Shining Authenticity's Light into Corporate Leadership, with Lubna Forzley
Release Date: 09/04/2025
Resolving Math-Anxiety Through Trauma-Informed Teaching, with Dr Bea Bleile
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard This conversation explores how academic learning is impacted by a student's emotional state, prior experiences, and the safety of the learning environment. Bea, who has been teaching in various roles since 1993, saw that traditional teaching methods fail to account for the "whole" students who enter the classrooms. This failure often results in elevated student anxiety and hindered learning: As a teacher committed to evolving current educational institutions and systems, she addresses: - The impact of negative emotions on learning...
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Elevating Consciousness & Healing Through Art & Music with Ester Martinez
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This rich conversation explores many topics, from Ester’s personal and professional journeys, to spiritual mysticism, to the parallels between experiencing ‘excellence’ in art, music and transformational trauma healing. Ester began sharing her NDEs and naming,”‘the Divine embrace” as her childhood comfort, the foundation of her healing approach and an enduring influence in her therapeutic practices. She also reflects on: - Why healing is always possible - Art and music as mediums for elevating consciousness...
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Shining Authenticity's Light into Corporate Leadership, with Lubna Forzley
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This passionate conversation begins with Lubna’s upbringing in war-torn Beirut. She recalls seeing bombs falling and people dying and wondering, “What is the point of this? How do we find purpose?” Her mom told her, "It's okay, everything’s replaceable except you, the people you love and the story (or purpose) you live by.” After 15 years of corporate work Lubna launched her own business, Stories. Its name acknowledges the intertwining of our purpose and personal brands, and the alignment of our internal and external...
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Intimacy, Healing and "Sand in the System" with Kosha Joubert.
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This heart-felt conversation arcs from the pain of apartness to the healing power of connectedness. Kosha shares her personal journey, which led her from the cognitive and somatic dissonance of enforced separation (apartheid) to the synchronicity of inter-connection. She also explains how: - Human love and connection can change systems from the bottom-up - Witnessing eco-communities’ good intentions and dedication to restoring relationships with nature, social systems, cultures, and economies led her to, “fall in love...
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6 Ingredients of Lasting Love with Dr Sara Nasserzadeh
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This conversation delivers rich insights on the importance of clear communication and intentional maintenance in healthy love relationships. Dr Sara also explores the ways personal and inherited trauma can impact intimate relationships, from causing ongoing emotional issues to expanding individuals' resilience and abilities to maintain healthy relationships. In addition to sharing stories from her personal and professional life, Dr Sara explains: - How the six relational ingredients of her Emergent Love Model interact and evolve...
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The Sound of Healing with Reggie Hubbard
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Listen to hear a powerful and playful discourse that flows from racial anger to curiosity, skepticism, critical thinking, surrender and stroke recovery. Reggie speaks about how his unwavering self-care practices unleashed the transformative alchemy of inner peace. He also describes teaching peace and mindfulness practices to political activists and US Congress members, supporting their need for grounding in chaotic times. He also invites us to: - Express our grief and connect with our emotions rather than avoiding difficult feelings -...
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Healing Ruptured Connections to Self, Land and Culture with Sanjog Kaur
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard Sanjog’s spiritual name means ‘connection.’ In this flowing, deeply connected conversation, Sanjog describes how ‘longing’ helped her heal her eating disorder. She also explains how heartfelt intentions (as opposed to external goals) helped her navigate obstacles in her addiction recovery. In addition to attuning to our innate ‘longings’ and ‘intentions’, Sanjog highlights the importance of trusting our own intuition, and accepting that we inherently know what we need. Join us to hear Sanjog describe how: - A trip to the...
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Khonmadi: Feeling the Heartbeat of Mother Earth, with Dr Ruby Gibson
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes, Produced by J’aime Rothbard. In this magical conversation, Dr. Ruby shares the launch of The Khonmadi Project, which was inspired by a dream. She has since discovered that Khonmadi is known to different indigenous cultures worldwide, as a term that relates to healing Mother Earth. Dr. Ruby also shares her personal and professional journey, which began at age 13. Learning about the emotional roots of physical pain, led her from massage therapy to somatic healing, and the creation of Somatic Archaeologyⓒ which considers the body a "walking library" of...
