To Freedom

Marina Theron-Monnery
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Welcome to To Freedom, a podcast about healing, transformation, and the many paths people take toward living a freer, more authentic life. Hosted by Marina Theron-Monnery, author of FROM SURVIVAL TO FREEDOM, each episode features honest conversations with guests from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and belief systems as they share the challenges they faced, the turning points that changed them, and what freedom means to them today. Because there is no single path to freedom—only the one that is true for you.

  1. 6d ago

    From Unseen Weight to Freedom | Dr. Lisa Campbell

    What happens when the life you've worked so hard to build no longer feels like the life you're meant to live? Sometimes the heaviest burdens we carry are the ones nobody else can see. In this episode of To Freedom, I welcome Dr. Lisa L. Campbell, known as The Growth Motivator®, for an inspiring conversation about the invisible weight of expectations, responsibilities, guilt, fear, and the pressure to always be strong. From becoming a young mother and raising a daughter with special needs to earning her PhD and building a successful career in healthcare leadership, Lisa's journey is one of extraordinary determination and resilience. But eventually, she faced a life-changing realization: success on the outside doesn't always mean freedom on the inside. Her decision to walk away from a career she had worked so hard to build became "the resignation that set her free." Together, we explore: The invisible weight we carry without realizing it.- When being strong becomes a burden.The difference between success and fulfillment.Finding the courage to walk away from what no longer serves us.- Releasing guilt, expectations, and limiting beliefs.Rediscovering your identity beyond your roles and achievements.Why letting go is not failure, but sometimes the beginning of freedom. Through her signature message, "Shed the Weight", Lisa encourages people to release what holds them back and embrace a life of greater purpose and authenticity. Perhaps the most important question we can ask ourselves is: "What am I still carrying that I now have permission to release?" About Dr. Lisa L. Campbell: Dr. Lisa L. Campbell is a motivational speaker, author, growth coach, healthcare leader, and host of the *52 Authors 52 Weeks* podcast. She is also the visionary behind the WEIGHT Conference. https://drlisalcampbell.org https://www.facebook.com/DrLisaLCampbell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlisalcampbell https://www.instagram.com/drlisalcampbell/ https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@drlisalcampbell1922⁩  About Your Host: Marina Theron-Monnery is a Rapid Transformational Therapy® Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, author of "From Survival to Freedom", and host of the To Freedom podcast. Through deeply personal conversations, Marina explores the journeys, turning points, and transformations that lead people from survival to freedom. www.marinatheronmonnery.com To purchase: From Survival to Freedom: Breaking Survival Patterns and Returning to Your True Self. https://a.co/d/00gB14Lp If this conversation resonates with you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who may be carrying more than anyone realizes.

  2. Oct 21

    Freedom After 33 Years of Narcissistic Abuse | C.F. Micky

    What happens when you finally realize that the person you have spent decades trying to understand—and trying to change—is not going to change?C.F. Micky, aka Caty, spent 33 years in a marriage to a man diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.In this deeply personal conversation, we don't simply revisit the story Caty has already told in her award-winning book, Cultivating Freedom: Finding My Way from Fear to Freedom. We talk about the woman who made it to the other side.Caty shares what she learned about NPD, the warning signs she didn't understand at the time, the psychological patterns of control, and the moment she realized she could no longer change the man she was married to.We also explore what happens after you leave—the triggers, the emotional scars, the process of unlearning, and the six-year legal battle that followed the end of her marriage.But this conversation is ultimately about freedom.Caty left at 56.Today, at 62, she says she is finally starting to live.We talk about what those 33 years taught her, what she wishes she had known when she was younger, what she would tell someone entering a relationship today—and what freedom means to her now.C.F. Micky is a two-time Amazon bestselling author and an American Legacy Award winner for Cultivating Freedom. Today she advocates for greater awareness and understanding of Narcissistic Personality Disorder while continuing to live and work on the farm she fought to reclaim.In this episode:Narcissistic Personality Disorder • love bombing • devaluation • gaslighting • narcissistic rage • DARVO • trauma bonding • psychological control • leaving a narcissistic relationship • rebuilding after abuse • starting over later in life • finding freedomAbout To Freedom:To Freedom is about the stories, realizations, and choices that help us move beyond survival and return to who we truly are.To connect with Caty:www.cultivatingfreedom.caFacebook: Cultivating FreedomInstagram: cultivatingfreedom2024 Threads: cultivatingfreedom2024Email: cultivatingfreedom2024@gmail.comMarina's book: From Survival to Freedom: Breaking Survival Patterns and Returning to Your True Selfhttps://a.co/d/05RsIiFx

