Becoming Wildly Well with Brandi Lea
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAre you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Do you have trouble believing in yourself? Are you fearful of all of the 'what ifs'? Do you get held back by having to be perfect? Do you wonder if you’re ever going to find your ‘thing’/’your purpose’? Do you want to create peace in your mind instead of anxiety and chaos?
If you are asking yourself any of these questions then this is the podcast for you!
Brandi grew up with a family that struggled with addiction and mental illness. Similar to many growing up in addiction and chaos, she aimed for perfectionism, control and is a recovering codependent, letting go of the fact that she can't fix those around her until they help themselves first!
She has a passion for helping recovering perfectionists, codependents, over-thinkers, and those paralyzed by fear… because that’s the way she lived the majority of her life.
She will challenge you to heal what has hurt you, get vulnerable, use your story and most importantly to get out of your head and into your heart!
She wants to transform generations to come by showing them the importance of prioritizing your mental health, growth, happiness and fulfillment over all else through encouraging vulnerable conversations, using inspiring stories, and helping those use their pain for purpose.
It’s time to get out of your head and into your heart & finally create joy in your life!
Sit back, relax and take in these inspiring stories and practical steps to becoming not only well but Wildly Well.
What do you say? Are you ready for this wild ride on your journey to truly Becoming Wildly Well?
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Episodes
Tired of Spending Thousands at the Grocery Store? Insert the SHOP Method with Rachel Coons
February 27, 2024 18:54 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBAre you tired of spending thousands at the grocery store? This mom of 4 has helped thousands of families save an average of $600 a MONTH at the grocery store with her signature SHOP METHOD. She also offers several tips and tricks to keep your grocery budget on track. In addition to the value she brought in the episode, below is a list of: Free Resources from Rachel Coons: www.heyrachelcoons.com/savingsguide www.heyrachelcoons.com/5mealsfor50 www.heyrachelcoons.com/jantrai...
A Deeply Vulnerable Episode - 2024 IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR: Tears and ALL
January 18, 2024 19:03 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this incredibly vulnerable episode, Brandi shares the journey of Becoming Wildly Well. It hasn't been easy, it's been full of fear, self doubt, comparison, imposter syndrome, loss of loved ones, homelessness, addicition, mental illness, chaos.... But on the other side there is beauty and purpose in every single dark moment. Brandi encourages you to use your light to create an impact, turn your pain into purpose and do what sets your soul on fire. Follow Brandi for more action ...
The Ugly Truth about Following Your Dreams with Country Music Star, Emily Elgin
January 09, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBI met Emily over four years ago and she was on her journey to following her dreams. In this episode, we discuss the raw and ugly parts of following our dreams and not giving up despite setbacks. Whether you're building a business, a brand, or you are trying to follow your dreams as an artist - this episode will inspire you to follow your dreams and to live your authentic purpose! We talk overcoming fears and fostering the courage to follow your dreams, owning your healing journey and be...
How Breathwork Transformed Her Life with Sherri Lynn
November 21, 2023 12:30 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBOn today's episode, Brandi brings on special guest, Sherri Lynn who is a Breathwork Facilitator. Sherri shares her story from growing up in trauma and healing from deaths, breakups, divorce and so much more. After going through a rough time in her life, she discovered breathwork and shares how it has transformed her relationship with herself. When someones takes their mess and turns it into their message, it's truly where passion meets purpose and we LOVE to share stories from other...
How She Went from Teaching in the Classroom to Creating The Self Care Sisterhood
November 02, 2023 15:12 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOn today's episode, Brandi brings on special guest, Brittany - who is a podcast host and Founder of 'Self Care Sisterhood'! Brittany and Brandi talk about creating the community that you crave, embracing your authenticity and vulnerability and ALL THINGS self care. Brittany shares how she turned her mess into her message and now she teaches women the importance of self care. You can follow Brittany on instagram below: https://www.instagram.com/inspirebeautybritt/ Follow Brandi f...
