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479 Brooke Deanne

Stories that Empower

Release Date: 09/07/2026

479 Brooke Deanne show art 479 Brooke Deanne

Stories that Empower

Brooke is a trauma-informed practitioner specializing in nervous system regulation and identity restoration for women healing from narcissistic abuse and high-control religion. She is a survivor of a cult. Today, Brooke helps others to recover from PTSD and into a space they can be empowered again after surviving abuse. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: sometimes we need to hit rock bottom, before we make a change find community where others can meet you at where you are with no judgement be open to everything we're all humans on this journey and we are all learning...

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478 Tim McDonald show art 478 Tim McDonald

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Tim is a survivor of stage 4 colorectal cancer and he became a liver transparent recipient. He turned this experience into advocacy work, as he navigated his cancer journey. Today, he tries to inspire other patients to become advocates for others. Tim shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: we may not be in control of what happens to us, but we are in control of what we react to it if you get it, share it it's what we experience and who we impact in life that matters live in the moment tags: Tim McDonald, survivor of stage 4 colorectal cancer, writer, author, podcaster,...

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477 Shauna Britenham Reiter show art 477 Shauna Britenham Reiter

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476 Tyler Kania show art 476 Tyler Kania

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Tyler is a suicide survivor and has experienced the anomalous trauma of sequential ruptured patellar tendons. His first book, The Maniac with No Knees, is an exciting memoir that follows his journey with undiagnosed bipolar disorder through an eclectic series of mania-driven misadventures He is currently working on a second book, a composite novel called The Fables of Frog City. Tyler has pivoted his platform from standing up for people with mental illness to standing up for everyone who is oppressed. He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: people with mental illness need community,...

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475 Marty Ross-Dolen show art 475 Marty Ross-Dolen

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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...

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474 Kristine Jensen show art 474 Kristine Jensen

Stories that Empower

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...

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473 Jennifer Todling show art 473 Jennifer Todling

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472 JF Benoist show art 472 JF Benoist

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471 Cerridwen Fallingstar show art 471 Cerridwen Fallingstar

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470 Rossana DAntonio show art 470 Rossana DAntonio

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Brooke is a trauma-informed practitioner specializing in nervous system regulation and identity restoration for women healing from narcissistic abuse and high-control religion. She is a survivor of a cult. Today, Brooke helps others to recover from PTSD and into a space they can be empowered again after surviving abuse. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

  • sometimes we need to hit rock bottom, before we make a change
  • find community where others can meet you at where you are with no judgement
  • be open to everything
  • we're all humans on this journey and we are all learning together
  • let go of control
  • surrender to the process
  • strive not to be judgmental
  • we can separate our thoughts from who we really are

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