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EP 43: The Power of Starting Over with Jill Bryansky

Jill Bryansky is a holistic healer and social worker whose work centers on helping people reconnect with their truth and inner freedom. 
 
Her journey began when she chose to leave an unfulfilling corporate career, following a deep inner realization that her life was misaligned.
 
This turning point led her into energy healing, where she quickly became a Reiki Master and began exploring multiple healing modalities. 
 
Through her work, she discovered that true healing goes beyond techniques. It requires emotional support, presence, and creating space for people to be heard.
 
Motivated by this, she pursued social work to integrate emotional and psychological healing into her practice. 
 
Her approach is deeply shaped by her own life experiences, including personal loss, which reinforced her belief that healing is about reconnection, not perfection.
 
Today, Jill blends various healing practices to guide others in exploring their inner world, releasing emotional blocks, and reconnecting with themselves. 
 
Her core message is that facing what we resist leads to freedom, and that it’s never too late to choose yourself and begin again.
 
Key takeaways from Jill’s Journey
1. Freedom Begins with Honesty - When something no longer aligns with you, it’s okay to choose a different path. True growth starts when you listen to your inner truth.
 
2. Follow What Feels Aligned - You don’t need a perfect plan. Trust what draws you in and take the next step, your path will unfold as you go.
 
3. Your Healing Is Deeper Than You Think - Real transformation happens when you allow yourself to feel, process, and explore what’s beneath the surface, not just fix what’s visible.
 
4. What You Avoid Holds Your Freedom - The parts of yourself you fear or resist are often the ones asking to be seen. Facing them is where true healing begins.
Quotes by Jill
1. “If something doesn’t feel right for you, honor that, your truth is always guiding you somewhere better.”
 
2. “The parts of yourself you’re avoiding are not your weakness, they’re the doorway to your freedom.”
 
Connect with Jill
Website - https://www.purplelotus.health/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559192859906
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/purplelotusintuitivehealing/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-briansky-7793292/
Email - jillbriansky@gmail.com
 
 
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EP 42: Finding Healing Through Breath with Karen Warwick

Karen Warwick is a breathwork facilitator and somatic healing guide who helps people reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and heal on emotional, physical, and energetic levels.
 
Her work is deeply rooted in her personal journey of struggling with chronic illness, severe migraines, and emotional isolation for many years. 
 
Despite exploring various healing methods, her true transformation came at age 50 during a breathwork experience that became a turning point in her life.
 
After that, she trained in breathwork and somatic healing, discovering how emotional trauma and nervous system imbalances can affect physical health. 
 
Today, Karen supports individuals (especially women dealing with stress and disconnection)  through breathwork sessions, coaching, and retreats, while emphasizing the power of community and the idea that healing can begin with something as simple as learning to breathe again.
 
Key takeaways from Karen’s Journey 
1. It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again - Karen discovered her life-changing breakthrough at 50. Your timeline is your own, and every stage of life holds the possibility for transformation and new purpose.
 
2. Your Breath Is a Powerful Tool for Healing - Something as simple as learning to breathe fully and consciously can help release tension, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect you with your body.
 
3. Pain Can Become Your Purpose - The struggles you face can eventually guide you toward helping others. When you transform your pain into purpose, it can become a source of strength and impact.
 
4. Small Steps Lead to Big Change - You don’t need to fix everything at once. One small step, one conversation, or one act of courage can begin the journey toward healing and growth.
 
Quotes by Karen
1. “You don’t have to change your entire life in one day. Just take one step, one breath, one small action that moves you closer to healing.”
 
2. “Don’t compare your journey to anyone else’s timeline. Your life unfolds in its own rhythm, and it’s never too late to begin again.”
 
Connect With Karen
Website - https://breatheagainwellness.com/ 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/breatheagainwellness/?hl=en
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kw.breathe.again.wellness/
Email - karen@breatheagainwellness.com
 
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EP 41: Learning to Love Yourself Again with Linda Shafer

Linda Shafer is a transformational coach who helps women rebuild their self-worth, especially later in life after experiencing trauma, silence, or unhealthy relationships. 
 
Her work is deeply shaped by her own life experiences and healing journey.
 
Growing up in an abusive environment, Linda learned to survive by becoming quiet and obedient while disconnecting from her own needs. 
 
As she got older, unresolved trauma and painful experiences led to years of codependent relationships where she focused on caring for others while losing sight of her own identity.
 
Eventually, Linda reached a turning point when she realized she no longer knew who she was outside of the roles she had been living. 
 
This realization began her healing journey through personal growth, mentorship, and women’s empowerment work. Through this process, she learned self-love, reclaimed her voice, and rebuilt her sense of self.
 
