episode 44: the teacher (How Coronavirus is My Greatest Teacher in Miracles)

When you grow up in trauma, it's hard to understand the people who hurt you, the people who put you in unsafe situations, the people who purposely hurt you, are YOUR teachers. My racist father was my teacher for injustice. My narcissistic mother was my teacher for my inner worthiness. My ex-husband was my teacher on spotlighting my judgment of others. My past toxic friendships and relationships are my teachers for emotional growth through challenging experiences.

Coronavirus was my teacher in finding the miracle of me. Coronavirus was my teacher for questioning my childhood belief system. Coronavirus was my teacher in building resiliency.

Coronavirus IS my teacher in challenging my fears and proving those fears wrong.

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episode 43: the chord (How My Dad's Death Was A Gift To My Healing) When my dad died, a toxic limb was severed from my body. It was startling when the detective called to tell me my Dad was dead. I no longer had to endure my father's dysfunctional behaviors. He was dead. So now what? In this episode, I share epiphanies about my dad’s death being a gift to my healing and the unconditional love I gave him directly before he died despite the hurt he caused me in childhood. My father’s death gave me unspeakable freedom and release. His death created a deeper pathway to my inner worthiness. My father’s death led me to discover my mother is a narcissist. How? Because his chaotic behaviors were no longer in the picture or a distraction. A fog had lifted. I could see my mother's abuse clearly now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Christine for Mental Health Discussions and Tools for Recovery:

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============================================== This episode is sponsored by Uphealing Mental Healthcare. ⁠Uphealing Mental Healthcare ⁠is a telehealth service in the Dallas / Fort Worth, providing psychiatric treatment with medication management and therapy. Visit uphealing.org for more information. http://uphealing.org

What beliefs did you have about yourself from childhood? What beliefs did you have about your parents then and now? Our beliefs are formed by the time we are 7 years old. My beliefs and perspectives about myself and my parents were intertwined with a story of unworthiness, can’t trust, never will get better, and not feeling safe.

At any given moment, we can change our perspectives and beliefs. Believing I would die from Coronavirus changed my perspective about my childhood beliefs forever. Changing my perspective about my childhood beliefs has been pivotal in my healing. Making this choice has brought me peace.

This episode is about how getting Coronavirus was the catapult in questioning my childhood beliefs and perspectives.

Today's Mantras:

• I am the truth

• All the answers I am seeking are within me

• I can change my perspective at any given moment

• My strength lies within the possibility of the new possible

• My perspectives are evolving for my healing and mental wellbeing

• My perspectives are limitless, and SO AM I

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Thank you for listening. I hope people will not suffer as much by discovering healing techniques through my experiences.

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What is your relationship with Uncertainty? How do you respond to Uncertainty? How do you react when a plan changes unexpectedly? How do you react when a person reacts to you unexpectedly?

Uncertainty is a word that can invoke fear, anxiety, and stress in our minds. However, uncertainty can also be a friend.

This episode is about how I learned to embrace uncertainty through my uncertain experiences rather than fearing it, which can help you to become more resilient in the face of challenges. This episode explains why our brains are hardwired to think negatively and strategies for changing this pattern.

Mantras for this episode:

I embrace uncertainty

Uncertainty creates opportunity

Uncertainty shows me areas I need healing

Uncertainty leads me to me

Thank you for listening. My hope is for people not to suffer as much by discovering healing techniques through my experiences.
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Hearing the N-Word my entire life was a trauma for me. Witnessing injustice frequently impacted my childhood.

Injustice was a trauma for me.

Today's episode is about my experience with being raised by a Racist White Alcoholic Father.

How my Father not only said the N-Word but would describe a group of people as subhuman. Connecting the dots with how my father became racist and how his racism has led to my soul's calling.

How my racist grandmother would not let me swim with black people.

Why I have always been drawn to other cultures.

And the surprising time I felt love and safety for the first time at 14 years old.

Thank you for listening. My hope is for others to find ways to heal through my journey.

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This Episode is about JOURNALING and GRATITUDE - How Journaling has helped me understand myself.

When you start your day by Writing 5 Things you are Grateful for, YOU start with Love for Yourself.

Starting off with Gratitude releases Oxytocin, the Love Hormone, LOVE FOR YOURSELF.

Listen as I am shifting through my past journal entry from a 29-year-old me to a today me.

Gratitude makes a difference. Journaling Changed My Life. Journaling Has Made A Difference In How I View Myself.

Journaling Practice has helped Me Heal Childhood Wounds & Trauma.

Today's MANTRA:

I AM LIMITLESS

I AM POWERFUL

I CREATE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES

I AM FUCKING AMAZING

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What do we do when a painful childhood memory comes up? Do we ignore the painful memory? Do we stuff the painful memory down with food, drugs, alcohol, sex, overworking, toxic relationships, starving ourselves, people pleasing, and saving others? What do we do if multiple painful childhood memories flood in at once?

This episode was inspired by my client who didn't want to remember her painful childhood. Little did I know a flood of childhood memories would happen after our encounter. Memories of my father always using alcohol, drugs, weed, cigarettes, etc. Memories of him giving me alcohol when I was 3 years old. Memories of my father teaching me to cope with stress with any substance you can get your hands on--every single night.

I recorded this episode as I was sifting through these memories. My goal is to help others shift through their painful memories as well. These memories are coming up for a reason. I am grateful for my painful memories coming to the surface because I NOW have the choice of what to do with them.

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