Coffee and Contemplation with Susan Dunlop Susan Dunlop

In this powerful episode, we delve into the depths of healing from abandonment trauma with the inspiring Sonja Renee from Atlanta, Georgia. Sonja Renee, a speaker and author of Abandonment Is Not Your Fault: Abandonment to Abundance, shares her courageous journey of self-discovery after learning about her adoption at 49 years of age. As she navigated through the layers of her past, Sonja Renee uncovered deep-seated abandonment trauma wounds and embarked on a transformative healing journey. Join us as Sonja Renee opens up about her personal experiences, including the types of relationships that contributed to her wounds and the strategies she found effective in breaking free from toxic patterns. From creating healthy boundaries to shifting focus onto self-love, Sonja Renee's story offers profound insights and invaluable lessons for anyone seeking healing from the wounds of abandonment. Sonja Renee's unwavering resilience and commitment to helping others live fulfilling lives shine through in this heartfelt conversation. You will find Sonja via this link and her memoir on Amazon.


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Join us in this insightful episode of 'Coffee and Contemplation with Susan Dunlop' as we explore 'The Courage to Choose.' Our guest, Adeline Heng, shares her inspiring journey from victim to victor, revealing how she overcame overthinking and found the strength to make empowering decisions.

Adeline opens up about her personal experiences, including facing adversity, overcoming self-doubt, and embracing conscious choices. Discover how to transform your life by focusing on solutions, practicing mindfulness, and seeking support.

If you've ever struggled with the perils of overthinking or felt trapped by indecision, this episode offers valuable insights to help you find the courage to choose your own path and trust your judgment.

Tune in for a powerful conversation that will inspire you to embrace change, take action, and live a more fulfilling life. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from Adeline's wisdom and experience.

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Adeline can be found on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pathtopurpurpose/

Adeline also provided a link to a download:

Unlock Your Emotional Freedom: https://adelineheng-2.simvoly.com/







#overcomeoverthinking #couragetochoose #empoweringdecisions #selfdoubt #conscious choices #mindfulness #adelinehenginterview #personaltransformation #victimtovictor #inspirationalstories


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The first episode for 2024 is Dr Zarya Rubin, MD, of Portland Oregon. I believe our worlds collided for a good reason when I found Dr Zarya and asked if she'd like to join me as a guest on the show.


Zarya is a Harvard-educated functional medicine physician, keynote speaker, and burnout expert. She helps passionate, high-achieving women get to the root cause of chronic symptoms and stress so that they can heal from the inside out and truly thrive. 

Also founder and CEO of Dr. Zarya, a boutique functional medicine practice in Portland, Oregon.  

Dr. Rubin studied neurology at McGill University and the renowned Neurological Institute at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She received her integrative nutrition
training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, studying with Dr. Andrew Weil,  Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra and other leading influencers in the world of holistic health, and went on to complete advanced Functional Medicine training at the School of Applied Functional Medicine.

She lives in Portland, OR with her husband, 10-yr-old daughter, and Bichon miniature poodle puppy.

When she is not speaking or seeing patients, she is singing with the Portland Symphonic Choir, on her yoga mat, or cooking up creative delights in her kitchen.

I wondered why did she choose to do the work she delivers now? Because she’s been there...

When chronic stress, anxiety and burnout caused her to leave medicine, she knew she needed to make some serious changes
if she wanted to lead a fulfilling, authentic life.  She wasn't satisfied that illness and the hamster wheel of stress was her "new normal" and that she would just have to accept it and live with it. She knew she wanted better.

She managed to get back on her feet, but then threw herself into another intense, highly stressful career with long hours.
The truth is, she was chasing success in order to avoid dealing with the much scarier pit of anxiety that she tried to push away by avoiding dealing with it.

And from the outside? She was more successful than ever.

But after she had her daughter, she entered a new phase of
exhaustion, one that was even worse than being on-call overnight at the hospital. She was irritable, couldn’t get out of bed, and constantly ill. She was eating a healthy diet (She is actually one of those crazy people who adores kale and quinoa)? So why was she so sick?

None of it made sense to Zarya until she finally realized that the mind-body connection was stronger than ever, and years of untreated stress, anxiety, and PTSD had taken a toll, not
just on her mental health, but her physical health as well - autoimmune disease, emergency surgery, adrenal fatigue. She finally got help from physicians, healers, and a coach of her own, who all helped put her back together.

And so her journey of self-discovery has led her to holistic approaches to health and wellness, healing from the inside out, balancing mind and body.  Zarya is so happy with where she
is today and would love to share what she’s learned with our audience.