Why It's Time to Take Radical Responsibility for Your Life with Amy Singleton
October 17, 2023 00:25 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBOn today's episode, Brandi brings on Amy Singleton as a guest to the show. Amy shares vulnerably about her struggle with depression and how she went from not even wanting to get off the couch to now being a host of a podcast, a public speaker and owning her own marketing agency. As Amy and Brandi progress through the episode, they talk all things mental health, addiction, finding your purpose and passions and how important it is to share your story and connect as a human in your life a...
How She Finally Got Out of Her Own Way (& How you can too!!!)
October 04, 2023 15:17 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBOn this episode, Brandi invites Kaitlin Gonzales on the podcast. Listen in to be inspired to truly get out of your own way, take massive action and to see an example of getting resourceful- Kaitlin truly is a living example of how we can make a way or find a way through any challenge! I had Kaitlin on the show because she's a living breathing example of what I coach about every single day. She was about to start a corporate job on a Monday when she came up with the idea for ...
Finding Your Purpose and Your 'Thing' .... but How?
September 27, 2023 17:24 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBOn this episode, Brandi is sharing her 5 step guide to helping you find your purpose. Listen to this episode and then grab a journal and work through these steps: Let’s learn more about yourself: What are your passions and your fear? What would you do today if there were no obstacles in your way? Theses questions will give you the introspection to allow you to get better aligned. Then Let’s talk about your younger self. If you were talking to your younger self, what would you t...
How To Shift out of Survival Mode so You Can Build a Life and Business You Love with guest Billie Ferguson
September 11, 2023 17:06 - 30 minutes - 27.3 MBOn today’s podcast episode, Brandi interviews Billie Ferguson, a mental health promoter, a holistic coach and consultant in my home state of Oklahoma. She is your overall wellness cheerleader. Billie tells us about survival mode discussing topics such as: -With survival mode, our prefrontal cortex is not online -We don’t realize that we are even stuck there. So we just freeze or run. I asked Billie, how can we pull people out of survival mode and specifically the pattern of peop...
Are You Holding On To THESE Limiting Beliefs with Money?
August 20, 2023 18:02 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBOn this episode with Brandi we are talking about the uncomfortable topic of money. When it comes to sales most women struggle to ask for what they want. James Wedmore is the GO TO expert on working with money and an abundance mindset. I highly recommend him!) When It comes to money and asking for what we want, here is what I notice: We have a lot of subconscious beliefs and thoughts around money and how we grew up with it formed our relationship with money and even how our parents...
Are You Ready to Become FULLY EXPRESSED AND EXPANDED?
August 02, 2023 00:56 - 44 minutes - 40.1 MBThe FULLY EXPRESSED AND EXPANDED Mastermind EXPERIENCE is going to be a deep dive journey. It will include: - 12 Weeks of Trainings and group activities - Nervous System Activation and Regulation: Information and INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Mindset Training and once again INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Creating a UNIQUE success blueprint based on your unique personality using Enneagram, Myers Briggs and Human Design to create a plan that will ACTUALLY ...
Are You Holding On To THESE Limiting Beliefs | In Pursuing Your Dreams and Calling in this Life?
July 25, 2023 14:31 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this episode, Brandi is talking about how to identify major limiting beliefs when it comes to pursuing your dreams and calling in this life! She is going over several limiting beliefs she has seen within herself and working with her clients. Limiting Beliefs I am not ready…. Let me tell you, you will never be ready. But lets approach it with this empowerment belief instead Empowering Belief- “I am just a few chapters ahead of where my ideal client is, and that's all I...
Are You Holding On To This Limiting Belief in Your Relationships?
July 17, 2023 16:10 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBOn this episode, Brandi is talking about how to identify a major limiting belief that many struggle with in their relationships. She’s reminding us all of the importance in creating a win-win in your relationships, both professional and personally. The intention with all relationships needs to be super clear. A question you could be asking in your relationships is, “what do you really want and how can I help you get closer to that!” You do not have to give, give, give, in order to re...
Breakthrough Call Recap: How to Get Out of Your Head and Into Expansive Energy.’
June 08, 2023 17:59 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBBrandi shares a brief summary of a call she had with a client. She shares valuable insights on: How to feel fear AND move forward anyway How to release all or nothing/black and white thinking and learn to hold BOTH/AND, most of life happens in the gray area How to identify your emotions and recognize where you are on the energetic frequency chart so you can become aware and shift throught it. A math equation that will BLOW YOUR MIND. Try this on for yourself and tell me what the...
