Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg

Jan Broberg
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Our Purpose  Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg exists to change the way trauma is understood, discussed, and healed. It is the primary public-facing voice of the foundation and the main audience entry point into the JBF ecosystem. The show bridges lived experience, survivor testimony, education, systems critique, recovery tools, and cultural conversation into one platform.    Why It Matters?  Trauma narratives are often fragmented, sensationalized, or oversimplified. Survivors are either ignored or reduced to their worst moments. Trauma Interrupted reframes trauma as a human experience, not an identity, and recovery as a collective responsibility, not an individual burden.  The podcast is not just storytelling, it is movement-building media. 

  1. 5h ago

    Kelly Sutliff's Story • Finding Safety in Canine Companions

    [Content Warning]: Discussions of domestic violence, strangulation, prolonged stalking, attempted murder, failures of the legal system. In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with psychotherapist and domestic violence survivor Kelly Sutliff, founder of Kelly's Canines: Tails of Courage. Kelly walks through the night her life changed, the stalking that followed, and the gaps she found in a legal system that couldn't keep her safe even with evidence in hand.  She talks candidly about how a friend's offhand suggestion, "get one of those dogs that bite," led her to Stella, her first protection dog, and how that relationship became the foundation of her own healing. Kelly now trains and places protection dogs with survivors of domestic violence through her nonprofit, giving other survivors the same sense of safety that helped her rebuild her life.  Jan and Kelly talk about what it means to find justice outside a courtroom, the emotional cost of speaking out publicly (including Kelly's experience on the true-crime series Toxic), and why healing has to start with safety before anything else is possible. Kelly also shares grounded, practical advice for anyone who feels stuck in a difficult relationship or trapped by their own past.  Where To Find Kelly: Kelly's K9s: Tails of Courage Toxic: Sleeping with a Stranger Kelly’s Insta: @real_talk_with_kelly Kelly's K9s Insta: @kellys_k9s_tailsofcourage If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  2. Aug 14

    Kristine Jensen's Story • Healing the Shame of a Troubled Childhood

    [Content Warning]: Discussions of childhood emotional neglect and humiliation, description of a sexual assault survivor's experience, references to substance use disorder, and grief following the death of a family member. Kristine Jensen has spent more than four decades in the therapy room, first helping others, and eventually turning that same clinical eye on herself. A licensed psychotherapist and certified clinical trauma professional, Kristine spent her career treating clients for shame long before she recognized it in her own life. It wasn't until she retired and moved to the California coast, expecting a quiet next chapter, that a childhood memory resurfaced and cracked open decades of unexamined pain.  In this conversation with Jan Broberg, Kristine traces the years-long process that led to her book, Bruised Not Broken: Healing the Shame of a Troubled Childhood, from naming shame as a distinct survival strategy (not just low self-esteem or depression) to recognizing the collapse-appease-submit response that so many survivors carry from childhood into adulthood. She and Jan talk candidly about over-functioning, "earning love," and the fraud feeling that can persist even after decades of outward success.  The conversation moves into healing itself: how self-compassion, not reliving trauma, is often the path forward, why healthy anger is a sign of progress rather than a problem, and how humanizing the people who hurt us can become part of reclaiming our own freedom. Kristine also opens up about a harder discovery in her own story: that her stepfather wasn't the only source of her wounds. This episode is for anyone who has wondered why the work of healing doesn't feel finished, even when life looks good from the outside. Buy Kristine's Book: Bruised Not Broken: Healing the Shame of a Troubled Childhood If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  3. Aug 7

    Anna Lopes' Story • What It Means to Be Your Own Brave

    [Content Warning]: discussions of domestic violence, coercive control, child abuse, grooming, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, and complex PTSD. What happens after you escape abuse? In this deeply personal conversation, Jan Broberg sits down with trauma recovery coach and Brave and Free founder Anna Lopes. Anna shares how childhood exposure to domestic violence shaped her understanding of love, how she entered a coercively controlling marriage at nineteen, and how she ultimately escaped with little more than a hidden passport and determination to survive. Together, Jan and Anna explore coercive control, financial abuse, digital surveillance, spiritual abuse, grooming, complex PTSD, and the long road of recovery. They also discuss the trauma response of fawning, rebuilding identity after abuse, and why healing happens through supportive relationships and community. This episode offers validation, language, and hope for survivors navigating life beyond survival mode. Where To Find Anna: Insta: @Iambraveandfree Brave and Free community Discovering Yourself After Abuse Workbook If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  4. Jul 31

