Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling

Peter Paul Parker is a Dahn Master in the mind-body-spirit arena, a musician and sound healer. 

He works with both the energy and physical body. Peter is a Ki Gong champion, winning the international competition with the British Team in Korea in 2016. Peter runs a successful coaching business achieving amazing results with highly sensitive people and empaths using the Dream Method.

He has set up a local charity called Brighter Living helping the elderly with their health and well-being using Ki Gong and meditation. Peter has also worked with schools locally, helping students connect with themselves.

Peter has launched the Bright Beings Academy online internationally, which incorporates everything that he does to empower people to reach their full potential as human beings. Peter's motto is ‘Journey Inwards – Succeed Outwards’

Some key points from our interview:

·        How he believes that unbroken means that even though at times it may feel like the end of the road, he knows it isn’t and he keeps going

·        How he used to focus on what the fall over but now he focuses on the come back

·        How his mother became his best friend as he couldn’t understand his brother’s energy, but she passed away when he was eleven

·        How he struggled when he was sent to boarding school after his mother died and felt like it was hell because there were paedophiles and bullies there

·        How he left the sales world to become a musician and loved improvising music as it became a type of meditation for him

·        How he looks back and sees that his drinking habit covered up the pressures of the music world and his unprocessed childhood trauma – ptsd -now helped by traditional Chinese medicine

·        How he discovered Ki Gong at a mind, body & spirit festival he was at with his wife and it spoke to him

·        How he believes that everything we go through comes up in our body- “The Body Keeps the Score”

“Journey Inwards – Succeed Outwards”

Reach Out To Peter here >>                            https://www.peterpaulparker.co.uk/

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/


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Charlotte Rush is a Marketing Director with a career spanning over 20 years. In recent months she has started to embark on a journey of becoming a lived experience speaker, telling her story, which details how she has been shaped by grief, and how she's now playing an active role in moving beyond it.

 An orphan by the age of five, Charlotte is currently writing a book about her life, which was initially merely a form of therapy for herself.

 Charlotte now hopes that by sharing her story she can help others understand how you can emerge from a life defined by grief to build something meaningful and loving.

 It’s a story of resilience – about how even the darkest and most disabling challenges life can throw at you can be overcome with drive and determination and a growing understanding of the grieving process

Some key points from our interview:

·       How unbroken means being able to adapt to life’s biggest challenges that are thrown at you 

·       How she lost both of her parents by the time she was five years old and went on to live with grief all her life

·       How she never had any specialist support as a young child growing up with grief

·       How she was recently diagnosed with PTSD because of her childhood even though it felt like it was just a normal life for her

·       How she feels that she’s just on the start of her journey at aged forty

·       How she now feels comfortable about living with grief all her life and decided to write her story down to help others

Reach out to Charlotte on...

www.rushconsulting.co.uk

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/


You can listen to the full extended series of incredible stories on https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386718

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After a lifetime spent caring for her disabled parents, Helen had her own children, and began to suspect her mum was deliberately pretending to be unwell

She began reading her mother's 55 years’ worth of diaries after her death in 2016 and discovered her mum’s deception went far beyond anything she had imagined

She wrote My Mother, Munchausen’s, and Me in the aftermath, piecing together the truth about her parents, her childhood, and her identity

Some key points from our interview:

• How Unbroken means moving forward with happened to her without it defeating her
• How after she read her mother’s diaries, she realised that her whole childhood was founded on lies
• How it took her many years to realise that her childhood was abusive as she had been gaslit by her mother for years and it didn’t occur to her to question it
• How her mother controlled her thoughts, ran her down constantly, believing she was a failure, telling her what she liked and didn’t like- since she has developed mental health awareness.
• How her mother’s symptoms of Parkinson’s didn’t match the illness and even her Parkinson’s nurse realised she wasn’t being truthful about her condition
• How she chose to forgive her mother as she wanted to be free of her grip on her, but it’s continuous work
• How she’s determined to create the best life she can for her and her family and will love wholeheartedly and sincerely even though it terrifies her to be vulnerable

*Factitious disorder, malingering, hypochondriasis all are similar meaning terms.


www.helennaylorwriter.com

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/


You can listen to the full extended series of incredible stories on https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386718



Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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Winnie M Li is an author and activist. Her debut novel Dark Chapter is a fictional retelling of her real-life stranger rape in Belfast, from victim and perpetrator perspectives. 

Translated into ten languages, it won The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, and was nominated for an Edgar Award and the Best First Novel Award. 
She is currently adapting it for the screen.

