I was blessed to have engaged in a beautiful conversation with Madeline Popelka, writer, trauma survivor, and mental health, and LGBTQ+ advocate. Please join us as we discuss:
I’m Madeline, a writer, trauma survivor, and mental health, and LGBTQ+ advocate.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, I grew up in an Asian American household where mental health was never discussed. As a daughter of a refugee, intergenerational trauma runs through my family, and I struggled with my mental health for my entire life. I thought that I was broken and damaged beyond repair, and I suffered in isolation. And when I started to experience PTSD symptoms in my late twenties, I didn’t know the first step in getting help.
Nobody taught me how to heal, and I knew I wasn’t alone. As I began learning life lessons along my healing journey, I felt an urge to share my insights so other sufferers like myself wouldn’t feel so isolated. In February 2020, I created a space for other trauma survivors, @HealingFromPTSD, which quickly became the largest trauma healing community on Instagram.
Through healing, I’ve discovered and reconnected with parts of myself, and I’ve cultivated a sense of internal peace and freedom that I’d never experienced before. I’m on a mission to help others do the same.
My first book, You’re Going to Be Okay, was released in September 2022 (order it here!), and I have a newsletter, Lost & Found, about healing, self-discovery, and more. Sign up here.
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TinaDavidson, a highly regarded American composer, creates music that stands out for its emotional depth and lyrical dignity. Lauded for her authentic voice, The New York Times has praised her “vivid ear for harmony and colors.”
Her memoir, Let Your Heart Be Broken, Life and Music from a Classical Composer, is available from Boyle & Dalton. Her memoir traces her extraordinary life in equally lyrical language, juxtaposing memories, journal entries, notes on compositions in progress, and insights into the life of an artist – and a mother – at work.
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A big THANK YOU to Diane Petrella, MSW, holistic licensed psychotherapist and author, for joining me again on the show to share her brilliant healing insights. Please join us as we discuss:
Diane’s empowering wisdom on emotional eating, particularly for trauma survivors
her role a psychotherapist specializing in the effects of childhood trauma, emotional eating, and body image issues
her wise philosophies on self-care strategies
the release of her new book Healing Emotional Eating: for Trauma Survivors
DianePetrella, MSW, is a holistic licensed psychotherapist in private practice specializing in the psychological effects of childhood trauma, emotional eating, body image issues, and grief. With nearly 40 years’ experience, she’s helped thousands of clients overcome trauma, create a respectful relationship with their body and food, and connect with their inner Wise Self for guidance and self-healing.
Early in her career she co-developed Rhode Island’s first child sexual abuse treatment program and frequently served as an expert witness in court-involved sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress cases.
Diane holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Sociology from Boston College and a Master of Social Work degree from Simmons University.
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Such an amazingly beautiful slumber party conversation with Rachel Awes, psychologist, author, art playgroundist, and clothing ambassador. Please join us as we discuss:
Rachel’s role as an art playgroundist
her insights on being a clothing ambassador
her empowering philosophies on scrumptious self-care
Rachel Awes is a psychologist, illustrated self-help author, art playgroundist, and clothing ambassador, who loves listening to the beauty in people. Rachel has her newest book releasing in early November, 2022, and is excited to talk about it.
About Rachel:
I work as a psychologist, author, and art playgroundist, who loves listening to and highlighting the beauty in people. I do all of this colorfully, with how I dress (I’m a clothing influencer/ambassador too) and how I illustrate my books (I have another colorful personal growth book releasing early November 2022 called “The Relationship Book: A Soulful, Transformational, and Artistic Inventory of Your Connective Life”) and how I LIVE.
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Happy to share with you my educational and enlightening conversation with Betsy Hill, neuroeducator, author, and mom of 3. Please join us as we discuss:
Betsy’s role as a neuroeducator
her insights on education and how children learn differently
her philosophies on brain plasticity and neuroscience
her book Your Child Learns Differently, Now What? The Truth for Parents: The 5-Step Plan
BETSY HILL is the mother of three boys and an award-winning educator. She studied the neuroscience of learning with Dr. Patricia Wolfe and other pioneers in the field, coining the term neuroeducator. She is former chair of the board of trustees at Chicago State University and teaches strategic thinking at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management where she received a Contribution to Learning Excellence Award. She received a Nepris Trailblazer Award for sharing her knowledge, skills and passion for the neuroscience of learning in classrooms around the U.S. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and an MBA from Northwestern University.
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Joshua Cameron is an elite trained master healer whose purpose is helping those who have lived with chronic debilitating pain find relief and begin living their lives with joy, gratitude and a renewed energy. Joshua is blessed with the gift that has helped his clients heal from chronic pain due to compacted spinal vertebrae, arthritis, severe heart conditions and even cervical dystonia, relieving extreme pain for many cases.
Joshua’s journey hasn’t always been easy, overcoming his own struggles with PTSD and Chronic Pain. This experience is what has best equipped him to help those who have also had difficult healing journeys. Whether severe brain trauma, liver or Lymph problems, or 20 years of rib pain from a car crash, he helps guide them to better navigate the mental and emotional terrain they experience. Joshua shepards them
to a place of perfect health as a natural state, rediscovering their sense of connectedness, humor and natural high energy.