    Dr. Kate Lund’s Story • The Keys to Resilient Parenting

    In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Dr. Kate Lund, licensed clinical psychologist, resilience expert, author of Bounce and her new release Step Away: The Keys to Resilient Parenting, for a conversation about what it actually takes to build resilience, in ourselves and in the kids we're raising.  Dr. Kate traces her path into psychology back to a childhood diagnosis of hydrocephalus and decades of managing a chronic medical condition, and the two explore how early struggle can shape a life's calling. They talk candidly about how trauma doesn't always surface right away, sometimes it takes decades, and why healing as an adult is one of the most powerful things a parent can model for their children. The conversation moves through practical, usable tools: a simple breathing technique called the relaxation response, the power of daily gratitude journaling, a self-compassion exercise that sparked real breakthroughs in Jan's own survivor community, and honest talk about comparison culture, social media, and letting go of perfectionism. Above all, this episode keeps circling back to one idea: there is always possibility on the other side of a challenge. Where To Find Dr. Lund: KateLundSpeaks.com Insta: @dr_kate_lund Resilient Parenting with Dr. Kate (Podcast) The Optimized Mind (Podcast) Buy Dr. Kate’s Books: Step Away: The Keys to Resilient Parenting Bounce: Help Your Child Build Resilience and Thrive in School, Sports and Life If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  5. Jul 24

    Devin M. Scott's Story • Rage, Resilience, and the Return to Authentic Self

    [Content Warning]: Discussions of childhood trauma, family violence, compulsive coping behaviors, religious and cultural trauma tied to LGBTQ identity and shame, and grief following the death of a parent. What happens when the anger you've been taught to suppress finally has somewhere to go? In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Devin Scott, LMSW, NBC-HWC, and founder of Find Your Meaning, to talk about the parts of trauma recovery that don't get talked about enough: rage, disgust, and the long, non-linear road back to an authentic self. Devin brings both clinical training and lived experience to this conversation, walking through why anger needs to be permissioned before it can be processed, how a child's disbelief from the adults around them can turn PTSD into complex PTSD, and why the coping strategies that once kept us safe often resemble pieces of who we really are underneath. The conversation moves through breathwork and embodied consent, Buddhist and yogic frameworks for integrating mind and body, the double bind many LGBTQ people face between social conformity and countercultural pressure, and in one of the episode's most tender turns, what it means to make new meaning after profound loss. This is a conversation about slowing down, trusting the body, and learning that healing isn't a straight line toward feeling nothing. It's learning to read the pain, the anger, and the grief as information, and building a life that can hold all of it. Where To Find Devin M. Scott: Find Your Meaning If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  6. Jul 17

    Jessica Baum's Story • The Science of Safe Connection and Breaking Trauma Cycles

    [Content Warning]: Discussions of childhood trauma, addiction, feelings of isolation, abandonment wounds What does it actually take to heal, not manage, not cope, but truly heal, from the wounds we carry from childhood? In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Jessica Baum, licensed mental health counselor, founder of the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, and author of the new book SAFE, to explore what the neuroscience of healing really tells us.  Jessica brings her expertise in interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory to some of the questions survivors ask most: Why can't I just heal on my own? Why do my closest relationships feel the most unsafe? Why do I keep repeating the same patterns no matter how many self-help books I read?  The answer, she explains, lives in the body, in streams of implicit memory laid down long before we had words for what was happening to us. And the path is not a solo one. Healing, Jessica argues, requires at least one anchoring relationship: a safe nervous system to hold space while we revisit and integrate what we could not process alone.  Jan shares her own journey openly in this conversation, her experience of intergenerational trauma, the abandonment wounds she carried into adult relationships, and the moment when being truly believed by another person accelerated her healing in ways decades of effort had not.  Jessica also introduces her free Wheel of Attachment tool and a 40-minute bonus conversation with her mentor Bonnie Badenoch. Where To Find Jessica: Insta: @JessicaBaumLMHC Buy Jessica's Books: Safe: An Attachment-Informed Guide to Building More Secure Relationships Anxiously Attached Bonus Goodies From Jessica: Wheel of Attachment (PDF) Bonus 40-min conversation with Bonnie Badenoch If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  7. Jul 10

