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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of "It Didn't Break Me". Although this is our first episode of Season 2, it is actually the 13th Episode of the podcast so if you have not had a chance to listen to all of the gems dropped in Season 1, I invite you to go back and do so! In this season we will be diving into people sharing their medical battles, foster care experiences, losing a spouse at a young age and so much more; there are POWERFUL stories that are waiting to be heard...
When one gets married, you envision growing old with the one you promised your life to. What happens when in a blink of an eye, that love is taken away? In this episode, I am speaking with Falon Bonner who lived this exact scenario. After becoming a widow at 35 after a car accident took her husband, Falon had to determine if she was going to let this tragedy break her or if she was going to survive this event. After years, she found strength in God and chose to thrive...
TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, my guest and I dive into the following topics: Childhood Sexual Assault, Suicide, Smoking, Alcoholism and Drug use. If you choose to listen, please pay attention to your body. If you need to pause or stop listening to this episode, please honour that. Thank you.
At four months old, Emma G already had brain surgery. In her childhood, she saw alcoholism affect her family...
TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, my guest and I dive into the following topics: Physical Assault on a Child, Removing children from their home, Attempted Sexual Assault. If you need to pause or stop listening to this episode, please honour that. Thank you.
Per The State of America's Children, a child is removed from their home and placed into foster care EVERY TWO MINUTES...
TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, my guest and I dive into the following topic: Domestic Violence. If you need to pause or stop listening to this episode, please honour that. Thank you.
When society tells you, you should shut up and be the person the world wants you to be, it makes you a great pretender. After 19 years of marriage, when she turned 40, Martha Mok decided she didn't want to pretend anymore. She did not want to be what society thought she was...
TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, my guest and I discuss suicide ideation. If you need to pause or stop listening to this episode, please honour that. Thank you.
HELL YEAR!! That is what this episode's guest, Rach Wilson, coined a particularly challenging year in her life. Having four children, her two youngest are both autistic and both of them are non verbal...
Michelle lost her mum at 8 years old to cancer and that shaped her life in all ways, including how she handles trauma. While experiencing a year of energy depleting overwhelm and sorrow, she reminded herself consistently that these feelings would not last forever. Through 8 years of self-development and mindset work, Michelle learned that one of the best ways to adapt to her ever-changing life is to just keep moving forward. Making one decision at a time and taking one step at a time...
Tina Morales checked all the boxes. She went to college. She got her bachelor's degree. She was in a relationship. She had steady income. she was know in the club. From the outside looking in, she was living her best life. However, Tina's self worth and value was based on her lifestyle.
When Tina entered a season where everything was taken away from her, she ended up finding something she didn't even know was lost: herself...
There are many times when one situation in your life feels like it is going to break you. But sometimes, we ignore the every day small moments where we neglect ourselves or ignore the internal nagging that something doesn't feel quite right. Sometimes our drive for perfection or being the best at everything is what is chipping away at our mental health until we reach that breaking point.
In this episode, I am speaking with Has Al-Hasani...
After being hit from behind by a tractor trailer, Faith Broussard Cade thought she came out of it unscathed. The ambulance looked her over and she was not bleeding. Although a little sore, she didn't imagine anything could be seriously wrong. But there was! In the passing days and weeks, her mobility became more restricted. She was having blurred vision. Her long and short term memory progressively got worse...