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Healing the Trauma of the Heart with Tiph Fedor
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. The spiritual journey and process of trauma healing are presented as aligned experiences that unfold together as we progress through healing into wholeness. This conversation begins with Tiph’s healing journey. A highly sensitive, empathetic child, growing up in a family where emotions were suppressed was a painful experience that led her to heroin addiction— described as a "magic bullet," it numbed Tiph’s emotions but made her life a ‘grim’ period of survival. She goes on to share how she overcame her addiction, and the...
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Finding Chronic Pain Relief in Parts Work with Terry Baranski
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassionate Inquiry® (CI) both aim to reconnect individuals with their core Self. Learn how understanding parts' reality' roles, and feeling into the somatic flow of Self facilitates healing. In this conversation, Terry illuminates the IFS approach, including the nature of Self, how our how parts manifest chronic pain and why addressing these internal conflicts is essential for healing. Having been trained in both CI and IFS, Terry adeptly distinguishes the two approaches’ areas of...
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This passionate conversation begins with Lubna’s upbringing in war-torn Beirut. She recalls seeing bombs falling and people dying and wondering, “What is the point of this? How do we find purpose?” Her mom told her, "It's okay, everything’s replaceable except you, the people you love and the story (or purpose) you live by.” After 15 years of corporate work Lubna launched her own business, Stories. Its name acknowledges the intertwining of our purpose and personal brands, and the alignment of our internal and external stories. She also links misaligned stories with depression and other issues.
In this episode, Lubna highlights:
- The role of purpose in personal fulfillment
- How leaders’ trauma can affect their authenticity and decision-making
- The workplace transformation from, “Doing Leaders into Being Leaders”
- Why corporate leaders are “the nervous system of their organizations”
- How leaders’ emotional states and level of personal development directly influence their organizations’ cultures and employee engagement
The interview concludes with Lubna’s vision of Compassionate Inquiry’s universal capacity for healing, facilitating new growth in global organizations, leaders, families and individuals.
About Lubna Forzley, Founder & CEO of Stories, Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, Independent Compassionate Inquiry Circle Leader, ICF-accredited PCC Coach
Lubna has worked with royalty, C-suite leaders, and Fortune 500 giants including American Express, Google, Johnson & Johnson and the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center. Her executive career includes senior roles at Coca-Cola, UNDP, BNP Paribas, and advisory roles to multi-sector startups from e-commerce to human development.
A sought-after speaker, Lubna has delivered hundreds of talks and shared stages with icon Steve Wozniak and others. The global roundtables she hosts have featured thought leaders Dr. Gabor Maté, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Dr. Caroline Leaf, Sat Dharam Kaur, ND and many others.
As the CEO and founder of Stories, a digital storytelling and coaching platform, Lubna’s work supports the internal and external growth of organizational leaders.
The author of, Enhancing Business Community Relations (UNDP), Lubna’s new book, Crack It, will be released in 2026. Her work has been featured in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and AP as well as Andrew Stafford’s book, Something to Believe In.
A passionate advocate for Compassionate Inquiry®(CI), Lubna is launching Independent CI Circles while working closely with Compassionate Inquiry® Inc. to bring its therapeutic approach to the Arab World. She serves as a board member for Grief Stories and an advisory board member for Mindtrust Leadership and Nasdaq EC. She champions women in leadership, and is the proud mother of three.
Promotional Message: If you're not a therapist or healer, but you've heard our guests describe the personal transformations they experienced during their Compassionate Inquiry® journeys, and wonder what that would be like for you... Circles is a 10-week small group experience offered to anyone who wants to experience the power of Gabor Maté’s approach to trauma healing. Use this link to find out if this program is for you.
NEW! Independent Compassionate Inquiry® Corporate Circles
These 10-week online support groups are designed to heal workplace stress, toxic dynamics, and disengagement while helping leaders access resilience, emotional regulation, and deeper self-inquiry.
Tentatively scheduled to begin September 30. Use this link to learn more and register your interest.
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Videos:
Let’s Have This Conversation Podcast
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Interview
Books:
Enhancing Business Community Relations (UNDP)
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