    Christina Prokos’ Story • Shadow Work, Inner Child Healing, and the Path to Relief

    [Content Warning]: Discussions of childhood sexual abuse, trauma responses, addiction, and intergenerational trauma What happens when talk therapy takes you as far as it can go, and something still feels missing?  In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Christina Prokos, intuitive coach, shaman, and author of Embrace Your Shadows, a practical guide to inner child and shadow work. Christina has spent fifteen years helping survivors move from knowing their story to feeling relief in their bodies. She works where traditional therapy often plateaus, in the energetic, somatic, and spiritual dimensions of trauma healing. Jan and Christina explore why shame sits at the center of almost every trauma response, how the body stores what the mind has tried to put away, and what it actually means to give your inner child what it needs. Christina shares her own history of childhood sexual abuse, family dysfunction, and the moment a healer showed up and named the wound she'd never been able to voice. They also discuss soul retrieval, which is the shamanic process Christina uses with clients who have experienced deep soul loss through prolonged abuse and why healing in community, not isolation, is what moves the needle.  If you've done the work and still feel stuck, this conversation is for you. Where to find Christina: ChristinaProkos.com Soul Thrive (Podcast) Buy Christina’s Book: Embrace Your Shadows Insta: @christina_life_spiritual_ Youtube: @christinaprokoslifespiritu6689  If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

  8. Jul 3

    Dr. Hector Rodriguez’s Story • Rewiring the Traumatized Brain

    [Content Warning]: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse, grooming Trauma doesn't just leave emotional scars; it rewires the brain. In this episode of Trauma Interrupted, Jan Broberg sits down with Dr. Hector Rodriguez, an integrative psychiatrist, founder of White Butterfly Clinic in Miami, and holder of both a medical degree and a Master of Divinity. Dr. Hector brings a rare combination of neuroscience and soul-level care to a field that too often reduces people to their symptoms.  Together, Jan and Dr. Hector explore how traumatic events, especially those experienced in childhood, alter the nervous system, the immune system, and the brain's visual memory centers. Dr. Hector explains how SPECT brain imaging allows him to actually see trauma patterns in the brain, often uncovering buried wounds that no other test has been able to find. He shares the story of a patient in his late 60s who spent decades unable to sleep, only to discover through EMDR that a single witnessed assault at age four had quietly shaped his entire life. The conversation moves through developmental trauma, the neuroscience of grooming, how freeze responses get mislabeled as weakness, and the delicate work of teaching children resilience without passing on generational fear. Dr. Hector also speaks openly about his own journey as a Cuban immigrant, his theological training, and why he believes the people who have had to rebuild themselves from the ground up are often the ones who change the world.  If you've ever been told to just get over it, dismissed by a doctor who couldn't find anything wrong, or wonder why certain things still affect you after all this time, this episode is for you. Where To Find Dr. Hector Rodriguez: White Butterfly Clinic If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988 National Sexual Assault Hotline  (RAINN) : 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) National Alliance for Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264   🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify ▶️ YouTube   ❣️ JAN BROBERG FOUNDATION 🌐 JanBrobergFoundation.org 🫂 Survivor Circle (free community) ⏳ T.I.M.E. Program 🔎 SPOT6 📖 The Jan Broberg Story (book) 🗞️ Newsletter   📲 CONNECT 📷 Instagram 🎶 TikTok ✍️ Share Your Story 💌 Fan Mail Support the show

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Our Purpose  Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg exists to change the way trauma is understood, discussed, and healed. It is the primary public-facing voice of the foundation and the main audience entry point into the JBF ecosystem. The show bridges lived experience, survivor testimony, education, systems critique, recovery tools, and cultural conversation into one platform.    Why It Matters?  Trauma narratives are often fragmented, sensationalized, or oversimplified. Survivors are either ignored or reduced to their worst moments. Trauma Interrupted reframes trauma as a human experience, not an identity, and recovery as a collective responsibility, not an individual burden.  The podcast is not just storytelling, it is movement-building media. 

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