Stacy Blemaster grew up in a prominent, wealthy family that looked perfect from the outside, but secrets and abuse were hidden underneath that gleaming facade. In this episode of Linda's Corner, Stacy shares her journey of discovering and loving her authentic self. Stacy is an author and an overcomer. You can learn more about Stacy and her book at her website https://stacyblemaster.com

Some of the highlights Stacy shares:

• Stacy's story of growing up in wealth, prominence and every benchmark of success
• Becoming a people pleaser and overachiever
• Her struggle with depression and identity crisis with no sense of self at all
• An "as if" personality. She was pretending to be Stacy rather than being Stacy
• A therapist suggested that she look at her past abuse, but she wasn't ready yet
• Her experience in a mental hospital
• Misdiagnosed with borderline personality. Later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
• Being told, "You'll never survive outside a hospital"
• Exposing long held secrets of abuse and dysfunctionality
• How one person who truly cares can save a life and make all the difference
• The value of having a personal advocate
• Do I have the courage to be who I am?
• Am I allowed to be myself?
• What is it like to be a person and be happy? What does that look like? What does it feel like?
• Learning to be a 3 dimensional person (rather than a 2 dimensional facade)
• Why being understood and feeling loved are really the same thing
• Why being authentic leads to true happiness
• If I'm not being authentic, then I can't truly feel loved because I fear that people just love the facade
• The beauty of surrounding yourself with authentic people
• And more

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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.

Reviews for Breathwork Detox say, "It's like 20 years of therapy in one session without saying a word," and "The results are immediate and undeniable." In this episode of Linda's Corner, Kurtis Lee Thomas explains how a specific method of breathing can be like the "cheat code" to accelerate your healing and personal transformation. Kurtis is a #1 Bestselling author and the founder of Breathwork Detox. He has worked with tens of thousands of students including some of the world’s most influential celebrities, athletes and companies from NIKE to NASA.

You can reach Kurtis at his website https://www.breathworkdetox.com

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Some of the highlights Kurtis shares:

• Kurtis's personal story of a health crisis that led to the discovery of Breathwork Detox
• How breathwork is the body's natural bio hack
• How Breathwork Detox is like a "cheat code" placed in the body to accelerate healing
• Breathwork Detox gets the brain into "flow state" and releases micro doses of natural DMT (the "spirit molecule")
• Breathing is not an "alternative" healing modality, it's actually the original healing modality
• Helping the body to release trapped emotions quickly and effectively
• How breathwork is different from meditation
• 70% of all the body's toxins are released through the lungs (breathwork)
• 85% of weight loss occurs through gaseous exchange of carbon dioxide (breathwork)
• Your body wants to heal, but we need to remove the things that are in the way like pent up tension and stress
• How to experience deep emotional healing quickly
• Why many people cry during a session of Breathwork Detox
• We have 55,000 thoughts a day, 80% are negative, and 98% are a repeat of yesterday's thoughts.
• Program your brain to think positive
• A negative mind will never give you a positive life
• You are the solution to your problems
• If something in your life needs to change, that something is you
• See for yourself if it works by trying it out
• And more

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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.

In this episode of Linda's Corner, we discuss addiction recovery for women. Where does addiction come from? Why to people relapse? And how can I heal and truly become free? Guest Patti Clark is the award winning author of "This way Up" and "Recovery Road Trip." She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and more. You can reach Patti at her website https://www.patticlark.org

Some of the highlights Patti shares:

• What is "drunkorexia" and how is it a growing problem?
• The source of addiction is trauma
• Addiction is an attempt to sooth our pain
• Don't ask 'why the addiction?' ask 'why the pain?'
• What are you trying to avoid or escape from?
• Patti's personal story of growing up with an alcoholic mother whose consumption eventually killed her
• Why she started drinking and using drugs as a young teenager
• Searching for motivation that works. "I'm going to die," "I don't want to be like my mother," "I don't want to lose my husband," and "I want to be a good mother for my children," are all worthy motives, but none of them was enough. It wasn't until Patti decided, "I want this and I'm worth it," that real lasting change began
• Why people relapse
• Why recovering addicts often search for another addiction
• When a person becomes sober they have to face the pain they were trying to avoid in the first place
• We have to do the work to heal the underlying trauma
• What is on the other side is so much better. It is worth it!!!
• We need to learn to love ourselves
• We need to learn to value ourselves
• We need to trust that we are worthy to take up space
• And more

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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.

