Surviving Trauma: Stories of Hope Marlene McConnell

I am delighted to welcome Sarah Westbrook to the podcast who joins me from Missouri, United States. 
Sarah Westbrook, MS, LPC, NCC, is the founder of Westbrook Counseling Services and Daisy Girl Communications. As a trauma survivor herself, she understands the work that goes into healing. She helps her clients work through their pain to achieve lasting results, laughing along the way to becoming their most authentic selves.
A National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Sarah entered clinical practice as a professional counselor in 2014. With a master of science in mental health counseling from Walden University and focused continued education in Trauma Informed Therapy, The Gottman Method, DBT, and CBT, she provides individual therapy, couples and family counseling, and weekend psychoeducational training courses.
After a dysfunctional and abusive Mormon upbringing, Sarah left the religion and began her journey to heal from c-PTSD and the religious trauma of her childhood. She shares her story of surviving personality-disordered parents, and her faith transition, along with advice for healing from toxic cult-like religious systems, on her podcast Unpacking Mormonism and Other Religious Trauma.
She also hosts Raising Crazy: Growing Up to Show Up, where she offers psychoeducation for parents and caregivers, especially those with behaviorally challenging children. After traveling the US as an Army wife and mother of seven, Sarah and her family put down roots in central Missouri.
It has been my pleasure to have Sarah join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. 
Enjoy the episode, and a special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. 
If you wish to connect with Sarah, check out his website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.daisygirlcommunications.com//
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisygirlcommunications//
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This week, I am delighted to welcome Richard Brockman, MD to the podcast who joins me from Columbia University, United States. 
An intertwined tale of a boy’s world shattered by suicide and a man’s story rewritten by neuroscience.
Richard Brockman, MD, is a clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University and a visiting professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Namibia. He has been honored with the Nancy C.A. Roeske Award for medical student education by the American Psychiatric Association and with the Victor J. Teichner Visiting Scholar Award from the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry for his teaching. Also a playwright, his shows have been produced both off-Broadway and on international stages.
When Brockman found his mother’s body, the simple narrative of his childhood ended. Life After Death tells the story of a boy who died and of a man who survived when the boy and the man are one and the same. It tells a very personal—yet tragically common—story of irredeemable loss. It tells the story of story itself. How story forms. How it grows. How it changes. How it can be broken. And finally, how sometimes it can be repaired.
Now an expert in genetics, epigenetics, and the biology of attachment, Brockman chronicles his evolution from a child overwhelmed by trauma to a man who has struggled to reclaim his past. He lays bare the core of one who is both victim and healer. By weaving together childhood despair and clinical knowledge, Brockman shows how the shattered pieces of the self—though never the same and not without scars—can sometimes be put back together again.
It has been my pleasure to have Richard join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. 
Enjoy the episode, and a special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. 
If you wish to connect with Richard, check out his website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.cugmhp.org/faculty/richard-brockman-md//
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-brockman-000219273/
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In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome fellow survivor and mental health advocate Madeline Popelka to the podcast who joins me from the Bay Area in California, United States. 
Madeline, is a writer, trauma survivor, and mental health, and LGBTQ+ advocate. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she grew up in an Asian American household where mental health was never discussed. As a daughter of a refugee, intergenerational trauma runs through her family, and she struggled with her mental health her entire life. She thought that she was broken and damaged beyond repair, and she suffered in isolation. In her twenties, she started to experience PTSD symptoms and she didn’t know the first step in getting help. 
Nobody taught her how to heal, and she knew she wasn’t alone. As she began learning life lessons along my healing journey, she felt the urge to share her insights so other sufferers wouldn’t feel so isolated. In February 2020, she created a space for other trauma survivors, @HealingFromPTSD, which quickly became the largest trauma healing community on Instagram. 
Through healing, Madeline discovered and reconnected with parts of herself, and she cultivated a sense of internal peace and freedom that she never experienced before. Now, she is on a mission to help others do the same. 
Her first book, You’re Going to Be Okay, was released in September 2022.
It has been my pleasure to have Madeline join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. 
Enjoy the episode, and a special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. 
If you wish to connect with Madeline, check out her website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.madelinepopelka.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healingfromptsd/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/healingfromptsd/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/madelinepopelka/
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In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the lovely Barbara Lane to the podcast who joins me from the United States. 
With over 25 years of private practice as a ministerial counselor, Barbara Lane has dedicated herself to serving individuals and families. Her educational background in human development, social sciences, and family psychology, with a specialization in child abuse, fuels her passion for sharing expertise on topics close to her heart. 
Through her journey, Barbara Lane boldly confronts the stigma surrounding child abuse survivors, offering hope and understanding to those who have faced similar challenges. Her latest work, Broken Water: An Extraordinary True Story, resonates with readers by delving into themes of resilience, foster care, attachment, child maltreatment, trauma healing, and the power of faith. By sharing her story, Barbara empowers others to overcome adversity and find solace in the transformative power of self-discovery and faith.
It has been my pleasure to have Barbara join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. 
Enjoy the episode, and a special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. 
If you wish to connect with Barbara, check out her website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.barbaralane.info/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbaralane.author/
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/barbaralane/
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In this week's episode, I am thrilled to welcome the lovely Alexandra Wyman to the podcast joining me from her home in Colorado, United States. 
Alexandra is an advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide. After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to change the language around suicide, and decided to write about it. Her memoir, The Suicide Club: What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death is an Amazon best seller. She has spoken at a variety of conferences including Bridging the Divide Suicide Prevention and Awareness Summit 2022, 2023 Northwest Conference on Childhood Grief, and has been accepted to present at the 2023 Military Social Work & Behavioral Health Conference and the International Association of Suicide Prevention Conference 2023 in Piran, Slovenia. Alexandra has her own podcast called The Widow’s Club. She practices pediatric occupational therapy and lives in Colorado with her son.
It has been my pleasure to have Alexandra join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. A special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. 
If you wish to connect with Alexandra, check out her website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.forwardtojoy.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexandrawyman/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/forwardtojoy/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/AlexandraWyman/
Podcast: https://www.soundoff.network/show/the-widows-club/
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In this week's episode, I am delighted to welcome the very astute Dr. Tara Perry to the podcast joining me from her in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States. 
Dr. Tara Perry is a Clinical Hypnotherapist & Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She specializes in Core Trauma Transformation, helping people get to the root of their biggest block, connect to their authentic selves, and thrive in deep confident peace. For 25 years, Dr. Perry has successfully treated celebrities, Olympians, first responders, world record holders, doctors, scientists, teachers, parents, and children. She has been featured on lifetime television, The Los Angeles Times, Fox Sports West, CosMed Magazine, and more.  For 10 years, Dr. Perry taught at the #1 Acupuncture College in California. In 2000, she was chosen as the first acupuncture teacher at the famous Arthur Ashe Center at UCLA. Dr. Perry hosts her own podcast as well--available on all major platforms called Next Level Healing. 
It has been my pleasure to have Dr. Perry join me, and I know, my listeners, that you will enjoy the episode. 
Thank you to my listeners and guests for joining me on this journey. 
If you'd like to connect with Dr. Perry, check out her website and social media links below. 
Website: https://www.consulttara.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neurowhisperer/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/drtaraperry/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/drtaraperry/
Podcast: Next Level Healing 
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