Ep 19: Unlearning Patterns and Messaging That Doesn't Serve Us + Barbie's Healing Journey As A Mom of A Rape Survivor Get the Gunk Out

This week, Shannon chats with Barbie Liss who is a Maternal Empowerment Coach, helping Women heal Mother Wounds and reclaim their Goddess Energy!

As Mom to 3 grown children, Barbie has travelled the path of Motherhood, from typical to not at all typical experiences. Her life altering experience, and subsequent healing journey as a Mom of a rape survivor, and ultimate Restorative Justice outcome, led to her current path.

She has been featured in Forbes, on Sirius XM, the Great Canadian Women, Empowerography Podcast, and more.

Through a deep dive virtual Coaching Program, Barbie nurtures her clients through unlearning generational wounds and rewriting limiting core belief. She is an UNteacher of damaging messages and a perspective shape shifter. As a Maternal Empowerment Coach, Barbie helps heal old wounds that bleed into new moments, so that You can step fully into Your Goddess Energy!

Topics discussed:

Finding your true self through ancestral wound healing
Barbie's story as a mom of a rape survivor, and her personal healing journey
What restoritive justice is, and why Barbie and her daughter chose a restoritive justice outcome
How generational patterns are passed down and how that affects us as individuals
How we can all choose a resoritive justice approach in our daily encounters
Shannon talks about her parents divorce and how she felt/feels today
Teachable moments vs. punishable moments
The lesson Shannon teaches her kids about empathy and understanding
Unlearning patterns and messaging that doesn't serve us
Why Shannon feels fortunate that she experienced trauma in her life
How to not let your circumstances control your emotions and actions
Why it's ok to be ok, even when we're not entirely ok
How the word "and" can positively impact your mindset
How Barbie healed herself in order to help her daughter heal
How generational messaging and language is passed down and why it doesn't work in a new generation (ex. using "because I said so as an answer to our kids" or "just do what the doctor says", etc...)
Barbie's tips for de-gunking your life today
Links mentioned in this episode:

www.barbieliss.com
https://www.instagram.com/_barbieliss/
https://www.instagram.com/getthegunkout/