All the Updates: Retreat Recap, Mother's Day, and an EXCITING SNEAK PEAK!!!
May 15, 2023 14:35 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode of the podcast, we take a deep dive into my recent retreat experience at the EmpowerHer Retreat at Peach House in Denver Colorado with Kacia Ghetmiri, Tracy Omalley and 13 other incredible women! I discuss the powerful impact it had on my life. I share about my journey to more self-discovery and transformation, revealing how the retreat helped me to overcome limiting beliefs and step into more of my full potential. But that's not all - we also have an exciting announcem...
Conscious Uncoupling with Susie Conklin
May 01, 2023 14:15 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBHave you recognized your patterns, reclaimed your power and decided to own your 3% in your relationships? Susie shares the process for consciously uncoupling from past hurts, hang ups and relationships. Susie will share the process for finding your 'Happily Even After' You can find Susie Conklin on her website at https://www.uncouplecoach.org/ and learn more about Conscious Uncoupling https://www.consciousuncoupling.com/
Let's Be Honest.. Are you going FIRST?
April 06, 2023 16:19 - 7 minutes - 6.36 MBThis episode is short but powerful. So many times we want things from other people but the truth is that it all starts with US. Brandi shares a quick recap of a conversation she had with a client that she believes can be applied to EVERYONE. Tune in to ask yourself this powerful question.
How She Built An Online Business in the 'Pockets' of Her Day with Abigail Peugh
March 26, 2023 18:17 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBWe talk a lot about building a life on your terms, one that allows you to make an impact and an income doing work you love and Abigail is LIVING PROOF of what's possible if you are willing to get out of your own way, take massive and messy action and get resourceful. I say it on the podcast often but Abigail shares with you in this candid and very real episode how the pain of her husband experiencing a heart attack forced her into action and ultimately pursuing her purpose. Now she runs...
Messy Middle Update: Motherhood and Business Owner Edition
March 21, 2023 14:37 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBIf you are mom and a business owner, I need to buy you a coffee because you are super woman. Here's a candid update on where I stand 14 months into motherhood while trying to run a business with my baby on my hip (;
Building a SUSTAINABLE Business with Pinterest with expert Emilee Vales
March 15, 2023 19:21 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBFormer teacher turned Pinterest Marketing and Ads Strategist, Emilee thrives off of diving into her clients data and analytics to create personalized strategies that will ultimately turn their traffic into profit! When she's not obsessing over how she can take her clients further with their marketing strategies, or educating her students on how to take their business to the next level with Pinterest, she's chasing around three sweet little girls or spending time with her husband. After feeli...
What is 'SEO' Anyway and How Can You Use it to Grow Your Business?
March 01, 2023 19:57 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBAre you stretching yourself thin by following a path of “what you should do” that is taking up more of your time and energy? Then this episode is for you. In this episode, I am chatting with Lauren Wood, from Teacher to Entrepreneur. She is a Web Design Expert and a Certified Master Marketer. Lauren stands firm in the belief that everything is “figureoutable” and she finds joy in coming up with creative and custom solutions for her clients. Lauren shares how she followed a plan of leaving ...
The Power of Pivoting in your Life and Business with Faithann
February 15, 2023 15:54 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBFaithann Basore shares her story of overcoming the impact COVID had on her business and how she was able to build an unstoppable mindset despite the odds. Listen in for lessons on starting, running, and growing yourself, your family, your team and your business.
What are we here for anyway? Pursuing Purpose and Finding Meaning with Jeremy Dedmon
February 03, 2023 15:37 - 42 minutes - 73.1 MBOn this podcast episode, Brandi and Jeremy get incredibly deep by sharing stories and lessons they have learned through experiencing some of life's greatest challenges. This episode is truly a vulnerable one that will remind you just how temporary this thing called life is. We talk lessons on balancing money and meaning, impact and income and then of course we dive even deeper into finding true meaning and fulfillment in a world where achievement and success are very much overrated, leaving ...