Today, Linda uses her experiences to guide women. Especially those leaving narcissistic or codependent relationships. Helping them rebuild confidence, set boundaries, and rediscover their authentic selves. 
 
Now in her seventies, she shares a powerful message that it is never too late to heal, reclaim your identity, and create a new chapter in life.
 
Key takeaways from Linda’s Journey
1. Your Past Does Not Define You - No matter what you’ve lived through, you still have the power to choose who you become and how the rest of your story unfolds.
 
2. Self-Love Is Where Healing Begins - Real transformation starts the moment you begin valuing yourself from within, rather than searching for worth in others.
 
3. Healing Happens in Layers - Growth is a gradual journey of gently peeling back shame, fear, and conditioning until your true self can finally breathe.
 
4. You Can Rebuild at Any Age - Reinvention has no expiration date. It’s never too late to reclaim your voice, your joy, and your freedom.
 
5. You Cannot Pour from an Empty Heart - Caring for yourself is not selfish; it is the strength that allows you to live fully and show up for others with love.
 
Quotes by Linda
1. “Whatever has happened to you does not define who you are, you still get to choose the rest of your story.”
 
2. “When you truly learn to love yourself, the courage to change your life begins to appear.”
 
Connect with Linda 
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-shafer-4441a718
Website - https://lindashaferspeaks.wordpress.com/ 
 
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EP 40: Back to Wholeness with Darlene Brace

Darlene Brace is a licensed social worker and trauma-informed therapist whose work is shaped by both professional training and her own personal healing journey.
 
Drawn to the field by a natural ability to hold space for others, she pursued psychology and earned her Master of Social Work to support individuals navigating emotional pain.
 
Behind her professional success, she was healing from early trauma that manifested through disordered eating, overcontrol, and a deep need for safety. 
 
A turning point during graduate school led her to realize that true healing requires more than understanding the mind; it requires reconnecting with the body.
 
Through therapy and body-based practices like yoga and mindful movement, she learned to experience movement as medicine rather than punishment. 
 
After facing burnout herself, she redefined her approach to emphasize sustainable healing, self-compassion, and balance. At the core of her message is the belief that healing is possible and that everyone is worthy of it.
 
Key takeaways from Darlene’s Journey
1. Healing Is More Than Thinking - You can’t always think your way out of pain. Real healing often happens when you reconnect with your body, emotions, and nervous system.
 
2. Your Body Holds Wisdom - Learning to listen to your body can guide you toward what you truly need, whether that’s rest, movement, or emotional release.
 
3. You Are Allowed to Start Small - Healing is not an overnight transformation. Consistent, small steps over time can lead to powerful and lasting change.
 
4. The Right Support Matters - Finding the right therapist, practitioner, or community can make all the difference. Don’t get discouraged if your first attempt doesn’t feel aligned.
 
Quotes by Darlene
1. “Healing started for me when I realized I didn’t want to be controlled by food anymore, I wanted to feel whole.”
 
2. “If one therapist, one modality, or one space doesn’t work for you, don’t give up, keep trying until you find the support that feels safe.”
 
Connect with Darlene
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DarleneBraceLCSW.LAC/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/authentic_healing/?hl=en
Website - https://www.darlenebrace.com
 
 
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EP 39: Starting Over After Divorce with Hannah Palumbo

Hannah Palumbo is a devoted mother and inspiring voice for women navigating divorce, identity, and new beginnings. 
 
After years in a marriage that appeared stable but felt emotionally isolating, she chose divorce through deep reflection and a desire to create a peaceful life for herself and her children.
 
In the rebuilding that followed, Hannah developed resilience, redefined family through intentional co-parenting, and created a calm, emotionally safe home. 
 
She discovered that children thrive most when parents are emotionally present and at peace, even in separate households.
 
Her journey also included intentionally building community, honoring her own needs without guilt, and strengthening self-trust and boundaries. 
 
Today, she lives with grounded confidence and shares a message of trusting intuition, embracing growth, investing in connection, and recognizing that starting over is an act of courage that leads to healing and fulfillment.
 
Key takeaways from Hannah’s Journey
1. Your intuition is your inner truth - If something feels off, it deserves your attention. Learning to trust your gut can guide you toward clarity, even when the decision feels scary.
 
2. Peace is worth choosing - A peaceful home and heart matter more than maintaining an image. Choosing calm over constant tension can change everything, for you and your children.
 
3. Happy parents create happier kids - Children don’t need perfection or pretense. They thrive when their parents are emotionally present, grounded, and at peace, even in separate homes.
 
4. You are not meant to do life alone - Community doesn’t always come easily, but it can be created. 
 
5. Protect the peace you’ve built - As you grow, be intentional about what you allow into your life. Anything you welcome in should add to your peace, not take away from it.
Quotes by Hannah
1. “If your life looks ‘right’ on the outside but feels heavy on the inside, that’s your intuition asking you to listen.”
 
