Your Traitor Within

Award-winning TV host, author, and motivational speaker Marci Hopkins joins Jessica Anne Pressler to share her journey from addiction and shame to sobriety, self-love, and empowerment. After stepping away from her hit show Wake Up with Marci, Marci now hosts her own podcast where she dives even deeper into topics like healing, motherhood, and mental health.

She’s also the author of Chaos to Clarity: Seeing the Signs and Breaking the Cycles, an award-winning memoir about breaking toxic patterns and finding joy through recovery.

Her story is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to silence the traitor within and reclaim your life.

🌐 Learn more: https://wakeupwithmarci.com
📖 Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFB8YQZD
🎙️ Listen to her podcast: https://wakeupwithmarci.com/podcast
📲 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wake_up_with_marci

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In this powerful episode, Jessica sits down with Nicole B. Gebhardt — a best-selling author, transformational coach, and certified child life specialist — to discuss the deep grief of pregnancy and infant loss, and the internal voice that kept her trapped in shame, silence, and survival mode. Nicole shares how she found the strength to break free, step into her healing, and help others do the same.

Nicole’s story is one of incredible resilience. A fierce advocate for families healing from loss and individuals navigating addiction, she’s also the founder of The Worthy Femme and has dedicated her life to supporting women through some of life’s most painful transitions. From her work in early childhood development to her certifications in Reiki and emotional healing, Nicole blends science, spirit, and lived experience into every part of her mission.

Whether you’ve experienced loss yourself or are supporting someone who has, this episode will move you deeply.

🔗 Learn More About Nicole:

• Website: www.nicolebgebhardt.com
• Healing Practice: spirituallighthousehealing.com
• Emotion Code & Reiki: emotioncodereiki.com

📚 Nicole’s Books:

• Broken Wings, Broken Dreams: A Mother's Life After Infant Loss and Miscarriage
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• The Healing Cocoon: A Mother’s Emergence After Infant and Pregnancy Loss
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• The Queen’s Companion Book: Rule Your Throne. Own Your Queendom.
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Join Jessica Anne Pressler in conversation with Dr. Nadine Macaluso, therapist and real-life inspiration behind Naomi Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street. Dr. Nae shares candidly about her turbulent marriage to Jordan Belfort, trauma bonds, and her inspiring journey toward healing.

In this powerful episode, you'll learn about:

• Recognizing and breaking trauma bonds
• Understanding intermittent reinforcement in toxic relationships
• Identifying your “Traitor Within”—the hidden beliefs keeping you stuck
• Practical strategies for self-compassion and recovery from narcissistic abuse

Resources from Dr. Nae:

• 📖 Download the first chapter of Run Like Hell FREE: Click here
• 📚 Order Run Like Hell: A Therapist's Guide to Recognizing, Escaping, and Healing from Trauma Bonds: Click here

Connect with Dr. Nae:

• 🌟 Website: Click here
• 📲 Instagram/TikTok: @drnaelmft

Listen now for an empowering deep-dive into healing from trauma and reclaiming your life!

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What happens when the person you're trying to become is constantly hijacked by the version of you that learned to survive?

In this deeply personal episode of Your Traitor Within, Arci Grey shares her story—one that begins with unthinkable trauma: childhood abuse, kidnapping, rape, and an attempted murder that she wasn't supposed to survive.

But Arci did survive. And then came the harder part—living.

We talk about what it means to rebuild your life when your nervous system doesn’t know the difference between safety and sabotage. Arci opens up about the invisible aftermath of trauma and how Complex PTSD showed up as patterns that kept her from reaching her goals, sabotaging relationships, and believing she was worthy of anything more.

This isn’t just a story of survival—it’s a reckoning. A raw, real conversation about what it takes to untangle your identity from your trauma… and what healing looks like when you stop trying to be who the world wants you to be, and start reclaiming who you were always meant to become.

Arci also shares how she now helps other survivors reconnect with their internal resources, even when they feel broken beyond repair. If you’ve ever felt like your trauma has been running the show, this conversation is a must-listen.

Want to go deeper? Arci is offering a free training for Your Traitor Within listeners, on how to start breaking free from the patterns of CPTSD. If this conversation hits home - this is a powerful next step in your healing. You can check that out here:

  https://www.survivor-school.com/free?ref=SilenceTheTraitor

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Trigger Warning:
This podcast episode contains explicit descriptions and themes of abuse.
To prevent overwhelming the audience, the episode will be split into two parts.
Please take care of yourself while listening.
If you're in distress, we strongly encourage you to seek support from a mental health professional — or call 988 or 911 for immediate help.
Stay tuned for Part 2.

