Episodes

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Marty shares her memoir, a story of being raised by a mother in protracted mourning from the loss of her parents in an airline disaster. It explores Marty’s journey, from personal ways of coping as a child to the evolution of a mother-daughter relationship that matured over time. It is also about her longing to know her maternal grandmother and Marty’s own delivery from darkness into light. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• writing is a path to healing
• using creative techniques with words and with the writing process is a good way to break through, when you’re overwhelmed by the story and material
• through speculative writing, she imagined a relationship with her grandmother
• multi-generational trauma is real
• realizing the value of our ancestors’ letters

https://www.martyrossdolen.com

tags: Marty Ross-Dolen, writer, author, retired child and adolescent psychiatrist, Always There, Always Gone, a daughter’s search for truth, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Despite her ability of helping others with feelings of not being good enough, Kristine felt unable to help herself. She reflected back on her childhood and recognized that the feeling was shame, which often begins in childhood. During this interview, Kristine dives into shame and how we can move to a point of empowerment. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• once you can name something, you can understand it and you have power over it
• shame can come from what is missing
• shame is an adaption of survival
• we are not broken, we adapted
• stop repeating our shame talk
• learn self compassion, to soothe and comfort ourselves
• be vulnerable in very small ways
• we’re never too old to heal the shame

https://kristine-jensen.com

tags: Kristine B. Jensen, Bruised Not Broken, Healing the shame of a troubled childhood, writer, author, licensed psychotherapist, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com

Jennifer navigated a very challenging circumstance in her early 20s. She rediscovered herself and regained her confidence. Today, she helps others to express their souls in their work and life. Jennifer shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

• let go of control
• tune into yourself
• listen to those small shifts
• trust your intuition
• visualize the live that you want to live
• take time to dream

https://jenntodling.com

tags: Jennifer Todling, author, speaker, executive coach, business executive, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean, https://storiesthatempower.com