Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

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Raja Vaidya has struggled with a stutter all his life. In this extremely raw and honest episode, Raja discusses how his stutter affected his life! From his childhood, which included years of rejection and bullying, to his professional years, and how sheer determination led him to work hard and make a career for himself in scientific research! However, It was a major moment at work that Raja focuses on, an experience in which one of his trusted colleagues, would us his stutter against him. It really shines a light on the less kind and compassionate side of the human race and enough was enough for Raja. He is a fighter, and his story is amazing, one of trtiumoh over truama and turning your fear into your superpower!
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Melissa Robinson-Winemiller was a professional musician, it was her life since childhood, her study, and eventually her dream job. it was all she ever knew, and it was at this dream job that her life would be flipped upside down in an instant, and set about a long and devastating spiral into the unknown. Melissa was assaulted one day at work, and the organization was less than willing to listen! Her story absolutely destroyed a 40-year career and left her devastated financially and emotionally. Join us for an extraordinary episode of the fragility of our lives, and hear more about Melissa’s continued journey!
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/empathyqueen.eq/
Website:  https://eqviaempathy.com/
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@The.Empathic.Leader
Book Preorder:  https://stan.store/empathicleader
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-melissa-a-robinson-winemiller-author-speaker-coach/

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Lisa Heacock lost 12 loved ones in a 22 month period, including her parents, and her 24 year old son-in-law. She ended a 28 year marriage, and was diagnosed with breats cancer and had a double mastectomy! After the losses, her life trajectory changed forever. Most of us have experieced grief in some way, and there really is no correct way to grieve. Some of us let it all out, some hold it in, for some its delayed, or even locked away, and this epsiode dives into the mind and body’s relationship with grief and trauma. Join us for a wonderful and insightful deep dive into this tricky subject, but a subject that unites all of us in one way or another!
Links for Lisa: https://linktr.ee/CoachLisaMarie
Support: https://page.holisticlifecoaching.org.uk/grief-support-ebook
Site: holisticlifecoaching.org.uk

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Michelle Rae Woodward has had the most painful, extraordinary, and exhausting journey through multiple pregnancies. All of which ended in 2nd term pregnancy loss (birthed 3 boys and 2 girls, all deceased). She talks about how she was treated by the western medical paradigm, we discuss the grief she went through, her look into surrogacy in US and India, and then onto international adoption, and finally,  how she is now raising a child with autism! Quite the amazing journey! She was completely broken, near to death twice, but stay for the revival! She rebuilt herself into a way better version of herself and more. This experience completely f*cked her up and it is quite a story of dreams, failure, setbacks, grief, trauma, hope, resilience and love. 
Website: https://www.michelleraewoodward.com/

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In this raw and often heartbreaking episode, we hear how Shay Leonia had to witness the slow demise of her mother who was diagnosed with dementia when Shay was only 9 years old, and her mother was in her Forties! There is still so much that is unknown about FTD, the specific disease in question, which is the deterioration of the brain's frontal lobe. Shay discusses the journey through watching her mother literally slip away, and eventually die, (when Shay was 13) which was beyond traumatizing. Stay with us here, because as with all of our episodes, we go on the journey through these life changing events. Shay was placed in a home and then with her older brother as her Father was not around, she was an orphan. With all this loss and abandonment, not surprisingly, there was relationship trouble ahead. The journey of recovery through the next few years, up to today, is an absolutely unmissable story. Thank you Shay. You are an inspiration!
FTD: https://www.theaftd.org/what-is-ftd/disease-overview/
Host - The Millennial Musician Podcast
Instagram: @millennialmusicianpod