Arci Grey is a living example of the powerful shift that happens when we reclaim our power from the traitor within. Her life was shaped by a long history of trauma—including childhood sexual abuse that shaped her adult relationships and ultimately surviving kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder. Arci is the founder of Survivor School™ and creator of Break Free from CPTSD, a program that helps others uncover the hidden roots of self-sabotage and break free from the subconscious trauma responses keeping them stuck. Using applied neuroscience and neurohypnosis, she guides people through the process of regulating their nervous systems, rewiring survival responses, and reclaiming control of their lives.

In this deeply personal episode of Your Traitor Within, Arci Grey shares her story—one that begins with unthinkable trauma: childhood abuse, kidnapping, rape, and an attempted murder that she wasn't supposed to survive.

But Arci did survive. And then came the harder part—living.

We talk about what it means to rebuild your life when your nervous system doesn’t know the difference between safety and sabotage. Arci opens up about the invisible aftermath of trauma and how Complex PTSD showed up as patterns that kept her from reaching her goals, sabotaging relationships, and believing she was worthy of anything more.

This isn’t just a story of survival—it’s a reckoning. A raw, real conversation about what it takes to untangle your identity from your trauma… and what healing looks like when you stop trying to be who the world wants you to be, and start reclaiming who you were always meant to become.

Arci also shares how she now helps other survivors reconnect with their internal resources, even when they feel broken beyond repair. If you’ve ever felt like your trauma has been running the show, this conversation is a must-listen.

Want to go deeper? Arci is offering a free training for Your Traitor Within listeners, on how to start breaking free from the patterns of CPTSD. If this conversation hits home - this is a powerful next step in your healing. You can check that out here:

https://www.survivor-school.com/free?ref=SilenceTheTraitor

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Felicity Nicole is the creator and owner of She Is You, the brand for midlife
women seeking transformation and healing through a community of
togetherness; that’s why Felicity calls it a sisterhood, and her members are
midlife warriors. Felicity is a published author with her second book, Pieces of
Me, a memoir about her life growing up in a dysfunctional, abusive family, only
to find herself married to an abusive husband. Her strength, courage, and
resiliency pull her out of a dead-end marriage only to rebuild her life from the
ground up to become an author, speaker, wisdom teacher/spiritual healer;
Felicity guides her clients who have found themselves in similar situations.
Her passion for helping others, supporting women, and community outreach,
Felicity, could be characterized as today's humanitarian. Felicity’s newly
discovered love for herself her life, she can be found pursuing her master's in
psychology, love of dance classes, gardening, her pups, and most
importantly, her son, her why behind everything she has created from scratch

Social links: Website https://sheisyoumag.com/
https://sheisyoumag.com/membership/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felicity_nicole_

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Jackey Hall is the host of the Healing Sucks Podcast, an abuse survivor, and a passionate mental health advocate. Having personally struggled with the multifaceted effects of trauma—including generalized anxiety, eating disorders, OCD, and more—Jackey openly shares her healing journey daily on social media and through her podcast. She takes pride in providing survivors with a platform to reclaim their voices. Currently, Jackey is back in school pursuing her goal of becoming a psychotherapist. 

@jackeyhall 

@jessicaannepressler 

www.jessicaannepressler.com

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I’m with Margo Tucker, the founder and president of Tucker Senior Life Care and the author of Aging Guidebooks. For over 30 years, Margo has been a leader in the care management field—helping families navigate the healthcare system, access local resources, and advocate for their loved ones.

Her work is deeply personal and profoundly impactful, offering guidance, education, and emotional support to families facing some of life’s most vulnerable transitions.

Today, Margo is here to talk about her Traitor Within—the internal voice that creeps in during moments of doubt, and how she found strength not just in caring for others, but in turning inward and healing herself.

www.jessicaannepressler.com

@jessicaannepressler

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Today's guest, Anthony Lario, is a publicist, writer, and content producer who specializes in helping talent authentically shape and share their stories across television, books, and online platforms. Anthony joins us to bravely discuss his personal experience with his Traitor Within—a self-sabotaging inner voice that first emerged during his college years, influencing him in ways he initially couldn't recognize. We're thrilled to have Anthony share his journey of self-awareness and overcoming these hidden obstacles. 

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www.jessicaannepressler.com 

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