  3. Oct 7

    From Grief & Betrayal to Living Uncaged | Trudy Guyton

    What happens when grief and betrayal collide — and the person you desperately need answers from is no longer here? In this deeply personal episode of To Freedom, I sit down with Trudy Guyton — life coach, author, speaker, and host of The Uncaged Woman Podcast — for a conversation about love, betrayal, grief, forgiveness, and what it truly means to live uncaged. Trudy was adopted as a baby and spent the first three months of her life in foster care. Long before she understood the circumstances surrounding her adoption, she carried a deep belief that she wasn't lovable, wasn't wanted, and wouldn't be chosen. That belief followed her into adulthood. Instead of asking whether a relationship was right for her, she found herself asking whether someone would choose her. What followed were years of relationships, heartbreak, betrayal, loss, and repeated attempts to outrun emotions she hadn't yet allowed herself to feel. Then came a devastating loss. A man Trudy deeply loved died suddenly in a drowning accident. While trying to comprehend his death, she discovered that he had been living a double life and had relationships with other women. Now she wasn't only grieving his death. She was grieving the betrayal — with no opportunity to confront him, ask why, hear an explanation, or receive an apology. And this is where our conversation takes an extraordinary turn. Trudy shares the mystical experiences that followed his death, the messages she received through people who could not have known the details of their relationship, and the profound spiritual shift that ultimately helped her move through anger, betrayal and grief toward forgiveness. We talk about the cages created by our own beliefs, the stories we turn into identities, toxic relationship patterns, grief after betrayal, self-love, forgiveness, spirituality, consciousness, and the possibility that love may be far greater than our human experience of it. This conversation went somewhere neither of us could have planned. And perhaps the most beautiful part is that it ends exactly where it began: The cage is in our thoughts. And when we recognize that, we also begin to recognize that we hold the key. Connect with Trudy:TrudyGuyton.comUncagedWoman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/uncagedwomanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/trudyguyton/https://www.instagram.com/stories/trudyguyton/

  4. Sep 30

    High School Dropout to $1.4 Billion in Client Sales | Adil Amarsi’s Story

    What does it take to go from dropping out of high school to helping clients generate more than $1.4 billion in sales?For Adil Amarsi, the road between those two points was anything but straightforward.Today, Adil is known as a world-class copywriter, entrepreneur, and creative and marketing strategist. Over the past 20 years, he has worked across more than 430 niches and helped his clients generate extraordinary results.But this conversation isn't about the numbers.It's about the life behind them.Adil shares openly about growing up watching his parents struggle financially, leaving school, suicide attempts, taking enormous risks when he had very little, and his experience of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder before later learning that he is on the autism spectrum.We also talk about losing his father during COVID — and the extraordinary experience of being fired by a client just one hour after explaining that he needed to go and bury his dad.This is a conversation about money and what it can — and cannot — give you. About resilience, grief, happiness, success, independence, being misunderstood, the psychology of change, and the experiences that shaped the man behind the accomplishments.And underneath it all is a powerful reminder:As long as you're still here, your story isn't over.You can get up again.You can choose another direction.And where you started does not have to determine where you finish.This is Adil Amarsi's story — from struggle to success, and everything that happened in between.🎙️ To Freedom — real conversations about healing, transformation, and the many paths we take toward greater freedom.To connect with Adil:https://www.instagram.com/adilamarsi/

