What happens when telling the truth threatens the people who claim to protect it?

In this powerful episode (third in the Silence to Sovereignty series) writer, survivor, and global health advocate Ted Neill joins me to expose the dark reality inside a celebrated orphanage — and the even darker reality of what happens when someone finally speaks.

Ted takes us inside the 20-year unraveling of institutional abuse, gaslighting, cover-ups, and the crushing weight of being labeled “the problem” for naming the truth. From being attacked by a board he trusted, to receiving cease-and-desist letters, to having his email cut off, Ted learned firsthand:

“We shoot the messengers — especially when they challenge the way we view ourselves.”

Together, we explore:

• How institutions become more invested in image than integrity
•  The psychological toll of being silenced — and why survivors doubt themselves
•  The story of a young woman whose courage shattered a decades-long cover-up
•  The moment when depression becomes the “best worst thing” because it forces healing
• Why gaslighting is the #1 tool used to keep victims quiet
•  What it takes to break the spell and reclaim your reality
•  How to know you’re not “too much” — you’re simply done accepting too little

This conversation is raw, unfiltered, and deeply human — an invitation to trust your own perception, name what you know, and step into your sovereignty.

Because silence is not your destiny.
Sovereignty is.

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When you’ve been silenced your whole life — by family, religion, or systems of control — telling the truth can feel like the most dangerous thing you’ll ever do.

In this raw and powerful episode (episode 2 of the From Silence to Solitude series), Darla Ridilla shares her personal journey through the layers of silencing — from childhood threats and betrayal to religious and workplace systems that punished honesty and rewarded obedience.

She reveals how cultural conditioning, gaslighting, and patriarchal structures teach women to keep the peace at the cost of their power — and how reclaiming your voice, no matter the fallout, is the ultimate act of sovereignty.

You’ll learn:

• Why silence may feel safe, but it’s actually self-abandonment
• How institutions protect image over innocence
• Why questioning is a form of spiritual and emotional freedom
• What it looks like to rebuild trust — not in others, but in yourself
• How truth-telling becomes a sacred act of liberation

Because truth-telling isn’t rebellion — it’s reclamation.
And when you stop protecting the people who hurt you, you start protecting your peace.

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For many women, obedience was never a choice — it was survival.

In this powerful debut of the From Silence to Sovereignty series, Darla Ridilla sits down with Brooke Kekos, a trauma healing mentor and rapid transformational therapist who broke free from religious indoctrination and narcissistic abuse. Together, they expose how conditioning and control are often disguised as love — and how powerful women are taught to silence their truth to stay safe.

Through the lens of Darla’s Magnetic Connections Pathway, this episode traces the journey from internalized obedience to embodied ownership:

• Presence: awakening to the body’s quiet signals that whisper, “this doesn’t feel right.”
• Agency: daring to question what you were taught — and who benefits from your compliance.
• Empowerment: transmuting guilt and fear into self-trust, and reclaiming your right to choose.
• Magnetic Connection: creating relationships that meet you in your truth, not your trauma.

This conversation dismantles the lie that being “good” keeps you safe — and invites you into a new paradigm of power, one rooted in authenticity, discernment, and embodied sovereignty.

Because healing isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about remembering who you were before the world told you to obey.

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Website:  https://www.lifecoachinggoddess.com

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In the final episode of The Cost of Carrying It All: Grief, Identity & the Body’s Breaking Point, Darla is joined by healer and energy coach Lyn Delmastro-Thomson for a powerful conversation about the unseen toll of chronic caregiving and emotional over-responsibility.

Lyn shares her story of losing her mother — a lifelong caregiver who gave until her body couldn’t anymore — and how that loss became a wake-up call to heal her own patterns of overgiving. Together, Darla and Lyn unpack the body’s way of saying “enough,” the nervous system’s role in chronic exhaustion, and how women can reclaim their vitality without guilt.

Guided by the Magnetic Connections Pathway, this conversation moves from Presence — recognizing when your body whispers “too much” — to Agency, the sacred act of choosing what’s truly yours to hold, and finally to Empowerment, where you begin leading your life from fullness instead of fatigue.

It’s a journey back to yourself — beneath the stories of duty, depletion, and doing it all.

Because healing isn’t about doing more.
It’s about finally letting go of what was never yours to hold.

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Website: https://heartfirehealingllc.com

Safe to be Seen Free Guide: https://heartfirehealingllc.com/safe-to-be-seen/

Bold Boundaries Breakthrough Session: https://heartfirehealingllc.com/bold-boundaries/

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There’s grief in death - but there’s also grief in the life you pictured that didn’t happen.

In this raw and deeply personal episode, Darla Ridilla shares what it really looks like to grieve the invisible losses - the breakup that shattered her expectations, the friendships she outgrew, and the death of her soul dog, Goliath.

Through her story, Darla explores how grief shows up not just in our hearts but in our bodies - through exhaustion, anxiety, numbness, and even chronic pain - and how giving those emotions space can transform them into wisdom.

If you’ve ever felt like your grief doesn’t “make sense” or that you should be over it by now, this conversation will remind you that grief isn’t linear - it’s layered, cyclical, and sacred.

This episode invites you to:

• Recognize the invisible grief hiding beneath change and heartbreak.
• Understand how the body holds what the mind tries to forget.
• Redefine grief as evidence of love - and a doorway back to yourself.

