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EP101 - Elizabeth Louis - Surviving Family Trauma

This week's guest since she was 8 years old, has studied people’s behaviors.  
It was not intentional but necessary for her survival.  
She lived in a warzone. Of course, you wouldn’t necessarily know that by walking past her house, but you did if you knew her family. She also never knew when the war battles would occur. Therefore, she always had to be prepared. One way she prepared was by studying the behavior of those in her family which would mean she had a leg up and always be one step ahead of her abusers and homes toxicity. 
The bottom line is her life was full of … ABUSE…VIOLENCE…FEAR! Today, she is grateful for her extremely traumatic childhood because it had a significant impact on her to be the therapist and coach who easily “gets it.”  
Elizabeth Louis is a personal and professional development coach who focuses on the significance of mindset and perception. Her witty, direct, and transparent communication style educates individuals by showing them life is a choice. We can either choose to allow our brain and emotions to control us by reacting or we can choose to take control and respond, as we consciously desire. 
Where to find Elizabeth
www.elizabethlouis.com
www.youtube.com/c/elizabethlouis
www.facebook.com/ElizabethLouisCoaching/
www.instagram.com/elizabethlouiscoaching/

EP100 - Jim White - Be The Parent Your Teen Needs

This week's guest is Jim White. He is an author, coach, podcaster, and founder of the Family Enrichment Academy.
He has spent the last 40 years studying the topics of personal development, marriage, and parenting. More importantly, he has also spent those 40 years applying these lessons as a father to 6 children and a grandfather to 12.
Where to find Jim
https://www.familyenrichmentacademy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/388019799778445

E99 - G Scott Graham - I Think My Kid Is Gay- What Do I Do?

Scott Graham is an author of 15 books and counting, a career coach, and a business coach in Boston, Massachusetts.
Scott coaches clients to identify the true focus of their life — something that speaks individually to them. It means recognizing the forces that push their lives off course and adjusting to them, so you get where you want to go. It means that when you are 90 years old and you look back on your life you have a sense of pride, accomplishment, and meaning — with no regrets.
This guy can talk on just about anything from gardening (I wrote a book on Good King Henry) to running a 501c3 Farm Animal Rescue to cannabis to long-distance hiking to grieving to meditation and everything in between!
Where to find G Scott Graham
www.gscottgraham.com
www.facebook.com/author.gscottgraham
www.youtube.com/c/TrueazimuthBiz-BusinessCoach

E98 - Magic Barclay - Life with an Eating Disorder and How To Help Your Child

This week's guest survived a rough childhood, torn between a narcissist of a father and an unfeeling and emotionally neglectful mother, she learned that she was the only one she could depend on and always felt like 'the black sheep' and found it hard to trust anyone. In her teens, her lack of control led to anorexia and binge eating disorders. her weight was about all she could truly take charge of and by the age of 17, she had also become a binge drinker- leading to becoming an alcoholic by age 21.After transferring this lack of self-relationship to relationships with others, She found herself at the end of a string of emotionally vacuous and harmful relationships- culminating in a marriage to a narcissist and her self-esteem issues came back and again via her weight- she protected herself by becoming morbidly obese. That was the only way her body could physically be off-limits to an abusive husband (or so she thought).After 14 years of being told she was ugly, worth nothing, a horrible mother, and much more- she left!  packing the kids, dogs, and cats into the car, loading a truck, and leaving town.The next 4 years saw a drawn-out legal battle which saw her lose everything except her babies. And she had to start again but the toll of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adverse Childhood Relationship Experiences (ACREs) and her adult relationship disasters (including the one with herself), years of stress, and physical trauma to her body culminated in multiple conditions that threatened to end her life.She threw herself into study, learning about the systems of the body and how they each worked in harmony with each other, she sought help with her trauma and became truly well, truly loved
She continued her study continuing to become stronger, more able to handle anything in life, and free from the past both physically and emotionally.She is now an instructor of PNEI of Trauma, the lead practitioner at Wholistic Natural Health Australia, and the host of her own podcast A Magical Life- health, wealth, and weight loss"
Find Magic here
www.magicbarclay.com
 

E97 - Kasey Edwards - Raising Girls Who Like Themselves

This week’s guest Kasey Edwards spent over a decade climbing the corporate ladder as a management consultant until she woke up one morning and realized she didn’t want to go to work. Ever again. This inspired her to write her first book Thirty Something and Over It. After it become an international bestseller she decided to continue writing. She has now published seven books. She mixes humor, irreverence, and credible research to write about issues such as parenting, work satisfaction, motherhood, IVF, body image, and the diet and beauty industries. 
She has also written columns for Daily Life, and for other publications in Australia, the UK, and the US such as the Huffington Post, The Age, The Herald Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald, Grazia, The Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Girlfriend Magazine and Best Magazine. She was the most-read columnist for Fairfax in 2017. 
She has a wide international reach, with articles going viral such as When Your Mother Says She’s Fat and A Plea To Fathers To Take More Photos Of The Mother Of Their Children. 
Find Kasey here 
www.kaseyedwards.com
 