Dr. Traci Lynn explains why it's never too late to achieve your dreams when you have the right mindset, processes and willingness to put in the work. Dr. Traci is known as the $100 million dollar woman. She is also the founder and CEO of Traci Lynn Jewelry and the Icon Circle as well as an author, celebrated motivational speaker and role model. You can reach Dr. Traci on Instagram @drtracilynn or at her Big Dog Academy website https://www.bigdogwoof.com

Some of the highlights Dr. Traci shares:

• Reaching her secret goal of personal body transformation by age 60
• It's never too late to accomplish your goals and dreams
• We want to project perfection, but it's authenticity that really attracts people
• Do you have a secret dream that you'd like to achieve?
• People don't want processes - they want instantaneous results - but that's not realistic
• Do the work and the results will show
• God showed me the way, but I had to do the work
• There are no shortcuts in life
• I can't do the work for you, but I can show you a better path
• Have the courage to follow inspiration even when it's uncomfortable
• Faith without works is dead
• Because I had the courage to do what I knew I was supposed to do, doors opened
• Success requires work, processes, and the right mindset
• It took three tries to really succeed
• If you're not succeeding, it doesn't necessarily mean you're not on the right path
• What additional info do you need?
• There's no magic pill
• Does fear paralyze you?
• Try it again
• What person do you need to become to achieve your dreams?
• Money isn't good or bad, it's an amplifier
• I want to be blessed to be a blessing
• Don't say "yes" just to please others
• If it does not align, you must decline
• Distraction holds us back, letting go of distractions brings freedom
• How to reach Dr. Traci through social media and her website
• And more

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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.

In this episode of Linda's Corner we explore the tremendous mental health benefits from psilocybin therapy. Tara Portelli is a Certified Natural Health Practitioner, Certified Clinical Hypnotist, Psychologist, psilocybin guide, and the founder of the Arcadia Healing Sanctum. You can reach Tara at her website https://www.arcadiahealing.ca/

Some of the highlights Tara shares:

• Her background as a paramedic for 9 years
• Suffering from PTSD
• Meeting a mushroom healer and discovering a transformative healing tool
• Research shows that psilocybin re-routes the neural pathways of the brain
• Like de-fragging a computer (rearranging the files on your hard disk for faster access)
• How psilocybin helps our brain get out of loop thinking
• How psilocybin can help with PTSD, depression, suicidal thoughts, self doubt, self loathing, insecurity, feeling isolated, low confidence, etc.
• How to get permanent positive results quickly
• How to feel loved and connected
• Is psilocybin therapy a good fit for you? What are some contraindicators?
• What if I'm just getting started on a self healing journey?
• What if I've been on a self healing journey for a long time?
• How to get unstuck
• What kind of investment will it take?
• How long will it take to get results?
• And more

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In this episode of Linda's Corner, Lisa Zeiderman shares strategies to protect your wealth before, during and (if necessary) after a marriage. Lisa is an award winning matrimonial and family law attorney, certified financial divorce analyst, Certified financial litigator, and regular contributing author to Psychology Today, Financial Advisor Magazine, New York Law Journal, and the Forbes Business Council. You can reach Lisa at her website lisazeiderman.com. Lisa is also the chair of the Savvy Ladies 501(c)(3) which empowers women through financial knowledge.

