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In this inspiring episode of Victim 2 Victor, we sit down with Dr. Michael Acton- an internationally renowned psychologist and relationship expert with over two decades of experience helping individuals transform their pain into power. 🌟

Dr. Acton shares actionable insights on breaking free from the victim mindset, healing trauma, and building healthier relationships. Whether you're navigating past wounds or supporting someone through their healing journey, this episode offers powerful tools to reclaim your sense of agency and thrive.

 Topics Covered:
* Breaking the chains of trauma
* Transforming relationships through healing
* Practical steps for lasting empowerment

Connect with Dr. Michael Acton and explore his transformative work: https://www.mpamind.com/about-dr-acton/

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Don't miss this powerful conversation — your path to healing starts here!  

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On this episode of Victim 2 Victor, we welcome Amber Trejo, a compassionate and highly skilled childhood trauma and attachment specialist. Amber is dedicated to guiding individuals through the complex process of healing from early life trauma and rebuilding secure, meaningful relationships.

With a deep understanding of attachment theory and the long-term impacts of childhood adversity, Amber uses a trauma-informed approach to help clients reclaim their sense of safety, self-worth, and emotional freedom. Her transformative work empowers people to break free from patterns rooted in the past and step into a brighter, more authentic future.

Join us as Amber shares valuable insights into childhood trauma, the power of secure attachments, and practical tools for healing and growth. This episode offers wisdom, hope, and actionable steps for anyone seeking to heal their inner child.

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Instagram: @integrativetraumatherapist.com 

Website: www.theintegrativetraumatherapist.com 

Tik Tok: @amber.the.therapist 

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In this transformative episode of Victim 2 Victor, we dive into the profound journey of Benjo Podlech, a globally recognised spiritual guide and healer. Drawing from over two decades of experience in psychology, coaching, and sacred medicines, Benjo shares his unique approach to helping individuals reclaim their inner strength and heal from trauma.

Discover the essence of the sacred masculine and its vital role in personal and collective healing. Explore how Benjo’s heart-centred work, rooted in the wisdom of nature and the elements, empowers both men and women to transcend pain and unlock their potential. Whether you’re seeking to reconnect with yourself, navigate life’s challenges, or find meaning in spiritual growth, this episode offers insights, inspiration, and practical tools for your journey of transformation.

Connect and find out more about Benjo:

https://benjopodlech.com/

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How do you overcome shame?
How do you overcome addiction?
What does it mean to be WHOLEHEARTED?

In this podcast episode, I have Tyler Patrick on my show and we will discuss the interplay between shame and trauma, the Trauma Cycle, the Fear Cycle and the importance of connection.

Tyler is a Licensed marriage and family therapist with a clinical practice based in Logan, Utah called 'Love Strong'. He has dedicated his career to mastering an understanding of recovery from sexual addiction and healing from betrayal trauma. He believes that the men and women who embrace and live the principles of recovery do far more than get their lives back, they become the best kinds of husbands and wives, fathers and mothers. He’s grateful to act as a guide and support to those who embark in the life transformation of living a connected lifestyle.

Tyler loves presenting powerful information along with personal stories when he speaks. He is the cohost of the Therapy Brother Podcast alongside his brother, Brannon.

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Filmmaker Lois Hollis shares her 20 years experience of green juicing with us and how this helped her to heal from heart and liver disease, 30 years of migraine headaches as well as structural deformities.

Her physicians told her that she could not live past 50 years so Lois decided to take her health into her own hands and now at the age of 77, she looks and feels better than she did at 50.

There are so many myths and recipes that we come across when it comes to juicing. Bottom line is that there should not be any 'recipes' to follow as we should only be juicing 1 or 2 vegetables each time.

In this talk you will learn why:
....juicing fruits is an ultimate NO NO.
....using the pulp to bake muffins is an ultimate NO NO.
....juicing more than 2 vegetables at a time is NO NO.

Some useful links:
Dr. Mercola with Dr. Saul  discussing vegetable juicing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKyw...

Breville Juicer - use a heavy duty one. This one is great for carrots:
https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...

You can find out more about Lois via her website:
https://www.loishollis.com

Films:
• “Out of Discord Into Harmony” How to love yourself.
• FREE  “I’M GOOD FILM”  Making Shame guilt visible.

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Hello listeners and welcome back to the victim to victor podcast, my name is Anu and I am your host. In this podcast episode I have Developmental Neuroscientist Dr Denise Bossarte back on my show and we will be discussing the impacts of trauma on relationships. This is Part 2 of a joint series which we will be hosting for trauma survivors and we look forward to serving.

Traumatic incidents that occur before the age of 18 can have a significant impact on relationships with oneself and others later on in life. Traumas can lead us to choose unhealthy partners and can leave us with insecurities and feelings of being undeserving of love. Trauma survivors also tend to put up with more undeserving behaviours from partners, making excuses for bad behaviours.  Setting boundaries can become a challenge.

In this talk, we will look at how trauma affects one's identity formation, including the loss of childhood, missing parts of oneself, attraction to destructive relationships, avoidance of relationships, avoidance of oneself, difficulty integrating emotions into one’s identity and emotional dysregulation.

