Your Life After

with Robin Dunn Bryant
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  • Alternative Health
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The Your Life After podcast is a place where people can talk about the lives they lead after traumas. This podcast will feature survivors, victims, and professionals sharing their experiences, expertise, insights, and struggles. The goal here is not to showcase stories of triumph, though I'm sure some of those stories will be triumphant. The goal is to shine a light on our own shared humanity and to perhaps encourage someone to move forward through their own trauma.

  1. Parenting through trauma

    08/17/2021

    Parenting through trauma

    Childhood emotional trauma deeply informed Catherine Register’s approach to parenting. As she started on her healing journey, doing so while raising children was immensely difficult. It was quite a challenge to overcome those hurdles and come out the other side. She has a passion and heart for parents struggling to care for their children while trying to do their own healing work. Guest on this episode Catherine Register holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Georgia and has completed graduate coursework in Social Work with an emphasis on Community Organization. Catherine’s experience as both an entrepreneur and a human service provider has deeply informed her work as a policy advocate. Her lifelong commitment to empowering vulnerable people is fueled by her role as the mother of three young girls. The responsibility of raising empowered and confident women has motivated her to remain committed to both personal and professional growth. She works in and out of the office to assess needs in the community and target resources to direct to those requiring support.

    1 hr
  2. Healing and thriving after physical and emotional abuse

    08/03/2021

    Healing and thriving after physical and emotional abuse

    Rachel Alexander wanted to spend our time together talking about navigating co-parenting with a narcissist, dating as a single parent, reactions she experienced after leaving her abusive ex, the relationship of the church with abusers, and the importance of therapy. She sees healing as a continual process and believes the more we talk about domestic violence, the more we heal and help others. Guest on this episode Rachel connects people with homes and the lifestyles they want. Slated to make the top 15% this year for local Realtors, she credits her success with a conscious decision to open up, live authentically, and being able to tell her story. She finds that the more she gives, the more she receives. As a survivor of domestic violence in an abusive marriage, she has the goal of being able to help just one woman leave a similar relationship each time she tells her story. She believes that there is always a reason for what we go through; to help others. Mentioned in the show/resources Rachel’s website: soldbyrare.kw.com Rachel’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/rachelsellshomes850

    1h 30m
  3. Get serious about self-care

    07/20/2021

    Get serious about self-care

    Aisha Moore doesn’t want other women to experience what she did. She joined me to talk about how we focus on jobs and accolades and how that can lead to our soul being undernourished. Guest on this episode Aisha Moore is a self-care advocate and stress management expert. Her father inspired her 20-year career in public health and service in various healthcare-related associations. She has a unique perspective because she “over-served” until she was stressed out to the point of being on short-term disability. After getting serious about self-care, she was able to heal anxiety naturally, boost her career, and revive a failing marriage. She now helps successful leaders who are overwhelmed change their thought processes, systems, and habits to serve without sacrificing their sanity. Mentioned in the show/resources Aisha’s website: seriousaboutselfcare.com

    44 min
  4. Learning to live in my own skin

    07/06/2021

    Learning to live in my own skin

    Shea Atkin wants to destigmatize the word trauma and let listeners know that even though healing from trauma is messy, it’s still worth it. She says that we are only as sick as our secrets. We learn boundaries to know who is safe and has earned the right to hear our secrets and stories. Shea believes many of our current patterns (unaware or aware) are our attempts to reconcile a past that no longer exists. Guest on this episode I'm a survivor of major developmental childhood trauma and addiction. Somehow I made it through without dying, and in my second half of life, I have dedicated myself to healing from it and helping others heal from theirs as well. We are all in this together, and I hope we can each learn to live comfortably in our own skin. Mentioned in the show/resources Schedule a consultation with Shea here: https://www.traumahealingcollective.com/shea-atkin-ttt-lmt Information about CranioSacrel therapy and Somato-Emotional Release: https://www.craniosacralis.hu/craniosacral-therapy/what-is-ser/  An overview of Trauma Touch Therapy: https://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/trauma-touch-therapy The Joyous Body: https://www.soundstrue.com/products/the-joyous-body

