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Trauma Episodes

April 9, 2025

Life Happens on the Other Side of Hard Things: Zoe Smith part 2

Zoe Smith shares her transformative journey from a high-powered career to becoming a holistic healing practitioner, offering powerful insights on overcoming fear to reach our goals and healing the whole self. • Everything we ...
April 2, 2025

Healing & Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul with Zoe Smith

Zoe Smith's transformation from policy-maker to holistic healer represents a journey many secretly yearn for but few dare to undertake. After years shaping national healthcare policy in the UK, including work on the groundbre...
Guest: Zoe Smith
March 26, 2025

Joy and Grief are companions: When Light Meets Darkness

Tina and Ann explore the complex relationship between joy and grief, examining how these seemingly opposite emotions often coexist and even strengthen each other. They share personal stories of experiencing both simultaneousl...
March 19, 2025

Navy SEAL to Social Warrior: Tom LaGrave's Mission for Youth

Tom LaGrave shares his remarkable journey from Navy SEAL to licensed clinical social worker, revealing how personal struggle and recovery led him to create Honor Bound Academy, a transformative program for youth transitioning...
Guest: Tom La Grave
March 12, 2025

The Simplicities of life make who we are: When finding our center can mean safety and peace

When was the last time you truly appreciated an ordinary moment? In this heartfelt conversation, we unpack the counterintuitive idea that mundane moments might actually be the most meaningful parts of our lives. After recover...
March 5, 2025

Embracing Adoption and Differences: A Journey with Author Sasha Saidman part 2

Can a children's book change a life? In this inspiring episode, author Sasha Saidman reveals how stories about adoption, differences, and self-acceptance meet kids exactly where they are—sparking empathy, imagination, and con...
Guest: Sasha Saidman
Feb. 19, 2025

The Escape: Victoria Ellen's Courageous fight against abuse and systematic failures. Part 2

Victoria Ellen's extraordinary journey from terror to triumph is the heart of this episode. Eight months pregnant and seeking refuge from an abusive marriage, Victoria's tale is a powerful testament to courage and resilience....
Feb. 12, 2025

When the one hurting you is in your own home: An interview with author Victoria Ellen Part 1

What if the person who vowed to love and protect you was the very one orchestrating your pain? Join us on Real Talk with Tina and Ann as Ann sits down with Victoria Ellen, the courageous author of "Painting in the Rain: A Tru...
Dec. 18, 2024

Not Perfection but Preparation: An Interview with Ann Marie Thrives

What if life’s greatest challenges could become stepping stones to purpose and resilience? On this episode of Real Talk with Tina and Ann , we welcome Ann Marie Thrives—Amazon bestselling author, speaker, and life coach—who h...
Sept. 4, 2024

From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Journey of Sculptor Jon Hair Part 2

"From Orphanage to Olympic Strength Part 2" continues Jon Hair's remarkable journey from a challenging childhood to becoming a celebrated artist and musician. Growing up in an orphanage and living in a basement with his six s...
Guest: Jon Hair
Aug. 28, 2024

From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Life of renowned sculptor and drummer Jon Hair Part 1

Join Ann as she sits down with John Hair, a sculptor with a portfolio that includes prestigious commissions for the US Olympic Committee and the US Air Force Academy and the Emmy Hall of Fame. Jon has had 170 public art commi...
Guests: Jon Hair , Jonhair.com
Aug. 7, 2024

Who you are in your Fear is NOT who you Really are part 2

Have you ever been controlled by fear that it felt like a physical barrier, preventing you from becoming who you were meant to be? We discuss some of our fears and our freedoms and the importance of not letting fear silence o...
Guest: Denise Bard
July 31, 2024

Who YOU are in your Fear is NOT who you REALLY are

When you live in fear people do not get to see who you really are. A beautiful, daring, caring, loving, dream-seeker person is hidden behind that mask. let's talk about the courage of breaking from that mask. Follow us on Tin...
Guest: Denise Bard
July 24, 2024

The Triggering of Deep-Seated Fears and Past Traumas

Ever wondered how a seemingly minor incident can trigger a cascade of deep-seated fears and past traumas? Join us on Real Talk with Tina and Ann as they discuss how everyday moments can trigger an irrational fear response, un...
May 1, 2024

The unspoken pain of Secondary Trauma: What is it and how does it affect us?

Every time we step into the recording studio, we carry with us the stories of those we've met in the most unexpected places—like the battered woman's shelter where Ann once worked or the shadowed hallways of the courthouse wh...
Feb. 28, 2024

Seeing the World through Trauma's Lens

When the ground beneath you shakes, trust can crumble into dust. That's the stark reality for many who've walked through the storm of trauma, a journey Tina and Ann understand all too well. Do we keep up our walls, open a win...
Jan. 6, 2024

Helping our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 2

Embarking on a journey through the trials of motherhood and the quest for personal growth, We discuss profound ways our own upbringing shaped our approach to raising our children. With raw honesty, we share the pivotal transf...
Jan. 2, 2024

Helping Our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse

When the echoes of our past traumas surface as we navigate the waters of parenthood, the journey can be complex. Denise and Ann open up about the raw, emotional challenges they've faced in an attempt to parent effectively wit...
Dec. 20, 2023

SAD During the Holidays and Winter Months

Our latest episode offers an intimate glimpse into the dichotomy of the winter months, from the warm glow of family gatherings to the cold touch of loneliness and loss. We recount our own experiences, and share how the festiv...
Dec. 13, 2023

Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language

Each person has a different love language. Each person has a different way of showing trauma. Hard is hard and people can be judged as to how long they should react or how they should react after any particular trauma. Feelin...
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Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language
Dec. 5, 2023

Physically Revisiting Trauma

What goes on in the mind and in the healing when a person walks the same streets where trauma occurred. Returning to these places can trigger positive and negative emotions. Sometimes, revisiting a place tied to distressing m...
Oct. 11, 2023

From Something to Someone: The Denise Bard Story of Resilience and Hope Part 1

Denise Bard's life story, one marked by struggles and hardships, is a compelling portrayal of the human spirit's capacity to rise above circumstances. This is a must listen as Denise discusses being born from two drug-addic...
Guest: Denise Bard
Sept. 25, 2023

Rock Paper Scissors, Love, Hate, Fear Part 1

What changed your life more? Love or Fear? What is the stronger emotion? If Rock breaks scissors, but paper covers rock, Fear dilutes love, but love melts fear. Let's look at these two emotions, together. People say that lov...