Many people walk around with stored toxic memories and stories associated with them that manifest as pain. Like a game of telephone, our memories are recreated in present time and eventually new stories and words appear. Letting go of those stories and words that hold us down allows us all to grow into the best version of ourselves, abundant in all areas while living a pain free life.
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Happy to share another empowering conversation, this time with Magic Barclay, lead practitioner at Wholistic Health Australia, and host of A Magical Life; Health, Wealth, and Weightloss podcast. Please join us as we discuss:
the motivation and health crisis story behind Magic’s transition to wholistic healing
her guidance on helping us understand PNEI pathways
an enlightening conversation on mold, mycotoxins, gut health, the three brains, and autoimmune diagnoses
her definition of wholistic healing (the W is included purposefully!)
“Magic Barclay is the lead practitioner at Wholistic Natural Health Australia and host of the podcast “A Magical Life: health, wealth and weightloss”.
Magic’s life changed when she faced multiple life threatening conditions and at the same time, found herself divorced and raising her two children alone. She then decided to find the root cause of her health issues and that set her on a path of life changing learning that affected her whole family.
Since then, Magic has launched her successful podcast, helped over 1500 people treat their root cause of illness and create a level of health they thought unreachable and she has been featured in over 100 other worldwide podcasts to share how amazing the human body is when we listen to it.
Magic is a Master Practitioner in immune health, mould toxicity recovery and PNEI of trauma.
Personally-, she is a mum of two amazing humans and two gorgeous furbabies, grower of organic food for my family and a passionate native gardener.
Magic’s mission is to help people heal naturally, reconnecting to the environment and really reaching their own potential.
Magic helps (mainly) women aged 45-65 who feel unheard or misled by mainstream medicine or anyone who wants to bring their health back to basics.
By treating root cause and the systems of the body (not chasing symptoms, reconnecting to the environment and overcoming their past trauma and that of previous generations through healing the PNEI (psycho neuro endo immune) pathways of the body.”
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Grateful to have had another opportunity to sit down with Melanie Ryan, LCSW, ancestral wisdom teacher, psychotherapist, and author and founder of The Golden Shadow Method. Please join us as we discuss:
Melanie’s personal grief journey during her father’s transition from this life
her insights on the impact of processed foods vs. whole foods on our healing needs
the inspiration behind her books, including her upcoming release, Secrets of the Golden Shadow, Ancestral Wisdom for Healing and Transcending Trauma
“MelanieRyan, LCSW is founder and author of The Golden Shadow Method,Transmuting Triggers, and soon to be released: Secrets of the Golden Shadow, Ancestral Wisdom for Healing & Transcending Trauma. MelanieRyan is a depth psychotherapist who heals trauma and addiction using spirituality, naturopathy, philosophy, and psychology.”
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Much gratitude to Dawn Kohler, founder of Kohler & Company, an executive coaching firm, and author, as she shares her insights. Please join us as we discuss:
Dawn’s personal story of receiving divine messages and the shift that resulted in her life as a result
her insights on the awakening that is happening in humanity
the inspiration behind her books, including her memoir, The Messages
“Dawn Kohler was an award-winning entrepreneur in the computer industry
when she was abruptly summoned to take a life-altering course. What followed
was an extraordinary healing journey that gave her profound insights and a deep
understanding of the human dynamic and how it plays out at home, work, and in
our communities. Combining these insights, and her business experience, Dawn
became a sought-after Executive Coach helping leaders understand and
enhance their impact on others and their contribution to the world. Her clients
have included many of the most influential women in entertainment, as well as
senior leaders at such companies as Sony Pictures, NBCUniversal, Lionsgate,
DreamWorks, Fox, Snapchat, Disney, and Amazon.
Dawn is the author of 3 books including her recent memoir, The Messages, a
prophetic journey she experienced 25 years ago and how it has become relevant
today. She serves on the Board of Step-Up, a non-profit organization to help
mentor teen girls in low-income areas, and is passionate about the importance of
our individual role in supporting the human awakening.”
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Please join me for a sacred conversation on finding the gifts in our daily lives, as I sit down with Marjorie Turner Hollman, freelance writer, author, editor, and book coach, to discuss:
Marjorie’s personal story of triumph after a health crisis
her insights on physical healing journeys and finding new ways to maneuver in life
the inspiration behind her Easy Walk series of books
“Marjorie Turner Hollman has completed four Easy Walking guide books, and the backstory behind Easy Walks–her memoir of learning to find joy in the face of difficult life circumstances. Partially paralyzed, she gets outdoors using hiking poles for support. A native Floridian, she came north for college and snow! A freelance writer/editor, she has appeared on Boston’s NBC Channel 5 TV news magazine show, Chronicle, Boston’s CBS, news program, the Boston Globe, local radio and cable TV shows, and been published in local, regional, and national publications.”
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