Many survivors tend to have rigid, negative beliefs about relationships and it is common for oneself to be triggered into traumatized states - “fight, flight, or freeze” when we encounter situations that remind us of the original trauma, ongoing stressors or situations which our brain deems important for physical/emotional survival.

Attachment styles can influence how we communicate with others, and how we handle separations, arguments and intimacy. In this talk, we will discuss a few of the attachment styles as well as shame-based responses which can make us hide important parts of ourselves from our partners. We may put up a “wall” or mask our insecurities by attacking others or overcompensating.

Dr Denise Bossarte is a poet and an award-winning writer, photographer, and artist. Denise is a certified meditation facilitator and contemplative arts teacher and holds a PhD in developmental neuroscience. And she is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. You can find out more about Denise on her website: https://thrivingaftersexualabusebook.com.

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Hello listeners and welcome back to the V2V podcast and in todays episode I have Kris Pedretti on my show. Kris is a brave survivor and the 10th victim of Californian murderer and rapist Joseph DeAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer.

Life changed in an instant for Kris Pedretti when, at the age of 15, the Golden State Killer crept into her family home and brutally raped her.

He was finally caught when police teamed up with a genetic genealogist who was able to use DNA data in public genealogy websites and eventually link it back to him.

With his capture, Kris felt that for the first time, she was on the road to healing. But what she found was that the real beginning of her journey of healing wasn’t his capture. It was the act of saying out loud, “This happened to me,” that was so very freeing and started her road to recovery.

Listen on to hear Kris’s remarkable story of recovery and how she is now inspiring many other survivors to gain confidence to share their stories.

Facebook Group
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Time To Tell Your Story: You Tube
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After The Assault
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Hello listeners and welcome back to the victim to victor podcast, my name is Anu and I am your host. In this podcast episode I have Lizbeth Meredith on my show. 

Lizbeth Meredith is a writer, speaker, and online teacher based in Alaska with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in psychology. She has worked as a domestic violence advocate and a child abuse investigator, and retired from government service two decades as a juvenile probation supervisor with at-risk teens. 

In 1994, Lizbeth Meredith’s life turned upside down. She said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with their non-custodial father only to learn days later that they had been kidnapped and taken to their father's home country of Greece. 

At the age of twenty-nine, Lizbeth now faced a $100,000 problem on a $10 an hour budget. For the next two years fueled by memories of her own childhood kidnapping, Lizbeth traded in her small life for a life more public, traveling to the White House and Greece. It was the generous community of Anchorage which became Lizbeth's makeshift family, one that was replicated by a growing number of Greeks and expats overseas who helped Lizbeth navigate the turbulent path leading her back to her daughters.

https://lameredith.com

https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Me-Rescuing-Kidnapped-Daughters/dp/1631528343

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David Challenor shares his 28 years of spiritual knowledge and we will be discussing a range of healing topics including: 

Learning how to live a healing life.
Finding out what makes you happy. 
Understanding your chakras and Aura.
Universal law and karma. 
What Shadowside is & Defense mechanisms.

We will also introduce some healing techniques including:

Cord cutting. 
Removing blocks. 
Healing your inner child. 
Letting go of your past.
Dealing with grief.
Dealing with addiction. 
Dealing with physical abuse.

We are excited to publish some episodes on actual healing sessions where you can follow David’s healing techniques in the comforts of your own home.

Please email me to share which technique you would like us to focus on as we are excited to go through all of the sessions mentioned.
My email: [email protected]

We are here to serve 🙏🏼

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Hi listeners, this is part 1 of a joint series which myself and Dr Denise Bossarte will be recording for trauma survivors. We will be covering a range of topics which highlight areas of our lives with which we both struggled as a consequence of the trauma that we endured. Topics will include; burnout & resilience, gaining self awareness, difficulty with relationships, overcoming shame, becoming comfortable with sharing your story.....and much more.

Part 1: Burnout & Resilience
Do you feel overwhelmed with work and personal commitments? Burnout is common amongst trauma survivors and is the state of mind which arises from long-term, unresolved stress.

Do you struggle to adapt and bounce back when things don't go as planned? If you lack resilience, you might dwell on problems, feel victimized, become overwhelmed or turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as substance abuse.

Resilient people harness inner strength that helps them rebound from a setback or challenge. They don't wallow or dwell on failures; they acknowledge the situation, learn from their mistakes, and then move forward.

In this podcast episode, we will discuss our own experiences and ways in which you can avoid burnout and on how to improve resilience.

Dr Denise Bossarte is a poet and an award-winning writer, photographer, and artist. Denise is a certified meditation facilitator and contemplative arts teacher and holds a PhD in developmental neuroscience. And she is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. You can find out more about Denise on her website: https://thrivingaftersexualabusebook.com/

If you would like to take your self development to the next level then please sign up to my FREE 12 week self discovery plan here: https://victim2victor.net/free-12-week-self-discovery-plan/

More information about me can be found via links here: https://linktr.ee/healing.journeyy

If you are interested in my book 'Victim 2 Victor', it is now available on audio and can be found on:
Audible: adbl.co/3akVNCu
Amazon: amzn.to/37jFt2W

Download the transcript here: https://victim2victor.net/burnout-_-resilience-part-1-of-a-joint-series/

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