E96 - Diane Windsor - How to Parent as a Solo Mum

This week’s guest Diane Windsor has been a single mom twice and has been thru 2 divorces… she has been in marriage counseling for more years than she was married 
She is passionate about helping mothers (especially single mothers) tell their stories. She was a leader of the single-parent support group for 8 years until covid and during her journey, she has become an accomplished author; her work focuses on topics that are important to single moms. Diane has published the following books:
Stuck
Smoke Screen
How to Relationship – A Relationship Guide for Teens with Divorced Parents
Find Diane here
 

E95 - Raven Scott - The Empath and the Narcissist

This week’s guest is a survivor of narcissist abuse, the author of Empath and The Narcissist, Raven Scott's mission is to bring relatable connections and inspiration to everyone’s spiritual journey whether you are healing from a narcissist in your life or finding your spark and purpose during a difficult transit.  She is passionate about empowering people to break ancestral trauma, healing childhood trauma, co-dependency, and extreme religious oppression, and dispelling narcissism.
Her mission in producing her own show Empath and the Narcissist Healing Guide from Abuse & PTSD show is, through grounded and heart-centred teachings, to elevate your self-help journey. She is here to remind you, contrary to your doubts, you are uniquely magnificent and, you are here for a purpose. 
Her unique approach to addressing your soul’s journey with astrology, spiritual modalities, and effective exercises, provides people with hope and clarity in their recovery from the narcissist. 
Because everyone is worthy, and you deserve love and freedom. The bigger goal is to dispel the power of the narcissist in our families, partnerships, and systems one soul at a time. 
Find Raven here
www.ravenscott.show
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7aia23E-LDXhZobUmzTcgg
 

E94 - J. Rosemarie Francis - Solo Mum Who Drove 900 miles With Her Kids To Survive

Rosemarie is a divorced mom of 3 adult sons.
She’s the creator of two podcasts: SoloMoms! Talk and Tools of the Podcast Trade. She began her broadcasting journey in 2014 when she started an online radio station to encourage single moms to find the answers to their questions.
She considers herself a mindset maven who believes mindset is everything. And things only happen when we have the courage to believe.
One example was when she drove 900 miles with her kids and all their belongings packed into their Toyota Camry to accept a two-week job and didn’t even know where they would live.
She has dealt with the sacrifices and fortitude it takes to raise three sons on your own (having multiple careers/jobs, dealing with being homeless, traveling across several states for work,
she is here with us today to tell us what it means to have the courage to believe and just do it.
Find J Rosemarie here
www.solomoms-talk.com
www.jrosemarie.com

E93 - Kelly Murtagh - Shapeless - a Movie about a mother’s struggle with an eating disorder

Kelly Murtagh is a single mom, Louisiana native, and an award-winning actress, writer, producer, singer, and children’s book author who works in film, television, and theatre. She has received multiple awards including the Best Actress Award at Festival South, and the Best Actress Award at the 48 Independent Short Film Festival. Kelly wrote the feature-length film Shapeless, telling of her personal struggle with an eating disorder, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and internationally at the Raindance Film Festival and is now on VOD. Kelly also produced, co-wrote, and was the lead actress in the film.
Kelly also regularly sings with her partner, musician and singer-songwriter, Will Dickerson in New Orleans and the southern California area. And if she isn’t busy enough with everything else, she has authored the children’s book Zoo Krewe about a magical journey through the New Orleans Mardi Gras where the littlest fans learn their ABCs with the help of some animal friends! 
Where to find Kelly
www.instagram.com/kellymurtagh
www.instagram.com/shapelessthefilm
 

E92 - Marjorie Aunos - Mum on Wheels

This week’s guest is a psychologist, inspirational speaker, author, and researcher from Montreal. Her expertise is working with parents who have intellectual disabilities. In 2012, she sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident. Mother to a 16-month-old at the time, the accident and subsequent injury gave her an interesting perspective on parenting and disability. Marjorie believes that focusing on our strengths of character can lead to living a fulfilling life. With her family, she learned to be a solution-finder to make her world more accessible. 
She has just written a book “mum on wheels”
Where to find Marjorie Aunos
www.rollfwd.com
www.facebook.com/themarjorieaunos
www.instagram.com/marjorieaunos
www.youtube.com/channel/UCWSNPawpxFqWctKUJ5KR2qg