The REAL Truth Behind Following Your Passions
January 18, 2023 15:51 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBTiffany is the owner and head designer of Avari Bridal. Her company specializes in custom bridalwear tailored towards the modern bride looking for a one-of-a-kind outfit and shopping experience. She opened her first studio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2020 and expanded to a second studio in Dallas, Texas in 2022. Listen in as Brandi and Tiffany discuss following their passions and launching their businesses after they went to the University of Oklahoma together. The journey is full of...
How to Work with Your Energy & The Moon Cycles with Ashley St Clair
January 09, 2023 22:15 - 15 minutes - 21 MBListen in as Ashley St Clair guides you through how to work WITH your energy to get into flow. As women, the moon as well as our menstrual cycles cause us to work best at certain times. If you are feeling deep emotions and perhaps start self sabotaging then listen in and find out how to work WITH your energy and allow space to feel. Grab her guide to learn more.
Motherhood, Business and the Seasons of Our Life...
December 01, 2022 16:21 - 22 minutes - 21 MBAre you doubting you can do it all? Do you feel like giving up some days? This episode is to inspire you to accept the season you are in, to do what you can with what you have and to embrace seasons as new challenges to grow, to surrender and to trust deeper than ever before. We talk about building self confidence, showing up for yourself, I share about how I felt like giving up on my dreams during a VERY hard season of motherhood and I share ways to reignite the passion and purpose wi...
Thoughts are Things!
October 26, 2022 00:01 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBWhat do you believe to be true? What story are you subscribing to? What thoughts are taking up the most space in your head? Gandhi said it best 'A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.' Listen in for tools to shifting and reframing your thoughts so you can take action and create the results you want in your life. Mindset work was and still is a NECESSITY for me when I wanted to overcome the conditioning and programming of my past to move forward and I know ...
Redefining success.. What does it mean TO YOU?
October 17, 2022 17:08 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBWe talk redefining success, wealth, mastering the science of achievement and the art of fulfillment and determining your values to use as a compass to your desires. If you don't have this basic foundation you may find yourself following the 'status quo' and never living into YOUR true identity and happiness.
Ready to become Wildly Well AND Wealthy?
October 04, 2022 17:58 - 21 minutes - 20 MBI am back after not recording since my sweet baby girl came into the world. I have more clarity and energy to serve you more than ever. If you are ready to do find your 'thing', your purpose, to do more meaningful work and to live a life on your terms then you are in the right place. Around here we focus on Becoming Wildly Well and Wealthy in the pursuit of our purpose. We do it messy and imperfectly. We get out of our own way, we take massive action and we make a way or find a w...
Owning Your Healing & Finding Your Self Care Formula, with Kaylin Hill
January 11, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBSometimes it takes hitting rock bottom to recognize the need for a change. Kaylin’s therapist had been encouraging her to attend a rehab center for substance abuse, but it wasn’t until she found herself in her most challenging times that she finally recognized the need for help. And that’s all it took. Today, Kaylin has been able to learn the coping skills she needed to get to a better place in her life. Not only has her personal life benefited, but her business has as well. Kaylin Hill is t...
Finding Your Purpose Through Healing, with Hillary Vance
December 28, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBOne step at a time. The most important piece is to just begin. This is therapist Hillary Vance’s advice for moving forward in your life. She acknowledges that where we start is often not where we end up. Our goals and direction transform throughout the journey, but we have to start somewhere. Hillary has been a licensed clinical social worker and therapist for over a decade. She started her own online relationship coaching and behavioral health consulting business 3 years ago. She and Bra...
From Pregnancy Loss to a Profitable Purpose and Fulfillment, with Brandy Ayers
December 21, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBBrandy’s life changed when she went to the hospital for stomach pain and found out she needed emergency surgery on an atopic pregnancy. She’d always wanted children but never had been given the opportunity. In this moment, it felt ripped from her. Why did she deserve this? Today, Brandy Ayers is the owner and operator of Brandy Cakes, an Oklahoma-based bakery that opened in August of this year. Brandy says how she never would have had the confidence to pursue this dream of hers without go...
