Tromedy with Nancy Norton
The Tromedy Podcast shows you how to take your pain and play with it. Coping with Trauma using Comedy comes naturally to a lot of folks especially Standup Comedians. Listen in as Award Winning Comedian, Nancy Norton, RN, CHP shares heartfelt, insightful and funny conversations with Trauma survivors, healing professionals and standup comedians. It's peer to peer support with a side of co-healing energy. The Tromedy Podcast is not a replacement for trauma therapy, but it may help you get by between sessions. Know that you're not alone, get out of isolation and when you're ready, laugh.
Episodes
S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but...
Magen is a comedian, comedy coach, actor and mom who shares the first time she used humor to cope with some stress around her sister acting out after their parents divorced. Now her sister is an amazing mother and aunt and one of Magen's best friends. We also talk about fears around having children who may be marginalized or worse, threatened, as a result of the current culture of embol...
S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but...
Magen is a comedian, comedy coach, actor and mom who shares the first time she used humor to cope with some stress around her sister acting out after their parents divorced. Now her sister is an amazing mother and aunt and one of Magen's best friends. We also talk about fears around having children who may be marginalized or worse, threatened, as a result of the current culture of embo...
S4 E19 - Donna Lee - They Mean Well - #MomTrauma - Growing up Biracial in rural Texas was tough enough, but extra tough when your own mom is sometimes one of the bullies. That kind of childhood stress can make you funny. Donna Lee is a comedian, author, producer of "Not Our First Rodeo" and podcaster who brilliantly shows us how to use "Tromedy" to cope with pain.
Connect with us:
Nancy Norton- https://www.nancynorton.tv/
S4 E19 - Donna Lee - They Mean Well - #MomTrauma - Growing up Biracial in rural Texas was tough enough, but extra tough when your own mom is sometimes one of the bullies. That kind of childhood stress can make you funny. Donna Lee is a comedian, author, producer of "Not Our First Rodeo" and podcaster who brilliantly shows us how to use "Tromedy" to cope with pain.
Connect with us:
Nancy Norton- https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Donna Le...
S4 E18 - Pat Truer - Mom's Love Language is Rejection- and he lost his best friend to cancer at age 15, just a couple traumas that humor has helped him manage. Recently, Pat went through a divorce and lost 2 dear friends who died- all within a year and somehow still makes it a priority to bring joy to others with his standup comedy and interactive multi-media shows.
Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Connect wi...
S4 E18 - Pat Truer - Mom's Love Language is Rejection- and he lost his best friend to cancer at age 15, just a couple traumas that humor has helped him manage. Recently, Pat went through a divorce and lost 2 dear friends who died- all within a year and somehow still makes it a priority to bring joy to others with his standup comedy and interactive multi-media shows.
Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Connect wit...
S4 E17 - Birungi Birungi- Good Luck-Birungi is a standup comedian and "Good Luck" is what his name means and as one of his jokes states, "Good Luck getting a job or getting through security at the airport with that name." It took more than good luck to navigate life for Birungi. It took Excellent Grades, Exceptional Talent, Hard Work and a wonderful mentor to manifest a good life as a Ugandan immigrant in the United States. Birungi...
S4 E17 - Birungi Birungi- Good Luck - Birungi is a standup comedian and "Good Luck" is what his name means and as one of his jokes states, "Good Luck getting a job or getting through security at the airport with that name." It took more than good luck to navigate life for Birungi. It took Excellent Grades, Exceptional Talent, Hard Work and a wonderful mentor to manifest a good life as a Ugandan immigrant in the United States. Bir...
S4 E16 - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy- Even nice guys can get pushed too far. Warren learned that humor helped him shift the power with a childhood bully as well as going to the bully's house and asking his mom if he could come out to fight.
Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Connect with Warren B Hall: https://www.warrenbhall.com/
What is the best way to deal with a bully?
Has Humor ever helped you deal with a bu...