    49 min
  5. Living after loss

    06/22/2021

    Living after loss

    Shayna Acree joins us to talk about the grief journey that people experience after a significant loss in their life. Because of her own experiences, she understands how difficult it is to heal. She shares her thoughts with us about the different grief stages, how many people can get stuck in their grief following loss and trauma, and how to be okay with not being okay at times. Guest on the show Shayna Acree is a native of Tallahassee, Florida where she resides with her husband and children and she is a graduate of Florida State University. Shayna lost her eldest child, Amyia, suddenly in December of 2012. In her first book, There is Hope on the Other Side of Grief, Shayna shares her personal story of her journey through grief and loss. Her hope is to inspire and empower others through their grief journey. Shayna Acree is also a Certified Life Coach, specializing in assisting people’s journey through the different stages of grief and loss. Mentioned in the show/resources Shayna’s website: fromamyia.com

    57 min
  6. Not simply taking up oxygen

    10/27/2020

    Not simply taking up oxygen

    Rebecca Kelly-Manders is a child of divorce. She survived growing up with a functioning alcoholic, joined the military where she wasn’t the greatest soldier (her words, not mine), and has had a mark left on her by the criminal justice system. She’s built a life of service through her own recovery from addiction and sharing her skills as a chef. We talk about that and more on season one’s final episode. Guest on this episode I always start these kinds of paragraphs with professional accomplishments, but really I’m just a human in the world trying to move through it as carefully as possible, helping as many people as I can and harming as few as possible. I am a devoted partner, Mets fan, and pet parent, I make a mean burger and I have two felonies. You get to decide what’s important, I already know. Mentioned in the show/resources REfire Culinary - http://refireculinary.org/ Florida Rights Restoration Coalition - https://floridarrc.com/

    1h 26m
  7. Shining light on dark spaces to foster family and community healing

    10/13/2020

    Shining light on dark spaces to foster family and community healing

    Community advocate Talethia Edwards joins us on Your Life after to talk with me about her childhood, community activism, building her parenting toolbox to battler her ghosts in the nursery, and how parenting her children is healing her and helping her in turn heal her community. Guest on this episode Talethia Edwards is a wife, mother, community, and family advocate. Her work finds her strategizing ways to empower and educate her community in order to change patterns of poverty and low achievement. Mentioned in the show/resources Talethia’s website - https://marketingwithopule.wixsite.com/talethiaedwards TEDx Tallahassee talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/talethia_edwards Just Talethia - https://www.youtube.com/just-talethia The Wondering Wonder Woman podcast - https://soundcloud.com/the-wondering-wonder-woman

    41 min
  8. Undoing the long-term emotional coping of trauma

    09/29/2020

    Undoing the long-term emotional coping of trauma

    The poet Reuben Jackson joins us on Your Life After to talk with me about this juncture where he is focusing on and contextualizing the impact of trauma on his life. Specifically, acknowledging and discussing the work he’s doing to work to live unmasked, no longer hiding or distancing his  "soft" (or softer) sides. Guest on this episode I was born in Augusta, Georgia, grew up in Washington, DC. Currently working as an Archivist with the University of The District Of Columbia's Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. Previously hosted Friday Night Jazz on Vermont Public Radio, and as Archivist and Curator with the Smithsonian's Duke Ellington Collection. I'm also a published poet and a full-time nerd. Mentioned in the show/resources Poems from Scattered Clouds -  https://alansquirepublishing.com/book-authors/reuben-jackson/

    1h 13m
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The Your Life After podcast is a place where people can talk about the lives they lead after traumas. This podcast will feature survivors, victims, and professionals sharing their experiences, expertise, insights, and struggles. The goal here is not to showcase stories of triumph, though I'm sure some of those stories will be triumphant. The goal is to shine a light on our own shared humanity and to perhaps encourage someone to move forward through their own trauma.

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  • Creator
    with Robin Dunn Bryant
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © with Robin Dunn Bryant
  • Show Website
    Your Life After