Her second novel Complicit was published in Summer 2022 and selected by The New York Times for their August book club. 

Winnie is also Founder of Clear Lines, the UK’s first-ever festival addressing sexual assault and consent through the arts and discussion. Her PhD research at the London School of Economics explores media engagement by rape survivors as a form of activism. 

She holds an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland in recognition of her writing and activism

Some key points from our interview:

• How being Unbroken means being able to retain her essence of who she is despite everything she has gone through.
• How she writes and speaks about rape to leave a trail, offer hope, and build communities for other survivors.
• How she wrote every other chapter from the perpetrators point of view in her first book “Dark Chapter” to try and make sense to what had happened in this 15-year old’s life.
• How she chooses not to be angry after hearing that the man who raped her has now been linked to other cases of sexual assault since his release from prison.
• How her second book “Complicit” looks at the misogyny, power, exploitation, and the open secrets that have become normalised in the film industry for women.
• How she never assumed that she would meet a partner one day and become a mum.

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"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch the highlights of the interview on YouTube HERE

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Richie is an entrepreneur, film producer and actor. His entrepreneurship spans successful businesses across property development; sport; and education. 

As an actor Richie has appeared in many TV, Feature films on Netflix and Amazon, and has recently completed a number of international Bollywood films. 

Richie believes everyone in life can act and we all take on the role of a character in life. He has found acting to be a successful way of tackling and dealing with deep personal matters. 

We wear masks which hide the true ‘us’ and help portray different images. But what lays behind the mask? - often trauma, sadness, and darkness. 

Richie is in the process of removing his mask and raising awareness of childhood sexual abuse and the impact this has in adulthood, particularly amongst middle aged males


Some key points from our interview:

• How he believes that Unbroken means overcoming traumas that could have broken him, but didn’t .
• How he’s now on a mission to remove his mask of trauma and feels passionate about speaking out about the childhood sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager.
• How he struggled with shame and blame for years, wrongly thinking it was his fault but now understands that the blame lies 100% with the perpetrator.
• How it took the impact of other traumas to bring the feelings of the childhood sexual abuse to the surface and now wants to speak out to heal himself and other men too.
• How he recognises that he used alcohol to self-medicate to stop the pain and negative thoughts he was feeling.
• How he recognises the importance of speaking out to rid the feelings of shame to reclaim his life.

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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Lynn is a mental health awareness champion, counsellor, film producer and author of four books that give advice and hope to sufferers of mental illness and their families, including Hope with Eating Disorders 2nd Edition, Hope with OCD, Hope with Depression and Hope with Anxiety, all published by Hammersmith Health Books. 

A mother to grown-up twin daughters, Charlotte and Samantha, and Grandma to Charlotte’s 6-month-old twins Georgia and Reggie, Lynn’s passion for mental health awareness came through the battles she faced with Samantha, who suffered with anorexia nervosa in her teens and obsessive-compulsive disorder in her early 20s.

Some key points from our interview:

·        How she believes that we are broken at times, but we can make waves to make ourselves better

·        How when she noticed the changes in her daughter’s behaviour regarding food, that she had to speak to her about it

·        How she spent four years looking for help to deal with her daughter’s eating disorder and decided to discharge her from all treatments and do it herself 

·        How she believes that the way eating disorders are approached hasn’t changed or evolved

·        How she’s passionate about breaking the taboos around mental illness and that no family ever feels alone in their struggle

·        How she’s so proud of her daughter who has produced and co-written a short film called “A Day with OCD” – obsessive compulsive disorder.

·        How she works with the whole family and not just the sufferer of the eating disorder

·        How eating disorder recovery is possible

 Website: www.lynncrilly.com

https://www.instagram.com/lynn_crilly/

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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Jennifer Fraser is the founder of The Bullied Brain. She's an award-winning teacher, best-selling author, and unlikely whistle-blower. And key in mental health awareness.

 Her new book The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health tells the story of her journey to repair after battling to protect students from teacher abuse and failing. 

 With a PhD in Comparative Literature, she believed that there must be research that could help her recover. 

 That's when she discovered what scientists know about the amazing powers, we have within to repair our hurt brains. And to contribute to suicide prevention.

