On today's episode of the Balancing Chaos Podcast, Kelley sits down with author, trauma expert and healer, Karena Kilcoyne. Karena's story has a challenging beginning where she faced profound trauma early in her life. Her mother tried to give her away at birth, and at the age of 12, Karena’s father's incarceration left the family struggling. After her mother's death, Karena adopted her 9-year-old brother and graduated from law school at 24. Karena carried around two decades worth of suppressed trauma for the next 10+ years and, after decades of suffering, went on a healing journey. Since then, Karena has written a book, Rise Above Your Story, guiding her audience to acknowledge, release, and rise above their limiting beliefs to create more emotional freedom and self-love.
In this episode Kelley and Karena dive into the complex topic of overcoming trauma, letting go of the victim mentality and cultivating a deep sense of empowerment that comes through taking personal responsibility to create the life of your dreams no matter what happened in your past. Whether you have been through a small trauma or a big trauma, they all impact our subconscious beliefs about ourselves and our actions. Through their conversation you will learn how to acknowledge your own story without judgement, discover effective ways to process what happened to you, find out how to break free of victim mentality so you can embrace your authenticity, relieve yourself of the burden you're carrying through forgiveness and reinforce self connection in a world where we are constantly triggered. Tune in find inner strength, overcoming adversity, and own your power.
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