Here's the link to Zarya's website -⁠ https://drzarya.com⁠

Zarya's episode has been broadcast across 7 or 8 streaming sites including the one you’ve just listened to! Also new for 2024, this and all other episodes are loading onto my YouTube channel so you can follow the transcript there.

You can also watch for opportunities to pose your questions to future guests via my Facebook and Instagram profiles: @susandunlopleadbelievecreate.

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Today's guest is Dr Victoria Wilson-Crane the author of Sixteen Days: A Sudden Death. What to Say?

Vic is an Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist, supporting children and adults grieving life losses. Her memoir and self-help book, Sixteen Days, was published in January 2022; it is advice for those supporting others in shock and grief following sudden death.

By day, an Educational innovator and leader, Vic used her academic writing skills and love of words as therapy as she faced significant bereavement in 2020.

Vic lives in West Lancashire, England, with her author husband, Roger. They share their life and sense of humour with their dance-crazy daughter, Holly Mae, and their exuberant, unique, yet typically bonkers flat-coated retriever, Ted Hastings.

Vic will share the circumstances that led to her writing such a book and answer questions about what to say, or not to say, what to do that is helpful, and more.

In preparation for this episode, I put out a call for input on Facebook and Instagram and had some conversations with people who have experienced the sudden death of loved ones.

My sister-in-law has permitted me to share some helpful feedback, or as she said, ‘you’re Paul’s aunty, yes share'. She easily recalled the words people spoke that she found helpful and not helpful and what she observed after Paul’s sudden death. There are also some insights from Paul's sister on words that never got to be spoken in sudden-death situations.


Here's the link to Vic's website where people can find out more about working with her through The Grief Recovery Method - https://grief.drvictoriawilsoncrane.co.uk/

Update 15 January 2024: The transcript of our conversation will soon be available on YouTube.

Vic’s episode has been broadcast across 7 or 8 streaming sites including the one you’ve just listened to!

You can also watch for opportunities to pose your questions to future guests via my Facebook and Instagram profiles: @susandunlopleadbelievecreate.

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Today's guest is Kim Korven, Founder of The Conflict Queen (formerly The Gentle Way Divorce), who believes that divorce can be a gift for children.

Kim lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, in Canada’s Treaty 4 Territory with her husband (#2), one adult child from her first marriage, and rescue greyhounds and cats. Kim is the third generation in her family to steward 160 acres of natural prairie. 

Kim is a family mediator, peaceful divorce strategist, and trainer/speaker who combines her experience as a lawyer, judge, mediator, judo coach and parent to help people in conflict
remember they are the CEOs of their lives and create fair and family-focused results. This even happens when one spouse is a narcissist.  

Since I met with Kim a few weeks before our recording, she has spoken publicly for the first time about her experience in a relationship with a narcissist. Not her husband, but a former partner.


This is an information and story-rich program, that we managed to squeeze into less than 60 minutes.

If you'd like to find out more about Kim's work or her group program: the Divas of Disentanglement you will find her:

Website: https://www.theconflictqueen.ca

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.korven

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conflictqueen



The transcript from this episode will be available as an Article on my website: www.susandunlop.com.au/articles within a week of this episode being broadcast.

Episodes are shared via Spotify and other favourite streaming services.

On social media you will find me on Instagram and Facebook as @susandunlopleadbelievecreate




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The first guest after my six-month break from recording is Erica Curry.

Erica has been a licensed therapist and mental agility coach to athletes in California since 2017. Holding a degree in Psychology, and a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Erica found her way to that career via athletics.

As a Division One springboard diver, Erica saw how much she and her teammates struggled with different mental health-related symptoms that went unnoticed due to the stigmatisation of mental health and the grind/push-through culture of athletics.

Erica has spent the last six years helping athletes foster their own well-being and find their way after retirement.

Our conversation includes Erica's pivot from gymnastics to springboard diver at 14. We discussed what she witnessed or experienced herself and the struggles with mental health-related symptoms of athletes at her level. Statistics, tips and strategies for children, teenagers and parents to consider regarding sports are mixed into our 40-minute episode.

If you'd like to learn more about Erica's work, you can find her at www.coachericacurry.com or on Instagram and TikTok as @coachericacurry.

The transcript from this episode is available as an Article on my website: www.susandunlop.com.au and new from January 2024, all episodes may also be found on my YouTube channel: Susan Dunlop Coaching. Erica's Episode has been uploaded there as: YouTube

On social media you will find me on Facebook or Instagram as @susandunlopleadbelievecreate




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