 Some key points from our interview:

·        How she feels that we are never unbroken as our brains are never unbreakable

·        How she discovered her son was a victim of bullying and abuse, including emotional abuse from teachers at his school when she took the testimonies of 8 other students who had also been bullied

·        How she discovered that the school had known about this for a year and failed to protect their students

·        How she decided to do the research into the neuroscience of being bullied and wrote her book to show the impact of bullying on the brain but also how it can be healed too

·        How her own trauma of being emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by 3 teachers was triggered by her son’s trauma

·        How she went to the police to report her own abuse to stop covering up and to honour a student “Ellen” who tragically died by suicide after being abused by a head teacher that was covered up by the school

·        How we all have the power to convert our mind bully to our own empathic coach in order to rewire our brain

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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David Mark is recognised as a 'master of the dark psychological thriller', drawing upon his 15 years of experience as a crime journalist. 

After a decade as a full-time novelist and Sunday Times bestseller, David penned the critically-acclaimed memoir PIECE OF MIND, detailing his lifelong battle with depression, mania, OCD, addiction and hallucinations. 

The book has been labelled 'a life-saver' and 'essential reading' by readers, contemporaries, and mental health professionals. 

• How he feels that unbroken means that he’s like a wild horse as he’s not had his will snapped or been broken into submission by his illness.
• How he believes that he’s so much more than the events in his life.
• How being truthful was not as difficult as he thought it would be when he was writing his memoir,
• How writing really helped him to work out what was his illness and what was his personality.
• How he used to think he was demonic because of the hideous hallucinations he experienced but managed to grow used to them by learning what was real and what wasn’t.
• How he still struggles with the idea of being vulnerable and weak.
• How he can’t emphasis enough that we should treat people who are unwell with tenderness, patience and compassion.
• How he now feels he’s at the best he’ll ever be and never though he could be this well with his mental illness.

"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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Laura Davis is the author of The Burning Light of Two Stars, the story of her loving yet tumultuous relationship with her mother, and six other non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal, Allies in Healing, I Thought We‘d Never Speak Again, and Becoming the Parent You Want to Be.

Her groundbreaking books have been translated into 11 languages and sold 1.8 million copies. In addition to writing books that inspire and change people’s lives, the work of Laura’s heart is to teach.

For more than twenty years, she’s helped people find their voices, tell their stories, and hone their craft. Laura loves creating supportive, intimate writing communities online, in person, and internationally.

You can learn about Laura’s books, workshops, read the first five chapters of her new memoir and all of her upcoming writer’s retreats,  from her website www.lauradavis.net.

Some key points from our interview:
•How she believes we can be stronger at the broken places of our lives
•How her supressed memories of her abuse reappeared 25 years later
•How her mother didn’t believe her when she told her about the abuse she experienced from her grandfather, and it caused an estrangement between them
•How she was able to care for her mother in her later life, even though she felt she had betrayed her
•How she never got the apology she wished for from her
•How she recognised they had a great bond and chose to reconcile with her
•How she feels she has an active relationship with her mother since she’s died and focuses on all the positive things, she gave her rather than the challenging ones



"Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling" features  individuals who have all triumphed after adversity and have not just bounced back in life, but forward and are now making a difference for others.

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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Meet the man who, like a giraffe, stuck his neck out for what he believed.  Like Nelson Mandela, Siya Twani was imprisoned for making a stand against injustice in South Africa.

 Siya is a Resilience and Mental toughness motivational speaker who speaks in schools and businesses across the country

 Siya is a motivational speaker on a mission to empower, educate and enthuse people, especially children and young people, with resilience skills.

 With over 30 years’ experience of speaking in the education sector, he is highly recommended by Ofsted and other authorities and can put his message across in an articulate manner that is accessible to all 

Some key points from our interview:

·        How he believes he’s not a broken person but more of a wounded healer

·        How he feels he was imprisoned from the moment he was born as he was born under apartheid

·        How he refuses to believe he was a victim of apartheid, but the victor of his life

·        How at just 17 he was sent to prison for 4 years because he was speaking out about the injustices within the education system for black students

·        How he was tortured and brutalised during his time in prison but chose to forgive his captors years later

·        How he learnt to let go of his anger and bring in empathy and understanding by realising his oppressors were victims too of apartheid

·        How he strongly believes that through love and understanding we can all make this world a better place to live in 

·        How he his philosophy that governs his life is “face it, embrace it, defy it and conquer it”

Hosted by Madeleine Black, the show will share stories of all the amazing people Madeleine has met on her own journey as an author/speaker and these stories will heal, motivate, inspire and bring hope when they share their wisdom and knowledge with her.

She really believes in the power that comes when we share our stories, that in fact we are not story tellers but story healers. Tune in to discover what helped them to stay unbroken and together we will discover that none of us are broken beyond repair.

You can find out more about Madeleine, her story and her memoir, Unbroken,  from her website: https://madeleineblack.co.uk/

Watch edited highlights on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeleineBlackUnbroken

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