Life and Business Update with Brandi
November 23, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBBrandi is back with a solo episode to give you an update on her life and business. She dives into how she has evolved over the past year, what her renewed focus is, and what her plans are moving forward. She also shares some exciting news about a new family member joining her and her husband this coming January! Tune in the hear Brandi’s newfound purpose, her journey with starting a family, the meaning behind the name they chose, and more. This is a good one! Grab Brandi’s free Self Care ...
The Simple Act of Checking In Within, with Linda Martinez
November 09, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBAt some point in your life, you may find yourself asking yourself, “Why did this happen to me?” This was the case for Linda as she reached burnout after being in a long abusive relationship and an unhealthy work environment. Today, Linda Martinez is a mindset coach who focuses on cultivating intuition, energy, and inner leadership within her clients. Her goal is to help women get back in the driver's seat of their lives. But it wasn’t always this way. Prior to becoming a coach, Linda h...
Transformation Through Holistic Healing, with Britney Behenna
October 26, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAre you aware of your true feelings? If so, do you allow yourself to really FEEL them? Asking yourself questions like, why do I feel this way? Or, what have I done in the past week that may be bringing this up for me? These are the questions to ask yourself in order to begin any healing process, as described by Britney Behenna. Britney, owner of Native Roots Healing, is a certified Reiki Master, yoga instructor, holistic health coach, and soon-to-be doula who was transformed through he...
How To Spot a Narcissist with Therapist Emily Mick
October 13, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB“Empathy without boundaries is self-destruction. Trauma is an explanation, not an excuse. ” - Emily Mick If you identify as an empath, there is so much beauty in that. You can feel and understand in ways that not everyone can. However, your gift can also be used against you. Something that Emily reminds us of in these powerful quotes. Emily Mick is a licensed professional counselor and counselor candidate supervisor in private practice. She’s passionate about mental health access, norma...
Transforming Trauma into Purpose, with Gabrielle Haili
September 21, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBDo you consistently feel unhappy, stressed, or anxious? It’s time to check in with yourself. Too often, we don’t notice how we feel within ourselves because we’re so busy taking care of others. Once we can see and acknowledge what we are truly feeling, we can begin to make a change. This is exactly what transformation coach Gabrielle Haili facilitates inside her coaching programs. Gabrielle faced years of sexual abuse from childhood into her own adult relationships. She tried everything a...
Focus Where You Are Planted, with Coach Kiah
August 24, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBReaching for the next action step without getting to the root of your thoughts won’t give you different results. You’ll find yourself stuck in the same loop, wanting to quit, unable to lose the weight, still unhappy and unfulfilled… just as Kiah did, until now. Coach Kiah is a former cattle rancher turned life coach who grew up struggling with her weight. She says how obesity was her greatest curse - one she always felt victim to. It wasn’t until one day, that a flight and Rachel Hollis’ bo...
Finding Identity Despite Trauma with Krystal Marazzi
August 10, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBShe didn't care whether or not she woke up the next day. What do you do when you’ve hit rock bottom? For Krystal, it was an opportunity to start over. After years of trauma and abuse throughout her childhood, she finally asked herself why all these bad things had come into her life. She realized that she’d been put through these trials in order to help others in similar situations. Krystal Marazzi, financial advisor and health & wellness coach, turned her life around by becoming aware ...
Finding Identity Despite Trauma, with Krystal Marazzi
August 10, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBShe didn't care whether or not she woke up the next day. What do you do when you’ve hit rock bottom? For Krystal, it was an opportunity to start over. After years of trauma and abuse throughout her childhood, she finally asked herself why all these bad things had come into her life. She realized that she’d been put through these trials in order to help others in similar situations. Krystal Marazzi, financial advisor and health & wellness coach, turned her life around by becoming aware of...
Listening In and Deciding Where You Want to GO, with Mandi Briggs
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBHave you ever done something because someone else thought you should? Have you ever found yourself living more according to the opinions of others, rather than your own? This was exactly the case for Mandi Briggs, life coach, yoga teacher, and owner of The Collective, a co-working space for women. After 3 years of marriage and 12 years total, Mandi realized she’d been living for “we” and had no idea how to be “me”. Despite her fears, she divorced her husband, quit her corporate job, and too...
