In this insightful episode, Angela Vitiello, founder of the Expat Parenting Collective, shares her journey of living abroad since 2010 across four countries and three continents. She offers valuable perspectives on building family life in foreign cultures, navigating parenting challenges abroad, and finding authentic ways to blend traditions and create new ones.

• Founder of the Expat Parenting Collective
• Living abroad since 2010
• Experienced in four countries across three continents
• Member of European Mentoring & Coaching Council
• Affiliate with Institute of Coaching McLean Harvard School of Medicine
• Expert in intercultural communication and leadership development

• Building community without traditional family support
• Navigating multiple cultural traditions and celebrations
• Creating boundaries and authentic family experiences
• Managing energy and expectations
• Balancing career and family across cultures
• Finding support systems in new environments

• Language barriers and cultural differences
• Educational system choices
• Holiday traditions across multiple cultures
• Building trust networks for childcare
• Creating new support systems
• Maintaining connections with home culture

• "To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma" by Molly Millwood
• "Couples That Work" by Jennifer Petriglieri
• "Parents That Lead" by Stuart Friedman

• Instagram: @expatparentingcollective
• Website: www.expatparentingcollective.com
• LinkedIn: Angela Vitiello MBA MSED
• Facebook: Expat Parenting Collective

"If you are curious and open-minded, you can almost surmount anything. Genuine curiosity builds that bridge to allow you to understand and for other people to understand that you're learning."

For expat parents seeking support and community, visit the Expat Parenting Collective website for resources, coaching, and connection opportunities.

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In this powerful episode, Bethel Stevens shares her journey of becoming a young widow at age 33, and how this experience led her to write "Not a Cinderella Story," a memoir that challenges common misconceptions about grief and young widowhood. Bethel offers valuable insights into the complexities of grief, the importance of cognitive empathy, and finding purpose after devastating loss.

• Author of "Not a Cinderella Story" (January 2024)
• Young widow advocate
• Supporting rare cancer research through PheoPara Alliance
• Writing about grief and post-traumatic growth
• Transforming personal loss into purpose

• The unique challenges of off-sequence loss
• Research on heightened risk factors for young widows
• Identity shifts and societal expectations
• Grieving both present and future losses
• Finding community in isolation

• The difference between "moving on" and "moving forward"
• Understanding cognitive vs. emotional empathy
• The dual reality of grief and joy
• The importance of allowing space for all emotions
• Breaking down misconceptions about grief timelines

• The power of presence over fixing
• How to listen without judgment
• Creating safe spaces for vulnerability
• Understanding the impact of platitudes
• The importance of long-term support

• Instagram: @bethel_stevens
• Website: reimaginedjourneys.com
• Book: "Not a Cinderella Story" (Available on Amazon)
• Supporting: PheoPara Alliance for rare cancer research

"Grief and pain... I could cry and laugh in the same sentence in the same hour. Rather than fight it, I'm realizing this is normal and this is okay. Love and grief go hand in hand. I grieve because I loved deeply and that doesn't just disappear."

For those experiencing grief, especially young widows, Bethel's book offers both personal insight and practical understanding of the grief journey, while supporting important research through PheoPara Alliance.

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In this powerful episode, Jason Tuttle shares his journey as a stay-at-home father of two children with special needs, and his path through grief after the unexpected loss of his son Zachary in January 2022. Jason discusses how this experience led him to create "Letters to Zachary," a community focused on supporting men in grief while helping women understand male grief patterns.

• Former elementary school PE teacher
• Stay-at-home dad for 12 years
• Creator of Letters to Zachary community
• Advocate for male grief expression
• Author of the Letters to Zachary grief coloring book
• Speaker and community builder

• Navigating rare medical conditions
• Building community in isolation
• Managing complex medical care
• Creating structure and routine
• Balancing care responsibilities
• Finding support systems

Jason shares vital insights about male grief, including:

• How societal expectations shape male grief expression
• The importance of creating safe spaces for men to be vulnerable
• Ways to support grieving men effectively
• The "Male Grief Commandments" for partners
• Breaking generational patterns of emotional suppression
• The health implications of unexpressed grief

• Listen to understand, not to respond
• Don't downplay emotional vulnerability
• Create space for authentic expression
• Understand generational influences
• Recognize the importance of shared experience
• Allow grief to unfold without time limits

• Website: www.letterstozachary.com
• Facebook community: Letters to Zachary
• Instagram: Letters to Zachary
• TikTok: Letters to Zachary
• Resource: Letters to Zachary Grief Coloring Book (available on Amazon)

"The only way to get through grief is to grieve. There's no way around it... You just got to rip the bandaid off and deal with it."

For those experiencing grief, especially men seeking support, visit Letters to Zachary's website for resources, community connection, and tools for processing grief.