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WARNING: Graphic Content involving description of fatal road traffic accident.
Jacques is a trauma survivor, after being involved in a horrific accident that totally changed the course of his life.
The accident is quite graphic, you have been warned, and involved three individual traumas one after the other. In the dark of night, Jacques hit a man on a pedal bike going 120 km/h (75 mph) on a major highway at night with no one else around. He is trained in first aid so walked back to see if he could help him but before he was able to, he watched in horror as the man was hit by an SUV and a semi right in front of him. Join us to hear more about that fateful night, and what transpired in the days, weeks and months afterwards.. 
Jacques' desire is to guide people on how to stop past emotional trauma, from affecting the present and future planning towards a better life. He talks about the struggles he faced to manage his mental health to create positive change and a new reality. Simply amazing. 
Links For Jacques:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/drivingoutofdarkness/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drivingoutofdarkness?lang=en
Site: https://www.drivingoutofdarkness.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/powerfulimpact/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089572114082
Book: https://a.co/d/09hdbHFq

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30 BRAND NEW EPISODES STARTING NEXT WEEK!:
Wow, this one is extraordinary. Thank you Alana for coming on and really just telling it how it is. This is for all of you listeners out there with any toxic work experiences, in fact maybe you are in one now and you don't know it? Alana tells us the story of how she became the victim of a Toxic Boss, what it dis to her Mental Health, and how she recovered. Alana's story is eye opening and hopefully offers hope and courage for those who are suffering, often in silence. You wouldn't stand for it in your home, so why stand for it at work!?
Links from Alana
website: www.alanaruoso.com
IG: @alanaruoso  https://instagram.com/alanaruoso
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alanaruoso
Article: https://www.purewow.com/wellness/toxic-work-environment

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Gina Fox is a childhood and adult trauma survivor. She was abused from age 5 to 16 by her own father, and its tough to listen to. She was then abused again by her ex-husband for 5 years. She had very bad coping skills as a result of these horrible experiences, and a mountain to climb! As her life continued into her thirties she realised she was running away from an extreme amount of ptsd! It was a cross roads, in her late thirties, that made her stop, and decide to change the narrative!
Join us as Gina tells us how she turned her life around, and now uses he traumatic experiences to help others. Gina is a certified trauma coach, as well as certificates in neuroscience and mental health. She is a huge advocate for mental health. Her story is powerful. A story of redemption, and a story of value and inspiration. Website is www.riseupfromtrauma.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Riseupfromtrauma
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Riseupfromtrauma
Instagram: Rise Up From Trauma Coaching
BOOK: https://a.co/d/e4qsFC4

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Sabrina Colosimo, discusses her mom's rare syndrome that rendered her paralyzed up to her eyeballs, within two weeks. Terrifying! It baffled the doctors and it turned their lives upside down. She “lived” in the ICU for 16 months, fully conscious and unable to move. Her family took turns around the clock to have someone there with her. The experience would forever change them. We discuss, the feeling of being powerless and a small cog in a big wheel, the feeling of supporting her mother while being single and having no one to share her burden. Then there was the untold stress that a family goes through when a loved one is sick, the all-consuming thoughts of having a loved one living minute to minute, and still having to carry on with work and life, the triggering effect and hypochondriac symptoms that come along with a super rare and lightning-fast onset of this disease, the family dynamics that come to the surface when you are forced into this situation, and finally we discuss just how much advocacy they needed to get things done in the hospital! Its a huge, amazing, rollercoaster of a story.. so buckle up!
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Site: https://www.sunday-creative.com/
IG:https://www.instagram.com/_sundaycreative/

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TRIGGER / CONTENT WARNING:  Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence.
We re-visit this amazing episode, and hear how Leticia was groomed by her would be husband at 14 years old, he was twice her age. As a child, she was rejected by her parents when they separated and had nowhere and no-one to turn to, so she was drawn towards the one man she thought loved her.  After a decade of physical and mental abuse and torture, his final act was to stab Leticia while she tried to make her escape. In this unbelievable, edge of your seat story, we hear how Leticia started a new life in England, and slowly took back control of her life, and her happiness!! The past does not need to define us. This one is incredible!
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Insta: Instagram.com/BlaqueRoseCoaching
FB: Facebook.com/BlaqueRoseCoaching
Website: BlaqueRoseCoaching.com

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