🎙️ Episode Title: From Shadows to Light: Susan Wall's Story of Healing and Honesty
Episode Summary
In this episode, Susan Wall—storyteller, author, and truth-seeker—shares her courageous journey of transformation. From battling obesity and addiction to surviving a pulmonary embolism and a 10-day coma, Susan’s story is one of resilience, honesty, and radical self-acceptance.
She opens up about her struggles with mental health, her experiences with therapy, and her ongoing path to sobriety—including her life-changing experience with ketamine-assisted therapy. Susan also reflects on her spiritual journey, her evolving relationship with family, and the freedom she’s found in cutting ties with toxic relationships.
Now working on her book, Why I'm Finally Saying It All Out Loud, Susan is committed to speaking her truth unapologetically and encouraging others to do the same. Her story is a testament to the healing power of honesty and the light that comes from embracing who you really are.
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✨ “A lot of therapy. I'm still in therapy. I'm actually currently doing ketamine-assisted therapy, which is life-changing. I wish I'd known about it sooner.” (01:44)
✨ “It's glorified. It's socially accepted. It is kind of almost pushed on you. I was a real estate agent for several years, and literally at the end of every day, you went out drinking, you networked happy hours. It's very much, I consider it the only drug that's really socially acceptable.” (09:27)
✨ “It's going to be okay. You're stronger than you realize. You were meant to burn bright and speak out and speak up. And no matter what life throws at you, ultimately it's going to be okay.” (18:11)
✨ “I live absolutely and completely unapologetically. I don't use the word, sorry. Well, I try not to use the word sorry. Sometimes it comes out of my mouth before I even realize it.” (44:29)
✨ “I'm a lot. I'm a big personality. I cuss like a sailor. I am blunt. It all comes from a place of love. But I am very much out, very loud, and I was forced to squelch that for so long that I'm not doing it anymore.” (45:45)
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