HumanAF

Keri-Anne Livingstone

Welcome to HumanAF, the podcast delving into the depths of human experience. I'm your host, Keri-Anne Livingstone, a certified Clarity Coach and trauma healing specialist with a unique talent for revealing the light, levity, and humour in even the deepest explorations. In each episode, you'll journey into the uncharted territories of what it means to be human for you to discover what lies beneath the surface stories, explore what feels true, and expand beyond your known limits.

  1. 23h ago

    I Didn't Survive It. I Became Someone Else.

    What happens when the version of you who knew how to handle everything suddenly can't? After a long absence from HumanAF, I'm coming back a bit differently. For the first time, it's just me and the mic. No guest. No old Facebook Live. No neatly packaged lesson from the other side. I'm talking from inside a year that dismantled more than I expected and forced me to reconsider who I am, how I've been living, and what I actually want to carry forward. A catalytic loss. Midlife. Perimenopause. Aging parents. Kids growing up. Relationships changing. Career and financial uncertainty. A nervous system that finally said, we're not doing this anymore. I didn't survive it and return to who I was. I became someone else. I am becoming someone else. And the next series of episodes explore the messy middle of discovering that some of what you thought was personality, strength, love, responsibility, or simply "who you are" may also have been how you learned to survive, stay connected, and remain valuable. What we get into: Why healing doesn't make us immune to being human, and why coming undone doesn't mean we've failed.The difference between understanding change and actually living differently when it disappoints people or disrupts what once felt safe.What happens when your body and nervous system stop cooperating with the life you've been forcing yourself to maintain.Why distance can sometimes give you enough quiet to finally hear your own experience.Moving from "How do I fix this?" toward the much more interesting question, "What is this showing me?"Learning to notice what remains true, what you've outgrown, and what you consciously want to pick back up.A different understanding of self-trust. Less about becoming unfuckablewith. More about learning how to stay with yourself when life f***s with you.There’s no triumphant comeback or tidy transformation at the end of this one. I'm still in it. That’s real life. But aliveness is returning. So is curiosity, possibility, creativity, and my desire to express myself which is huge. Not because I've forced myself back into functioning, but because I'm finding my way back into relationship with myself. If you're somewhere between who you were and whoever the hell you're becoming, this conversation is for you. Maybe you don't need to figure it all out yet. Maybe you just need enough room to notice what's here. Resources: Integration SessionsFollow Keri-Anne on SubstackFollow Keri-Anne on Instagram

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Welcome to HumanAF, the podcast delving into the depths of human experience. I'm your host, Keri-Anne Livingstone, a certified Clarity Coach and trauma healing specialist with a unique talent for revealing the light, levity, and humour in even the deepest explorations. In each episode, you'll journey into the uncharted territories of what it means to be human for you to discover what lies beneath the surface stories, explore what feels true, and expand beyond your known limits.