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In this powerful episode, Laura Morrice, known as The Chakra Coach, shares her remarkable journey from teenage addiction to becoming a transformational coach who helps professional women unlock their highest potential through energetic healing and mindset practices.

• Author of "Signposts to Source"
• Transformational coach and energy healer
• Specializes in chakra alignment and emotional intelligence
• Works with professional women, founders, CEOs, and industry leaders
• Expert in combining energetic healing with mindset transformation

Laura openly shares her path from:

• Early struggles with family alcoholism
• Teenage drug addiction and toxic relationships
• Recovery and rebuilding through beauty therapy
• Professional success as a spa manager
• Personal awakening through energy healing
• Discovery of her true calling as a healer and coach

• Understanding the law of vibration vs. law of attraction
• Importance of identifying emotional blockages
• How subconscious beliefs affect manifestation
• The role of chakras in personal development
• Why surface-level affirmations often don't work
• Connecting with gratitude to attract abundance

• The importance of examining life patterns
• How childhood experiences shape our adult choices
• Understanding generational patterns and healing
• The value of professional guidance in transformation
• Why challenges often contain hidden gifts
• The power of taking responsibility for change

• Website: www.lauramorrice.com
• Facebook: Laura Morrice the Chakra Coach
• Instagram: @laurajmorrice
• YouTube: Laura Morrice The Chakra Coach
• Book: Signposts to Source
• Free Newsletter: "Chakra Power for Aligned Leadership"

"We might not see the light at the end of the tunnel at first, but the light we're looking for is actually within us. All that needs to happen is to start peeling away those layers that feel heavy and weigh us down."

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses pregnancy loss, the death of a child, and near-death experiences. Please take care while listening.

In this profound and moving episode, we sit down with Autumn Smith, a functional nutritional therapist turned spiritual healer, who shares her deeply personal journey through a near-death experience (NDE) during a pregnancy loss in 2016.

• Functional nutritional therapist for 15 years
• Psychic and intuitive healer
• Focuses on emotional and spiritual work with clients
• Helps clients create the life they want to live
• Specializes in removing limiting beliefs affecting health and relationships

Autumn shares her journey through:

• A traumatic pregnancy loss at five months
• Her soul's separation from her body during the experience
• The medical complications that led to her NDE
• Her encounter with Source/Creator in the white light
• The conscious choice to return for her children
• The renegotiation of her "soul contract"

Autumn discusses the profound changes that occurred after her experience:

• Enhanced psychic and intuitive abilities
• A complete life transformation
• Deeper connection with her children
• Shift in professional focus
• Journey through grief and trauma recovery
• Acceptance of her spiritual gifts

• The reality of consciousness existing outside the body
• Direct communication with Source/Creator
• The expansion of intuitive gifts after an NDE
• The importance of living authentically
• Integration of spiritual experiences into everyday life

"I was consciously aware of both aspects of myself - I was in my body experiencing this on a human level, and then I was also watching it happen from a spiritual perspective in this very calm manner of understanding what was going on and why it was happening."

Website: thrivingrebelwellness.com

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In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Dave Roberts, MSW LMSW, who shares his profound journey of loss, grief, and eventual transformation after the death of his daughter Jeannine in 2003. Dave offers valuable insights into male grief, the integration of spiritual and analytical perspectives, and finding meaning after devastating loss.

• Retired addiction professional
• Adjunct professor in Psychology & Child Life at Utica University
• Psychology professor at Pratt Munson School of Art and Design
• Host of the Teaching Journeys podcast
• Co-author of "When the Psychology Professor Met the Minister"
• Grief workshop presenter and keynote speaker
• Former Huffpost contributor

Dave shares the story of his daughter Jeannine, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer (alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma) just weeks after giving birth to her first child. He discusses:

• The impact of anticipatory grief
• The challenges of being both a father and caregiver
• Processing the loss while supporting other family members
• The transition from a science-based worldview to embracing spiritual perspectives
• Finding new meaning and purpose through grief

• Grief is not linear but circular
• The importance of allowing all emotions to surface
• How men and women may process grief differently
• The value of support groups and shared experiences
• The concept of "transient angels" - people who appear at crucial moments
• The integration of joy and sadness in the grief journey

Dave offers valuable perspectives on male grief:

• How men process emotions differently than women
• The importance of action-based grieving
• Ways to support men through loss
• The role of vulnerability in healing
• The impact of societal expectations on male grief

Dave shares his unexpected spiritual journey:

• The serendipitous meeting with Reverend Patti Furino
• Signs and connections with his daughter
• The integration of scientific and spiritual perspectives
• How this transformation influenced his teaching and grief work

Book: "When the Psychology Professor Met the Minister"

• Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats
• Signed copies are available directly from Dave through Venmo @Dave-Roberts-61

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/david.j.roberts1/

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Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-56690513/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@daveroberts301/podcasts

Personal website www.davidrobertsmsw.com

Author website www.psychologyprofessorandminister.com

"Grief is a marathon, not a sprint... if you take two steps forward and one step backward, guess what? You're still one step ahead."

