Childhood trauma doesn’t stay in childhood. It can shape how we love, trust, attach, and see ourselves as adults.

In this powerful episode of Wake Up with Marci, licensed therapist Allison Kirvan breaks down:

• How dysfunctional parenting impacts adult relationships
• * Signs of unresolved childhood trauma
• * PTSD symptoms rooted in early experiences
• * Emotional triggers and attachment wounds
• * How trauma affects self-worth and relationship patterns
• * Practical steps toward trauma healing and recovery

If you struggle with people-pleasing, fear of abandonment, toxic relationship cycles, anxiety, or emotional reactivity, this episode will help you understand the root cause and remind you that healing is possible.

✨ Learn how to break unhealthy cycles and begin your trauma healing journey.

📺 Watch the Episodes:
🔗 https://youtu.be/OR3yTIsff5I
🔗 https://youtu.be/3lDQ_SyfdOU

🌷 About Our Guest – Allison Kirvan
Allison Kirvan is a licensed therapist and practice owner specializing in childhood trauma, relational trauma, PTSD recovery, and attachment healing. She supports women in rebuilding self-worth, emotional regulation, and healthy relationship patterns.

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What does it really mean to be financially intentional? In this inspiring episode of Wake Up with Marci, Naseema McElroy shares her powerful journey from earning six figures while struggling financially to transforming her life through mindset, discipline, and intentional money habits.


Naseema is a Labor & Delivery nurse, published author, and founder of Financially Intentional. She opens up about overcoming bankruptcy, divorce, and financial stress while discovering that true financial freedom starts with awareness and purpose — not just income.


If you are ready to break unhealthy money patterns, align your spending with your values, and take control of your financial future, this episode is for you.


New episodes of Wake Up with Marci drop every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker, YouTube, OnNJ, and iHeartRadio.


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This week on Wake Up With Marci, Marci sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and Love Is Blind star Kelly Chase for a deeply healing and grounded conversation about self-worth, love, and somatic healing. Kelly shares how somatic practices helped her regulate her nervous system, release stored emotional patterns, and reconnect with her body after years of seeking validation through relationships.

Together, they explore how true healing begins in the body, why self-worth is built through safety and self-trust, and how somatic therapy can transform the way we show up in love. Kelly also reflects on her Love Is Blind experience, what it revealed about her patterns in relationships, and how healing those patterns changed everything. 

This episode is a powerful reminder that when you heal your body, you heal your relationships  and when you reclaim your worth, love feels different.

A must-listen for anyone on a healing journey, craving deeper connection, and ready to love from a regulated, grounded place.

Connect with Kelly Chase:
IG: @chaselifewithkelly and @chaselifewithkellypodcast
TikTok: @iamkellychase
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-chase-220a796/
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Website: https://www.chaselifewithkelly.com

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In this solo episode of Wake Up With Marci, Marci Hopkins explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape our reactions, emotions, and healing. When we only see one side, we stay stuck in patterns of frustration, misunderstanding, and emotional overwhelm.


In this episode, you’ll learn:
   •   Why perspective matters more than being right
   •   How reacting from old stories keeps you stuck
   •   How to pause, reflect, and respond with clarity


If you’ve ever replayed conversations or felt triggered by familiar patterns, this episode will help you shift perspective and reclaim your peace.


🌱 READY TO GO DEEPER?
If this episode resonated and you’re ready to break emotional cycles, check out Chaos to Clarity: From Stuck to Thriving along with a Free Blueprint on how to free yourself from Overwhelm, stress and Burnout. 


👉 Start here:
https://marci-s-site-512c.thinkific.com/courses/chaostoclarity


✨ Clarity begins when you choose awareness over reaction.
🔔 New episodes every Thursday

💬 Comment below: What story are you ready to see differently?

In this powerful and deeply honest episode of Wake Up With Marci, Marci sits down with Michelle Kalz, a recovery professional who works at a recovery center in the United States, for a raw and real conversation about sobriety, healing, and the struggles of staying in recovery.

Michelle brings both professional insight and lived experience as she shares what it truly means to choose sobriety—not just once, but every single day. Together, they unpack the emotional highs and lows of recovery, the unseen battles, the moments of doubt, and the strength it takes to keep showing up for your healing.

This episode is a reminder that recovery isn’t linear, sobriety isn’t perfect, and healing doesn’t happen overnight—but choosing yourself is always worth it.