From Surviving Cancer and Abuse to Advocating for Women, with Angela
July 20, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBLearning the ins and outs of motherhood isn’t the only thing Angela has been learning to navigate as a new mom. She has also spent her time recovering from domestic abuse and ovarian cancer. Today, helping other women is how she’s able to help herself continue through the healing process. It was tough to get to where she is today, especially with gaslighting being so common. Angela learned to fight against gaslighting by becoming extremely deliberate in her actions. She made a habit of wr...
Transitioning Into Your Authentic Self, with Bridgett Loftiss
July 13, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBLiving life as a transgender woman in Oklahoma, Bridgett Loftiss has faced many struggles on her way to becoming her most authentic self. From 4 years old, Bridgett knew she was different. She remembers going to a costume store with her mom to pick out a Halloween costume and immediately choosing a Wonder Woman outfit. Despite her knowing this innate difference within her, there were no resources and no support for her to begin to understand it. Now, over 40 years later, Bridgett is finally...
For All The Moms - From Teen Mom to Lactation Consultant, with Sarah Bendure
June 29, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBSarah Bendure’s career as a Lactation Consultant was spurred on by her experience of becoming a mom at 17 years old. When she was in the hospital after giving birth, the nurses were rude. They were condescending and ignored her. Sarah spent her first night in the hospital in tears because they were so mean. This experience led her to want to become a nurse to make sure this never happened to anyone else. Eventually, her nursing career turned into her launching her Lactation Consulting practi...
Creating Intimate Relationships with Intentions, with Katie Harris
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBWhen you think of long-lasting relationships, does the word ‘compromise’ come to mind? Katie Harris would say yes, but she would then tell you how she disagrees with the idea of it. Compromise so often looks like one person winning and one person losing. Someone gets what they want, while the other has to suck it up. What if there was a better way? Katie’s parents divorced when she was young. Her mother also struggled with addiction. As a result of the conflict she so often witnessed, she...
Finding a Seat at the Table of Men, with Dawn Rohrs
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn a field where the number of men FAR outweighs the number of women, Dawn Rohrs has had to learn a lot in order to get to where she is today. For the majority of her career as a Drilling Engineer, being a woman in a field of men hasn’t been an issue. The men she works with support her and back her up when she needs it. However, there are times where she’s dealt with discrimination - men assuming she must be a man when emailing her, thinking she’s the receptionist or the caterer, men refusin...
Pain To Purpose, with Jessica Fitzpatrick
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB“When you’re living in survivor mode, you put up so many walls around you, that it’s not other people holding you back, it's yourself.” These are the words Jessica shared with Brandi as she reflected on how her healing couldn’t begin until she finally owned the trauma she had been through. Jessica Fitzpatrick has spent the past few years working on her own healing from sexual assault and miscarriage trauma, while helping other women feel encouraged to do the same. “Becoming Jess” is the b...
Healing Your Sexuality & Feminine Essence through Photography, with Ashley St.Clair
May 25, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBChildhood trauma, her parent’s brutal divorce, and two miscarriages left Ashley St.Clair feeling broken, depressed, and even guilty. But these things have also helped shape her into the strong woman, mother, wife, and business owner she is today. She says how those traumas taught her so much. Ashley knew that so many women had similar stories as her, yet it felt like no one was talking about it. This led her to her passion for supporting and building up other women through boudoir photogr...
You Repeat What You Don’t Repair, with Amanda Graves
May 11, 2021 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBFrom mental illness and physical abuse, to drugs, loss, and death, intense trauma has surrounded Amanda Graves for many years of her life. *Trigger Warning* Please note that Amanda goes into vivid detail as she reflects on her life and shares her stories around the subjects listed above. Amanda also shares how she was able to heal. She recalls how she so badly craved love from her parents over the years, but she realized that she didn’t yet love herself. She says, “If you don’t use you...
From Surviving To Thriving with Colleen O’Hara
April 27, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBColleen O’Hara just turned 38, which is incredible because she didn’t think she would even make it to 30. With an eating disorder diagnosis at age 10, prescription drugs for ADHD and anxiety turned drug addiction in college, her mother’s death, followed by her brother's death from overdose, it's evident that Colleen has faced many battles. She acknowledges that at one point, it just felt like one thing after the next. After years of being in and out of recovery centers with little succes...