Because sometimes the grief that almost breaks you is the very thing that brings you home to who you really are.

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This is the grief we don’t talk about - the kind that breaks your body, shatters your identity, and forces you to rebuild from nothing. In this opening episode of our new series, The Cost of Carrying It All, we explore what it means to grieve deeply, fully, and in a world that often turns away.

Grief coach and author Eryn Elder shares the story of losing her firstborn daughter to sudden unexplained infant death and how that loss unraveled everything she thought she knew. We talk about:

• What most people get wrong about supporting a grieving friend
• How grief cracks open past trauma you thought was already “handled”
• The invisible weight of secondary losses—identity, purpose, self
• Her BloomPath™ framework: a practical, multidimensional tool for healing
• Why grief doesn’t follow a timeline—and why that’s not a problem

Whether you’ve lost someone or something, this episode will help you name the invisible pain you’ve been carrying and begin to make space for healing—on your terms.

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Website: https://www.rootsandwingsgriefcoaching.com/

Book: https://www.rootsandwingsgriefcoaching.com/griefandlossbook

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 720-745-0976

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Sometimes words just aren’t enough. You can analyze, journal, and talk through your pain—but your body still remembers what your mind is trying to forget.

In this episode, Darla sits down with Mindful Arts Therapist Susan Day, who’s redefining what healing looks like through creativity, mindfulness, and play. Together they explore how art, movement, and even “messy expression” can help women process emotions, calm their nervous systems, and rebuild self-trust—without needing to say a word.

You’ll hear how coloring, painting, or crafting can unlock parts of yourself that talk therapy can’t reach, why “making mistakes” is essential to healing, and how art teaches us the most powerful lesson of all: you can keep working on it, and it’s still beautiful.

Susan also shares insights on women who’ve spent years being told they’re “too much”—why they often feel guilt or shame for standing out, and how creativity can help them reclaim peace, confidence, and a deeper sense of wholeness.

This episode is a reminder that healing isn’t supposed to look perfect. It’s supposed to be yours.

If you’re ready to stop shrinking, embrace your individuality, and discover new ways to feel whole again, this conversation will open a new doorway back to yourself.

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Website: https://mindfulartstherapy.com.au/

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We all have our go-to escapes—food, wine, shopping, scrolling—when life feels overwhelming. But here’s the hard truth: most of what we call coping is really numbing. It silences the emotions we’ve never been taught to process and leaves us stuck in cycles of shame, self-criticism, and quick fixes that don’t last.

In this solo episode of Healing Beyond Words: Food, Art, and the Path Back to Self, I connect the dots between emotional eating and creative expression—showing how our bodies often reveal what our words can’t. You’ll learn how to recognize when you’re numbing versus healing, why awareness is the first step toward change, and what it looks like to move from self-abandonment into self-trust.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why do I keep doing this when I know better?” this episode will give you the bridge to shift from numbing patterns into practices that actually bring wholeness, resilience, and freedom.

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If you’ve ever found yourself standing in front of the fridge when you weren’t even hungry, reaching for food to calm the storm of emotions inside, this conversation is for you.

In the first episode of Healing Beyond Words: Food, Art, and the Path Back to Self series, I sit down with trauma-informed life and weight loss coach Jillian Scott to explore the hidden link between emotionally abusive relationships, emotional eating, and the shame so many of us carry in silence. Jillian shares her personal journey of binge eating for 14 years — and the rock-bottom moment that finally opened the door to healing.

Together, we unpack why food becomes our shield, how shame keeps us trapped in cycles of restriction and rebellion, and what it really takes to feel safe in our bodies again. You’ll walk away with practical tools to begin unlearning emotional eating, along with a radical shift in perspective: food isn’t the enemy, unprocessed pain is.

If you’re tired of “starting over Monday,” if you’ve felt powerless around food, or if you’ve carried the extra weight like armor after abuse, you’re not alone. This episode will show you how to begin creating safety, joy, and self-trust so you can move from food as comfort to food as freedom.

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Website: https://www.bodyyoucrave.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillianamadea/?hl=en

Hungry For Love podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hungry-for-love-lose-weight-after-toxic-relationships/id1573281085

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What if the root of our anxiety, people-pleasing, and unhealthy relationship patterns isn’t personal weakness—but a deeper cultural conditioning that keeps us trapped in hierarchy and control?

In Part 3 of the Radical Truth in Relationships series, Darla Ridilla sits down with Amy Vasterling—future-focused author of Know: Where the Status Quo Ends and You Come to Life—to explore how reclaiming your inner knowing can dismantle old patterns and open the door to authentic connection.

Together they unpack:

• What Amy calls The Model—the invisible system of control and comparison we’ve all been conditioned to live by.
• Why ignoring our knowing leads to chronic anxiety, disconnection, and even illness.
• A radical new lens on narcissism as “social disordering,” rooted in unmet needs.
• How natural consequences fuel maturity and true self-expression.
• Why highly sensitive women are the change-makers society needs right now.

If you’ve ever felt silenced, dismissed, or pressured to shrink in order to belong, this conversation will remind you that you already carry the wisdom you’ve been searching for—and that living from your knowing changes everything.

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