Whether you’re on your own recovery journey, supporting someone you love, or simply craving an honest conversation about resilience and hope, this episode will meet you right where you are.

🎧 New episodes every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Spreaker, and YouTube.

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Why do we start to panic just when life finally seems to be going well? In this powerful episode of Wake Up With Marci, Marci sits down with bestselling author and international speaker Dr. Dain Heer to explore the unconscious patterns that cause us to sabotage happiness, success, and ease.

Dr. Dain breaks down why the nervous system often reacts to joy and expansion with fear, how past conditioning keeps us stuck in survival mode, and what it really takes to feel safe receiving more in life. This conversation will challenge the belief that struggle is normal—and open the door to a different way of living with more clarity, calm, and choice.

If you’ve ever wondered why peace feels unfamiliar or why things fall apart when they’re going right, this episode is a must-listen.

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker, iHeartRadio, and YouTube.

Connect with Dr. Dain;
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📚 Books: shop.drdainheer.com
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📷 Instagram: @dainheer

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What really happens when you quit drinking—and choose yourself instead?

In this episode of Wake Up with Marci Marci sits down with Melissa McGovern, alcohol-free coach, podcaster, and the voice behind The Sober New Yorker, to share her powerful sober life journey.

Melissa opens up about gray area drinking, the health wake-up call that led her to quit alcohol, and how sobriety transformed her mental clarity, confidence, and sense of self. Together, they break down the myths around sober living, the fear of missing out, and why an alcohol-free life is about freedom—not restriction.

Whether you’re sober-curious, questioning your relationship with alcohol, or already on your sobriety journey, this conversation offers honesty, validation, and hope.

🔔 In this episode, you’ll learn:
* What “gray area drinking” really means
* Signs it may be time to quit drinking
* How sobriety impacts confidence and mental health
* Why choosing an alcohol-free life can be empowering

Connect with Melissa:
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@thesobernewyorker

👉 Don’t forget to *like, subscribe, and share* if this episode resonates.

In this week’s episode of Wake Up with Marci, Marci sits down with Carrie Howard for a heartfelt and eye-opening conversation about anxiety, people-pleasing, and the journey back to self-trust.

They unpack how people-pleasing often develops as a survival response, why anxiety keeps us stuck in cycles of over-giving and self-abandonment, and what it truly means to set boundaries without guilt. Carrie shares compassionate insights on learning to listen to your inner voice, honoring your needs, and rebuilding trust in yourself—one choice at a time.

If you’ve ever struggled to say no, worried about disappointing others, or felt disconnected from your own needs, this episode offers reassurance, clarity, and practical wisdom to help you choose yourself with confidence.

✨ A powerful conversation for anyone ready to stop people-pleasing and start living with more ease, authenticity, and self-respect.

Connect with Carrie:
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In this powerful episode of Wake Up With Marci, Marci sits down with Natalia Aíza, LPC, therapist, mental health advocate, and founder of Kairos Wellness Collective, for an honest conversation about motherhood, OCD, mental health, and neurodiversity.


Natalia shares her personal and professional perspective on living with OCD, navigating motherhood while managing mental health, and why understanding neurodiversity is essential for healing, compassion, and self-acceptance. Together, they break stigma, normalize hard conversations, and offer hope to anyone feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or alone.


This episode is a must-listen for mothers, caregivers, mental health advocates, and anyone seeking greater awareness and empathy around OCD and neurodiversity.


🎙 New episodes every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Spreaker & ONNJ


Connect with Natalia; 
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@letstalk.ocd

Publishing house for: Self-Guided Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD
https://zeitgeistpublishing.com
www.kairoswellnesscollective.com

Here is the Book: the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818083/self-guided-exposure-and-response-prevention-therapy-for-ocd-by-natalia-aiza-lpc-ma/

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This week on Wake Up With Marci, author and advocate Suzanne Warye joins us for a powerful conversation on living an abundant, empowered sober life. Suzanne opens up about her journey of breaking free from societal pressures like “mommy wine culture,” reclaiming her identity, and finding purpose in sobriety.

We explore the emotional, physical, and spiritual shifts that come with choosing a sober lifestyle, the misconceptions that hold people back, and how sobriety can lead to deeper clarity, connection, and healing.

🎙️ New episodes every Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Spreaker, iheart and ONNJ

👉 Follow Suzanne Warye
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