2. “Starting over is scary, but staying somewhere that doesn’t support your growth is far more costly.”
Connect with Hannah
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-palumbo-8ab47722b
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hannahpalumbo/
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@hannahpalumbo
 
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Ep 38: Healing Starts Within With Tammy Jupiter

Tammy Jupiter is a soul-led healer and quantum transformation mentor who helps people reconnect with their truth, reclaim their power, and remember they are limitless. 
 
Her journey into healing began during a difficult season of instability and emotional overwhelm, where she started questioning her purpose and feeling disconnected from herself.
 
A major turning point came when her eldest daughter faced serious challenges and received a diagnosis Tammy didn’t feel aligned with. 
 
This became her catalyst to dive into holistic healing, and in the process, Tammy didn’t just find healing tools, she rediscovered herself.
 
Through energy work, breathwork, transformational coaching, and inner reprogramming, she realized many of the fears, beliefs, and emotional burdens people carry are often learned or inherited, and  not truly theirs. 
 
Today, Tammy supports others in releasing mental overwhelm, shifting into a heart-centered presence, and stepping into a new identity with clarity and confidence.
 
 
Key takeaways from Tammy’s journey
1. Your breaking point can become your breakthrough - When everything feels like it’s falling apart, it may actually be life guiding you toward something greater.
 
2. Not everything you carry belongs to you - Many fears, beliefs, and emotional burdens are learned or inherited. Healing begins when you release what was never yours.
 
3. Your outer world reflects your inner world - Lasting change doesn’t start outside of you. It starts when you turn inward and reconnect with who you truly are.
 
4. Get out of the mind and into the heart - Overthinking keeps you trapped in the past. Presence and heart-space bring you back to truth, safety, and the power to move forward.
 
 
Quotes by Tammy
1. “Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world, if you want a new life, start by turning inward.”
 
2. “When you get out of the mind and drop into the heart space, creating the life you desire becomes so much easier.”
 
 
Connect with Tammy
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tammy.jupiter/
Website - https://merakibreathworkenergytransformation.mykajabi.com/the-meraki-method
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tamsmeraki_divine_arts
Meraki Breathwork Energy & Transformation - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082866998276 
Private community page - She Rises Nervous System Healing and Soul Truth Activation - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2863640810486691 
 
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Ep 37: A Life That Looked Perfect. Until it Didn’t! With Roya Mattis

Roya Mattis’s journey began behind a life that looked successful on the outside. 
 
She had a high-level career, financial security, recognition, and everything she once believed would make her feel fulfilled. But beneath the surface, she was struggling. 
 
Her body began to break down with chronic illness, and emotionally she felt empty, confused, and disconnected. 
 
Spiritually, she sensed that something was deeply misaligned and that there was more to who she was meant to be.
 
Her turning point came when she realized that feeling stuck wasn’t a failure, but  a sign that her old way of living no longer fit. 
 
Powerful spiritual experiences helped her understand that she was being called to change and to help others do the same.
 
This marked the beginning of a long journey of healing, embodiment, and releasing patterns passed down through her family line. 
 
Through her own transformation, Roya learned that true change doesn’t come from achievement or forcing growth, but from reconnecting with the body, honoring intuition, and living in alignment with truth rather than appearances.
Key takeaways from Roya’s journey
1. Feeling stuck is a signal, not a flaw - When your life looks successful but feels empty, it’s an invitation to evolve into a deeper, truer version of yourself.
2. Curiosity opens the door to change - Instead of asking “Why?”, shift to “What else is possible for me?” Curiosity creates momentum where confusion once lived.
3. Messy growth is still growth - Every transformation passes through an awkward, uncomfortable phase. Embrace it, it means you’re alive, expanding, and becoming.
4. Alignment begins in the body - You can’t think your way into wholeness. True alignment comes from feeling, sensing, and reconnecting with your inner feminine or masculine essence.
 
Quotes by Roya
1. “When your life looks like success but feels like suffering, it’s not failure, it’s your soul asking you to evolve.”
 
2. “Every transformation has a messy middle. If you’re uncomfortable, you’re not doing it wrong, you’re waking up.”
 
3. “The patterns you carry aren’t always yours, but the power to rewrite them is. You can rise above anything coded into your past and create a new future.”
 
Connect with Roya
Website - https://www.royamattis.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Roya-Mattis-100054609182192/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/TheRoyaMattisExperience
Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@royamattisexperience
Email Address - hello@royamattis.com
 
 
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Ep 36: How Choosing Yourself Can Change Everything with Bessy Goulianos

Bessy Goulianos’ journey began in her mid-twenties when, shortly after becoming a new mother, she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. 
 