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses addiction, homelessness, assault, and related trauma. Please take care while listening.

In this powerful episode, Jeremy Cross shares his raw and honest journey through seven years of addiction on the streets of Vancouver, and his inspiring path to recovery. As a recovered addict and author of "Finding My Lost Life," Jeremy offers unique insights into the reality of addiction, the challenges of recovery, and the importance of proper support systems.

• Author of "Finding My Lost Life: The Fall to Addiction and Rise to Recovery"
• Certified Peer Support Worker
• Recovery advocate
• Public speaker on addiction awareness
• Former operations manager turned recovery specialist

Jeremy openly shares his path through:

• Initial exposure to crystal meth through a relationship
• The progression into harder drugs
• Experience with homelessness
• Multiple incarcerations
• The reality of life on Vancouver's streets
• The turning point that led to recovery

• The misconception that addiction only affects certain demographics
• How trauma and emotional pain fuel addiction
• The challenges of accessing proper recovery support
• The difference between supporting and enabling
• The importance of addressing underlying trauma in recovery
• The role of family support in the recovery process

• How to support without enabling
• The importance of maintaining boundaries
• Understanding the addict's perspective
• Ways to show love while not accepting the behavior
• The value of consistent support
• The need for self-care while supporting an addicted loved one

• Website: www.jeremycross.ca
• Instagram: @jerwcross5
• Facebook: Jeremy Cross Author
• Book: "Finding My Lost Life: The Fall to Addiction and Rise to Recovery" (Available on Amazon, Chapters, Indigo, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble)

"No addict wants to be an addict... What addict wants to be a slave to drugs, on the street, freezing and starving? It's not a good life. No addict loves being in addiction... They feel like it's hopeless, like they're too far gone."

For those affected by addiction, please reach out to local addiction support services and recovery programs in your area. Remember that recovery is possible with proper support and determination.

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses the loss of loved ones, including the death of parents and an adult child. Please take care while listening.

In this powerful and moving episode, I sit down with LaKeisha Barron-Brown, who shares her profound journey of transforming deep personal loss into meaningful service to others. LaKeisha opens up about experiencing the loss of both parents as a young child and, more recently, the passing of her adult son in 2021.

LaKeisha (also known as Keisha B) is a remarkable individual who wears many hats:

• Mother and grandmother
• Community advocate
• Published author
• Mental health awareness champion
• Grief support advocate

Through her own experiences with grief and loss, LaKeisha has discovered the healing power of helping others. Since her son's passing in 2021, she has dedicated herself to intentional actions that support both her own healing journey and the healing of others in her community.

• "Through The Eyes Of A Crack Soul"
• "Loss of Self: Turning Sorrow Into Service"

• Navigating multiple experiences of profound loss
• Finding meaning and purpose through grief
• The importance of intentional healing
• Converting personal pain into community service
• Building resilience through adversity

• Website: www.nosorrows.com
• TikTok: @heart2heartwkeish
• Instagram: lakeishabarronbrown_author

"Since my son's passing, I've been intentional about my actions to help others, while helping myself. Our healing journey can become a pathway to serve others."

If you've been affected by themes discussed in this episode, please know you're not alone. Consider reaching out to grief counseling services or support groups in your area.

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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In this special introduction episode, host Aypril Porter unveils the new direction for Season 2 of the Living Matters Podcast, shifting from Human Design discussions to deeply personal conversations about life's most profound experiences.

This season explores:

• Near-death experiences
• Loss and grief
• Addiction and recovery
• Life transitions
• Personal transformation
• And other significant life events that shape our human experience

• The importance of both light and dark in our life journey
• Finding meaning through difficult experiences
• Building compassion through understanding
• Emerging stronger from life's challenges
• The power of shared stories

• Episodes contain trigger warnings in show notes
• Listeners are encouraged to check content warnings
• Practice self-care when choosing when to listen
• Choose episodes that align with your current emotional capacity

"Darkness is part of the life journey. It's always a part of it, but it's not everything... When we emerge into the light, we have gratitude. We have understanding, we have compassion for other people."

Have a story of transformation to share? Email [email protected]

New episodes will be released on Tuesdays.

Aypril Porter brings these stories to light with sensitivity and purpose, creating a space for meaningful conversations about life's most challenging moments.

Looking for older episodes about Human Design? Check out Season 1 of the Living Matters Podcast.

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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In this episode, you'll learn about the Human Design Profiles 1-6. Get to know each of the profile lines and how they interact with the world.

Aypril Porter is a Human Design Business Coach + Mentor for women who are done listening to everyone else’s opinions and ready to radically trust themselves—and their inner wisdom—to build a business they love.

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