S4 E16 - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy- Even nice guys can get pushed too far. Warren learned that humor helped him shift the power with a childhood bully as well as going to the bully's house and asking his mom if he could come out to fight.
Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Connect with Warren B Hall: https://www.warrenbhall.com/
What is the best way to deal with a bully?
Has Humor ever helped you deal with a bully?
S4 E15 - Ami Hipps - No Child Should Be a Bride- like Ami was forced to be at age 15 after her boyfriend date-r*ped her and after shotgun wedding, her husband contolled her and would not permit her to use birth control, to have own bank account, credit card or education. She had to sneak out the window to finish High School. Eight Children and 17 years later, Ami finally found a way to get free of her controlling and abusive husb...
S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli - "In the Grit of the Sh*t" - Casey is a therapist and shares how repairing a rupture in relationships can be so healing for relational traumas. Also talks about how to know if you have a good therapist for you or a sh*tty one!
Reach Out to Nancy: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Reach Out to Casey:
https://caseylucarelli.com/
Therapy@CaseyLucarelli.com
203-305-8816
S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli - "In the Grit of the Sh*t" - Casey is a therapist and shares how repairing a rupture in relationships can be so healing for relational traumas. Also talks about how to know if you have a good therapist for you or a sh*tty one!
Reach Out to Nancy: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
Reach Out to Casey:
Therapy@CaseyLucarelli.com
203-305-8816
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee Part 2- Kayla has gone from hurting, to healing to helping and it is a nonlinear process sometimes. She went through more painful complications of her amputation, but then also just won an award from The Hope Beyond Limits Award from the Limb Preservation Foundation and is getting ready to go on her first vacation ever to go SCUBA diving. Her Motto: Keep Showing Up!
WARNING: This episode talk...
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee Part 2- Kayla has gone from hurting, to healing to helping and it is a nonlinear process sometimes. She went through more painful complications of her amputation, but then also just won an award from The Hope Beyond Limits Award from the Limb Preservation Foundation and is getting ready to go on her first vacation ever to go SCUBA diving. Her Motto: Keep Showing Up!
WARNING: This episode talk...
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee - After dealing with years of agonizing pain originating from a misdiagnosed foot fracture and unsuccessful treatments of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, (Known as the suicide disease), and all while in an abusive marriage, Kayla almost didn't make it. Luckily her suicide attempt failed and she found ways to build resilience and to keep trying new modalities and treatments culminating in an ...
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee - After dealing with years of agonizing pain originating from a misdiagnosed foot fracture and unsuccessful treatments of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, (Known as the suicide disease), and all while in an abusive marriage, Kayla almost didn't make it. Luckily her suicide attempt failed and she found ways to build resilience and to keep trying new modalities and treatments culminating in an ...
S4 E11- Brooke Deanne - Shattered, Broken & Beautiful- Trauma Survivor, Author, Therapist and Host of the Goddess Rising Podcast- This episode covers several traumas, such as Sexual abuse, Religious abuse, Patriarchal Narcissism Culture and healing modalities and how dark humor has helped her through some of the darkest, awful times in her life. bonus: Post -traumatic gifts like psychic gifts.
Reach Out: https://www.nancynorton...
S4 E11- Brooke Deanne - Shattered, Broken & Beautiful- Trauma Survivor, Author, Therapist and Host of the Goddess Rising Podcast- This episode covers several traumas, such as Sexual abuse, Religious abuse, Patriarchal Narcissism Culture and healing modalities and how dark humor has helped her through some of the darkest, awful times in her life. bonus: Post -traumatic gifts like psychic gifts.
Reach Out: https://www.nancynorton...
S4 E10- Anna Natan part 2 - Reframing Failure - Anna is an Emergency Nurse and according to her mother, that is a failure. How do you escape the brainwashing of a religious cult mentality, fine your authentic self and reframe failure? We discuss all this and why dark humor is so important to first responders.
Trigger Warning: this episode describes emergency room injuries.
Reach Out to Nance: https://www.nancynorton.tv/
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