For years, she pushed through severe illness, prioritizing her roles as a wife, mother, and caretaker while neglecting her own needs. 
 
As her health declined, she was forced onto disability and underwent major surgery that permanently changed her life, yet also gave her a renewed chance to live.
 
Her challenges continued with emotional losses, including a divorce and the death of her mother, followed by another autoimmune condition. 
 
Despite repeatedly pushing through pain, her body eventually reached a breaking point, leading to a moment of deep realization: no one was coming to save her, and she had to choose herself.
 
This realization marked the beginning of her healing. 
 
Bessy shifted from survival to self-awareness, deepening her work in meditation, energy healing, sound therapy, and mindset transformation. 
 
Within a few years, she transformed her life, becoming an author, speaker, and creator of The Goulianos Whole Integration Model. 
 
Her story reflects resilience, self-trust, and the power of choosing oneself, anchored by the message that defines her work today: you are not broken, you are becoming.
Key Takeaways from Bessy’s Journey
1. Healing Begins with a Choice – The moment you realize no one is coming to save you is the moment you reclaim your power and decide to save yourself.
 
2. Small Steps Create Big Shifts – Ten minutes of grounding, a few intentional breaths, or a moment of stillness each day can gently move you from survival into healing.
 
3. Look Beyond the Symptom – True transformation happens when you stop asking “How do I fix this?” and start asking “What is this trying to tell me about my life, my stress, and my beliefs?”
 
4. Putting Yourself First Is Not Selfish – Prioritizing your wellbeing allows you to show up stronger, more grounded, and more loving—for yourself and for everyone around you.
 
5. You Are Not Broken, You Are Becoming – Your challenges, illnesses, and setbacks are not the end of your story. They are shaping you into a wiser, stronger, more aligned version of who you’re meant to be.
 
Quotes by Bessy
1. “Take three deep breaths and really feel them, you can literally feel yourself calming down and coming back to the present moment.”
 
2. “You are not broken. You are becoming, and every challenge you’ve walked through is part of your transformation.”
 
Connect With Bessy
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/apathwaytokefi/ 
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/bessygoulianos  
Website - https://bessygoulianos.com/ 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bessy_goulianos 
 
 
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Ep 35 - Chakra Series - Solar Plexus Chakra: The Energy of “I Do”

In this episode Victoria explores the transformational power of the solar plexus chakra, the energy center that governs confidence, willpower, abundance, and aligned action.
 
Victoria breaks down how this chakra shapes the way we move through life, how we make decisions, pursue goals, and understand our own worth. 
 
She explains that while the root teaches us “I’m safe,” and the sacral teaches us “I want,” the solar plexus awakens the empowering truth: “I do.”
 
She also highlights the essential pillars of prosperity which are; intuition, action, mindset, and energy, and shows how true abundance begins when all four work together. 
 
The episode serves as an inspiring reminder that everything you need to create the life you desire already exists within you. 
 
When you trust your gut, align your actions, expand your beliefs, and protect your energy, you step into a version of yourself capable of achieving anything.
 
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Ep 34: Grounded and Growing with Amanda Color

Amanda is a social worker and healer whose story reflects resilience, spiritual awakening, and the power of reconnecting with yourself.
 
Raised by a strong single mother who fought for women’s rights, she grew up surrounded by influential female role models who instilled in her the values of perseverance and justice. 
 
Even with this strong foundation, Amanda felt ungrounded in early adulthood as a young social worker and single mom, navigating emotional, financial, and spiritual challenges while supporting others.
 
Her turning point came when she opened herself to healing through meditation, reflection, and eventually Reiki - an unexpected introduction that profoundly shifted her inner world.  
 
Amanda continued to explore sound healing and tuning forks, now offering grounding, restorative sessions that help clients move through pain, overwhelm, and life transitions 
 
Supported by her husband, Amanda continues to grow her gifts and her impact.  
Key Takeaways from Amanda’s Journey
1. Healing begins within - Your transformation starts the moment you decide to look inward and commit to your own growth.
 
2. Grounding changes everything - When you reconnect with your body, your breath, and the world around you, clarity and peace naturally follow.
 
3. Your spiritual awakening often starts in hard seasons - The challenges that shake you are often the ones that push you toward your purpose.
 
4. Energy work is a pathway to emotional freedom - Practices like Reiki, sound healing, meditation, and tuning forks can help release stress, reconnect you to your intuition, and bring real inner alignment.
 
 
Quotes by Amanda
1. “Healing starts with you. When you look within and make a plan for your future, everything begins to shift.”
 
2. “Your support system matters. Find the people who lift you, listen to you, and help you walk toward the version of yourself you’re becoming.”
 
 
Connect with Amanda
Website - https://www.colorscounseling.org/wellness 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/colorscounseling/ 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/colorspluscounseling 
 
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