Freebie: Visit savvyladies.org for free 1 on 1 help with a financial advisor

Some of the highlights Lisa shares:

• What she learned from her own divorce experience
• How lawyer responsiveness can minimize stress and solve unnecessary problems
• Divorce affects our children and our finances - two things that matter most
• A current trend of weaponizing incompetence
• Remember to put the needs and wellbeing of children above the desire to punish a former spouse
• Your attorney is only as good as the information you give him or her - you are responsible for communication
• Don't withhold necessary information from your attorney
• Be truthful with your attorney
• How to protect your finances before, during, and after a marriage
• The power of a well written pre-nuptial agreement
• Begin a relationship with clear communication regarding expectations regarding finances
• What are your concerns about finances? Let your fiancé or spouse know
• Protect inheritances or properties by keeping them separate and apart from income (put them in a separate bank account and don't co-mingle with marital assets)
• In a divorce situation, clearly identify marital assets and seek an equitable distribution
• Pay attention to your finances
• Don't let one partner control all the finances, be involved and informed
• And more

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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.

Sylvia was attacked by a serial killer eight months after her son was murdered. She's also endured sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, neglect and a divorce. Sylvia understands grief, loss, and trauma down to her core. She has learned that although you can't erase the bad things that happen to you, you can become better and stronger because of them. You can mend beautifully.

Sylvia Moore Myers is a certified mental health coach, personal life coach, suicide prevention specialist, first responder in crisis and trauma, speaker, author, thought leader and the founder and CEO of Gold Scars, LLC. You can reach Sylvia at her website https://www.sylviamooremyers.com

Special offer: Listeners can use the coupon code MJA40 to receive 40% off the purchase price of her book on the website. https://www.sylviamooremyers.com

Some of the highlights Sylvia shares:

• How healing is like the Japanese art form "kintsugi"
• People don't really heal, we scar, and that's enough
• "My whole life I was looking for an eraser to remove the things that hurt me when I should have been looking for a highlighter"
• Learning how to "scar beautifully"
• S.C.A.R. - Strength, Courage, Adapt, Resilience
• Steps to heal from abuse, loss, trauma, and more
• The harrowing story of her son's murder
• The unbelievable story of being attacked by a serial killer in her own driveway
• Fighting for her life and the lives of her children
• How current methods of shielding children from grief actually makes it worse
• How grief can compile throughout our lives if we don't address them
• How parents can model grief for their children
• How healing from unresolved grief helps heal our current grief
• How to feel worthy again after sexual abuse and trauma
• You can be happy again
• How smiling (even if we don't feel like it) can jump start happiness
• Making a decision to heal
• Finding humor and learning how to laugh again after loss
• I deserve to be healthy and happy again
• I didn't need a way to forget the loss of my son, I needed a better way to remember him
• And more

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Kamini Wood's life changed forever when she saw her daughter dim her own light because she didn’t believe her shine was ‘good enough.’ In this episode of Linda's Corner, Kamini explains how to love and trust ourselves so we can allow our light to shine brightly. Kamini is a best selling author, speaker, certified life coach, and the founder and CEO of Live Joy Your Way. You can reach Kamini at her website https://www.kaminiwood.com/

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Some of the highlights Kamini shares:

• Our children mirror the way we show up in the world - heal yourself first
• Mindful parenting - it's not about "fixing" our children, it's about understanding our children
• Empathy is about understanding what a person is feeling and supporting them
• People pleasing involves taking responsibility for another person's thoughts, feelings, and reactions - it leads to feelings of "never enough"
• How to let go of relying on external validation
• Learning how to trust our internal validation
• Learning how to honor our own needs and trust ourselves
• Start with small things
• Build self trust
• How to silence the inner critic
• Searching for evidence that we're enough
• How to see ourselves differently
• Overcome self doubt
• Learn how to set boundaries - build those muscles
• How to feel more confident
• How to prevent burnout
• How to accept yourself
• Allowing ourselves to "take up space"
• Understanding shame
• Overcoming shame
• Is that really true?
• If I think it's true, where did I learn that? Whose voice do I hear?
• When you tell yourself a story for long enough, you begin to believe it
• How to change your story
• Self compassion is key
• Find support
• And more

Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!

Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.