. Trevena teaches us about quantum healing, and why it may work better than traditional therapy for you.

Women have a tendency to prioritize the wants and needs of those around them causing them to feel disconnected from themselves. On today’s show, my guest Anne Walsh helps us to dig deeper within ourselves to see who we are, and what we want outside of our roles as a mother, wife or employee. She emphasizes that a sense of community for women, especially mothers, is essential to their wellbeing. Without these group discussions among peers, these women are likely to feel isolated handling the unspoken hardships of motherhood.

The desire to fit in and be a part of something is a feeling that is all too familiar to most of us. In today’s episode of SecondWind With Joyce, my guest Michelle Kuei shares her own story of feeling trapped in her body, and how a change in environment and testing her own physical limits helped to release her. When examining important moments in her life, it becomes evident that once you silence that obstructive voice in your mind, you can begin to live the life you dream of.

https://joycebufordempowers.com/Michelle-Kuei

When you think of what it means to be sexy, you are likely to focus on physical attraction and not the essence of a person. Today on SecondWind With Joyce, my guest Luisa Diaz redirects our focus in an effort to redefine sexy, and empower women. Her work with survivors of domestic violence reveals that healing is more than treating a physical injury. Healing is also repairing what was broken inside.

https://www.joycebufordempowers.com/Luisa-Diaz

The prevalence of human trafficking can be underestimated when you aren’t faced with it personally, or if you are unaware of the signs and methods of trafficking. On today’s show, Renee Brinkerhoff sheds light on how significant this illegal business is globally, and how she is putting an end to it through her nonprofit organization, Valkyrie Racing/Valkyrie Gives. We learn how we can get involved in this fight by donating, and how this money will be used to change the lives of vulnerable women and children.

https://www.joycebufordempowers.com/Renee-Brinkerhoff