  5. Sep 16

    Who Were You Before the World Told You Who to Be? with Mia Dins

    What if the life you were living was never really yours?In this episode of To Freedom, I sit down with Mia Dins, intuitive medium, former elite boxer, and host of DinsTalk – Let’s Talk Soul!, for a conversation about conditioning, trauma, the wisdom of the body, intuition, and the journey back to who we truly are.Mia shares how childhood experiences left her disconnected from herself and her body, and how her life eventually became a process of peeling away inherited beliefs and expectations, rebuilding self-trust, and learning to listen to her own inner wisdom.We explore the fascinating contrast between being physically strong enough to become an elite boxer while still feeling disconnected inside, why Mia describes the body as an oracle, and what happens when we stop living by someone else's definition of who we should be.We also talk about Mia's spiritual awakening, intuitive gifts, the courage to trust experiences that don't always fit conventional explanations, and the freedom that comes when we no longer need everyone else to understand us.To connect with Mia:www.luna-mia.org https://www.instagram.com/mia_dins?igsh=N3o4NjB4ejJybnF0&utm_source=qr

  6. Sep 9

    The Truth About Emotional Eating | Dr. Andrea Maxim

    What if emotional eating isn’t a lack of willpower or self-sabotage at all?In this episode of To Freedom, I sit down with Dr. Andrea Maxim, naturopathic doctor and master mindset coach, for a fascinating conversation about emotional eating, protective weight, body confidence, identity, and the beliefs that can quietly influence our behavior for years.Andrea shares her own powerful story of struggling with weight as a teenager — and what happened when she lost the weight and suddenly noticed that people treated her differently.We talk about how experiences like these can shape beliefs about worth and lovability, and why changing our bodies doesn't necessarily change what we believe about ourselves.Our conversation explores:Why emotional eating may not be self-sabotageThe idea of “protective weight”Perfectionism, control, and people-pleasingWhy knowing what to eat isn't always enoughBoundaries and speaking your truthThe difference between achievement and self-worthLetting go of the “good girl” identityCreating a life that feels authentically yoursAndrea's story is also a beautiful reminder that freedom isn't necessarily a place we finally arrive at. We can continue learning, changing, and choosing ourselves along the way.

  7. Sep 2

    Navigating Divorce & Life Changes: Finding Yourself Again with Andrea Daley

    What happens when the life you knew changes — and you’re left wondering who you are now? In this episode of To Freedom, I sit down with author and life coach Andrea Daley to talk about navigating the in-between: that uncertain space between the life you had and the life you’re beginning to create. After 36 years of marriage and raising nine children, Andrea faced a major life transition that challenged her to rediscover her identity and determine what she wanted for the next chapter of her life. We talk about divorce, empty nest, identity, starting over, and finding your way through major life changes — including the messy middle when you may not yet know what comes next. Andrea is the author of The Six Phases of Becoming and its companion guide, Navigating the In-Between. To Freedom — conversations about breaking free from the stories, patterns and circumstances that have defined us, and discovering the freedom to live as who we truly are. To connect with Andrea: http://andreadaley.com https://www.facebook.com/andreajdaley YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@andreadaleylifecoach

  8. Aug 26

    Success Despite What the World Told Her. With Michelle Steiner

    What happens when the world decides what you're capable of before you've even had the chance to show them?Michelle Steiner lives with an invisible disability and has spent much of her life being told what she couldn't do — go to college, earn a degree, become published or have the career she wanted.She did all of those things.In this episode of To Freedom, Michelle and I talk about invisible disabilities, being underestimated, challenging other people's expectations, and refusing to allow a label to determine what is possible for your life.Michelle is a writer, speaker and disability advocate who now works with students with disabilities, using both her professional experience and her own journey to help others feel seen.To Freedom with Marina Theron-Monnery

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Welcome to To Freedom, a podcast about healing, transformation, and the many paths people take toward living a freer, more authentic life. Hosted by Marina Theron-Monnery, author of FROM SURVIVAL TO FREEDOM, each episode features honest conversations with guests from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and belief systems as they share the challenges they faced, the turning points that changed them, and what freedom means to them today. Because there is no single path to freedom—only the one that is true for you.

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  • Creator
    Marina Theron-Monnery
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Marina Theron-Monnery
  • Show Website
    To Freedom