009 | Alana | How I Survived Emotional Manipulation and Regained My Mental Well-being
Release Date: 11/20/2019
010 | Welcome Home | Najwa's Behind-the-Scenes
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Join Najwa as she lets you in behind-the-scenes of the creation of Welcome Home. The director of her audiobook, Susan, turns the tables and asks her questions about her personal journey to living authentically and building her home within herself.
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009 | Vex King | We Can Keep Rebuilding Our Home Within
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Vex King is a social media influencer, writer, mind coach and lifestyle entrepreneur. He experienced many challenges when he was growing up but now, Vex has become a source of inspiration for thousands of young people. He started the Good Vibes Only #GVO movement to help others use the power of positivity to transform themselves and their lives into something greater. Join Najwa and Vex as they discuss self awareness, overcoming obstacles, and constantly rediscovering yourself.
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008 | Sam Effah| You Can't Rush Closure
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Sam has speed. He’s represented Canada at 3 World Championships, 3 World University Games and most recently – the 2018 Commonwealth Games. As a 2-time Canadian Champion in the 100m, Sam has an innate enthusiasm for sport, marketing, and the Olympic movement.
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007 | Alex Elle | You Are Your Own Liberation
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Alexandra Elle is an author, certified breathwork coach, and writing to heal facilitator living in Maryland with her husband and children.
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006 | Jovanny Varela Ferreyra | The Beauty of Community
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Jovanny Varela Ferreyra (Jova) is an artist, mental health strategist and motivational speaker. His unconventional use of vulnerably honest content through social media has organically developed into a global community of millions, making him a leading influencer in the mental health space.
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005 | Brittany Bird | What do we owe to ourselves?
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Defying the odds and the societal norms of healing, Brittany Bird has both heaps of personal and professional experience when it comes to overcoming health hurdles. Brittany is a Holistic Practitioner who believes in a wholistic approach to healing.
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004 | Swish Goswami | Let Go of Control and Find Your Purpose
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Swish Goswami is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, speaker, and investor. After serving as a UN Youth Ambassador, Fortune 500 Consultant and working as a venture capitalist, Swish is now the founder and CEO of Trufan, a platform helping influencers and brands identify and reward their top fans.
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003 | Micheline Maalouf | Your Darkness Can Lead You to Yourself
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Micheline Maalouf is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Orlando Florida specializing in the treatment of Complex PTSD and Anxiety. She is also a Mental Health Social Media influencer, advocate, and speaker.
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002 | Michaela Angemeer | Doing the "Heart" Work (Not Hard Work)
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Michaela Angemeer is passionate about sharing her self love journey and inspiring readers to spend more time with their feelings. You can read her three books of poetry here: When He Leaves You, You'll Come Back to Yourself, and Please Love Me at My Worst.
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001 | Najwa | Who Are You, Really?
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Who are you without all the labels you’ve been defining yourself with?
info_outlineIn today’s show, our interviewee Alana shares her heart-wrenching and unbelievable tale of emotional manipulation.
Our interviewee, an admirable young lady started struggling with postpartum anxiety in her thirties, met a charismatic and successful woman, a leader of a popular personal development company whom she thought would help her deal with this anxiety. Alana’s yearning for a powerful figure to lean on meant that she instantly started idolizing her “mentor”.
However, the mentor had ulterior and self-serving motives.
Alana shares how she lost herself in the torrent of emotional abuse that followed. Because this emotional abuse was sugar-coated with false compliments, our interviewee explained away her poor treatment, and in the process lost herself and her own identity.
A year later, Alana hit her lowest lows. She shares how she resorted to therapy to regain her mental health and emotional well-being.
So, how did Alana go from being fiercely independent to being servile and dependent? Why did she fail to see through this false façade of love? Should you avoid believing that people have your best interests in mind? In this segment of the show, you will learn why it is important to always keep your guard up, and recognize toxic and abusive people for who they truly are.
Alana shares how a vengeful attitude will boomerang to hurt the person that matters most – you. The latter segment of the show is particularly interesting as our interviewee shares how she managed to forgive the wrongdoings of her “mentor”.
Listeners will learn how creating boundaries and maintaining communication can help you achieve closure.
Tune in for some excellent insights!
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