Why is identity so important? In this episode I contrast two very different places we can look to for our sense of identity. One leads us down a path of despair. The other, a hope and a future. 

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“Silence is Strength” is a message passed down through generations that says, I’m going to protect myself and others by not talking about the trauma I’ve gone through. Yet staying silent keeps us from the very thing that could aide our healing and recovery, connection to others. Listen to learn how my guest author Peyton Garland and I broke this generational cycle.

Did you spend your childhood envisioning yourself “making it" only to grow up and realize you didn’t know how? In this episode I share my first step on my path of discovering the right career for me. Maybe you can relate or it will inspire your next right step. 

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Learn about generational curses and being a cycle breaker. 

For a cycle breaker, every step feels like it takes a herculean effort to achieve. It took me a long time to get that. I thought it was me. Breaking generational cycles is hard. But it is NOT impossible.

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The pandemic turned our lives upside down, but it also brought gifts of resilience, social awareness, and purpose. New York City teacher and writer Melissa Pyrch and I discuss these gifts while she shares how she kept her students engaged and pivoted her focus while remote teaching high school during the pandemic. 

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Marriage and Family Therapist Molly LaCroix joins me to discuss why it’s better to label behavior as toxic, not people. We don't minimize abusive behaviors but we discuss why it is helpful to distinguish between a person and their behavior.

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Sexual abuse survivor, coach and advocate Rachel Grant joins me to talk about how she overcame the shame and stigma of her trauma. Rachel has an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and is a Sexual Abuse Recovery Coach.

She'll encourage you that you don't have to remember everything to start to heal. And, you don't have to label, categorize, or compare your experience to someone else, to be able to say, l'm having a trauma response and I'm ready to start my healing journey."

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Psychologist Alison Cook, PhD joins me to discuss how childhood wounds can show up in our spiritual walks and relationship with God. Alison is a counselor, a speaker, and co-author of the book Boundaries for Your Soul.

Alison and I both have a propensity toward meeting the needs of others while minimizing our own. If this resonates with you, give it a listen and let me know what you think!

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In this episode, Jenn Whitmer, speaker, coach, writer, and self-professed “Joy-bringer,” joins me to discuss toxic work environments: how to spot them and how to deal with them without losing your joy in the process.

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