Brilliance through Resilience
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Life’s losses can be some of the most challenging transitions to navigate, and some of the most fruitful. Our show host and producer, Andrea Firpo, highlights incredible women sharing in their ability to overcome despair, overwhelm and sheer bewilderment. These are lessons of endurance, strength and fortitude. Our voices demonstrate resilient spirits, tough skins, and the willingness to burrow deep underground for resources in order to thrive. We discuss openly how we found the strength to propel ourselves forward with sheer determination, courage, application and will. Won’t you join us?
Location:
United States
Description:
Life’s losses can be some of the most challenging transitions to navigate, and some of the most fruitful. Our show host and producer, Andrea Firpo, highlights incredible women sharing in their ability to overcome despair, overwhelm and sheer bewilderment. These are lessons of endurance, strength and fortitude. Our voices demonstrate resilient spirits, tough skins, and the willingness to burrow deep underground for resources in order to thrive. We discuss openly how we found the strength to propel ourselves forward with sheer determination, courage, application and will. Won’t you join us?
Twitter:
@psychiccheer
Language:
English
Contact:
4153005848
Email:
andrea@andreafirpo.com
Episodes
Episode 8 - No One Believed Me with Léah Landry
4/9/2020
Born with high psychic awareness, Léah Landry has had premonitions ever since she was little. In addition, Léah experienced physical, emotional and sexual abuse in her childhood.
When she would describe what she saw to her mother, she was told “you need to stop”. When she would communicate and express her traumatic experiences, there was never any resolution, shelter or protection from it. Her mother didn’t believe her, and so Léah began saying, “you’d better hope I’m wrong”.
Léah turned...
Episode 7 - You Absolutely Don't Know What's Going To Happen In Life
2/26/2020
In this Episode, we meet my sister-in-law, Jill Galiotto. Jill’s first husband had just committed suicide when I met her in 1999. Jill was 8 months pregnant and had a two year old daughter. I watched Jill move through the grief and abandonment with grace, and as she began to heal, she met the man who became her “happy ending”. After marrying Dave, they had a son, and the Galiotto’s grew a beautiful life together.
In 2016, Dave was diagnosed with Occular Melanoma, and while Jill went through...
Episode 6 - Choosing Situations That Force Us To Grow
1/17/2020
In this Episode, we meet Deborah Yager who shares her gratitude for the experience of being both an escort and exotic dancer, and how her belief of being stupid kept her stuck in place. Fortunately Deb was introduced to NLP (neurolinguistic programming), which gave her a way out of the struggles she faced, igniting her unconscious desire of being meant for so much more, and empowering her to take the steps necessary towards a more authentic life of her choosing.
Today she uses her past in...
Episode 5 - How We Forget To Protect Ourselves
12/17/2019
In this Episode, we meet Laureli Shimayo who recalls the emotional and sexual abuse that she survived during her childhood, and how her body chose to internalize the experiences rather than leave her with the vivid and painful memories. When Laureli began attracting narcissistic relationships, or romantic partners who had trauma similar to hers, the dynamic created an opening for her to admit she had also been abused. Her remembrance also became the impetus for her healing herself, and...
Episode 4 - Handing Over Your Power Is Dangerous
6/29/2019
In this Episode, we meet Krista Herring who shares her story of being raised in a religious cult. Krista explains how handing over your power is dangerous, and keeps you from knowing your direct path. Krista and I discuss how important it is to learn how to listen to ourselves, and our bodies, instead of just listening to the words that are being spoken to us.
Episode 3 - Be Kind and True to Who You Are
5/10/2019
Show Notes:
Being present with people in crisis
How it feels to lose your mother overnight
After also losing a brother, and father, recognizing how structured her grief had always been until now
The strength her mother has passed on to her
Even though you think you are prepared, with each additional loss the grief comes to the surface again
Song Credit: Krista Herring, “Free”
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Duration:01:03:56
Episode 2 - How to Hold, Feel, Love, and Let Go Deeply
5/10/2019
Show Notes:
What it’s like to lose your mother at age 21
Watching someone you love deteriorate
Being ready for death. but not for the grief that it brings.
Why “raw garlic is god”
Healing out of your business
Being vulnerable and learning how to ask for help
Allowing yourself to be supported
Song Credit: Krista Herring, “Free”
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Duration:01:28:36
Episode 1 - There is No Shame in Your Authentic Truth
5/10/2019
Show Notes:
Growing up with alcoholism and the gifts that can bring
Repairing your relationship to yourself and self confidence
Finding compassion and forgiveness for someone who has abused you
Finding the positives, and learning to love all the parts of you
Feeling safe and brave enough to tell your story
Outgrowing old ideas
Doing things that you love and practicing self-care beliefs and practices
Came to Believe: A Journey of Trust, Faith, and Perseverance
Song Credit: Krista...
Duration:01:06:21