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Overcoming Trauma: How Yoga Helped Kathy White Through Grief and Loss
In this episode, Kathy shared her tragedy of losing a child at birth and how she overcame her grief with the help of yoga.
When Kathy was in her 30’s, she gave birth to a child; unfortunately, he died. This life-changing tragedy leaves Kathy’s life in the dark as she grieves her child’s loss.
But just a few months later, the light shines again as Kathy’s friend invites her to a yoga class, which begins her journey to the discovery of healing and growth.
Kathy talks to Dr brad about how important for you to trust your friends, especially in times of your adversity, because friends can give you the guidance to bounce back and continue your life.
Furthermore, Kathy tells Dr Brad the problem nowadays is that people view fitness movements as hard, aggressive, or extreme, which causes ordinary people to be hesitant to try fitness. But in reality, just a 10 to 20-minute walk daily is enough to keep that sense of movement in their body. And doing so will have a huge impact on our longevity or our future.
Kathy White’s story proves that one can be brought down in the face of grief. But remember that it is not the end of your life. Trust your friends and just keep moving–don’t stop. And indeed, you can overcome the feeling of grief.
Episode 275 of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is a must-listen for any mother or parents that is drowning in grief and are searching for an inspirational story of a woman losing a child at birth, suffering from grief, but eventually getting back in life and moving forward.
“The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller is published weekly with the mission of helping people “Grow Through What They Go Through” as they navigate adversity and discover their promised life of peace, prosperity and purpose.
From Teen Mom to Successful Coach: One Woman’s Journey” with Leslie Holthoff author of “Not Mary, Not Roe: The Survival Story of a Reluctant Teen Mom
Leslie is a CDC-certified Divorce coach and CDC Transition and Recovery Coach. She is also the author of Not Mary Not Roe and the owner of Leslie Hope Coaching, LLC.
Leslie Hope Coaching, LLC has the mission to guide people from the pain of divorce to finding hope and happiness in life. With the hope and happiness method, You can create an action plan for who you want to be after your divorce.
Furthermore, she is also a Doctoral Candidate in Doctor of Public Policy and Administration at Walden University.
In this episode, Leslie shared her divorce journey, her actions to move forward, and how she helped other people get through the pain of divorce.
Leslie had been through the worse in her life. At the early age of 15, she got pregnant. At 26, she experienced a horrible divorce and became a single mom with two sons.
But through the guilt, embarrassment, shame, and failure that she felt, Leslie did not waver and let her emotions drown her. Instead, she uses those negative emotions as a motivation to get back on track in life and find hope and happiness.
Now Leslie has a coaching business where she uses the things she learned to help other people overcome the pain of divorce.
Leslie also tells her story of how God helped her to stand back on his feet. During the time when the adversity she was going through was too much, Leslie talked to God for the first time n many years, and she immediately felt at peace. And within three months, a sequence of good things happen in her life.
Moreover, Leslie tells how she helps others who are divorced or those who are struggling with co-parenting.
Leslie Holthoff’s story is an inspirational and spiritual story of one who goes through the adversity of being pregnant at an early age and experiences the pain of divorce. But eventually, get back into life with the help of God.
This episode of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is a must-listen for anyone who is a teenager pregnant, divorced, or in the process of divorce, and single parents struggling to raise their kids. This story reminds you that whatever adversity you face, even if it began at an early age, is not the end of your life, and there will always be a way for you to enjoy and find happiness in life.
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“From Teen Mom to Successful Coach: One Woman’s Journey”
On the Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller (DrBradMiller.com), Leslie Hope Holthoff, (www.lesliehopecoaching.com)a divorce and co-parenting coach, shared her experiences navigating through the difficult process of divorce and co-parenting. Leslie’s story is one of resilience, perseverance, and hope that has inspired many others to break the cycle of madness in divorce and co-parenting. Leslie’s…
Read MoreThe Journey of Grief
Grief is one of the most complex human emotions, and it’s something that affects almost everyone at some point in their life. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, a job, or a relationship, grief takes on many forms and can manifest in different ways. Pat, a writer and poet has experienced her fair…
Read MoreFrom Tragedy to Poetry: How Writing Can Help Process Grief and Adversity with Patricia B. Schoeler the Author of “Grief Hurts”
Pat is a professional in the field of writing and poetry.
She has written three books, namely, The Day America Cried!: So Many Innocents Died 9-11-01, Reflections On Life: Pocket Philosophy, and her latest book, Grief Hurts.
In this episode, Pat shared the 9/11 tragedy and how it led her to write her first book, how she naturally processes events through writing, and the actions she took to process tragedy.
During the time of the 9/11 tragedy, Pat was just having a typical day, drinking coffee and eating breakfast. But suddenly, the world is shaken as the tragedy has begun.
Because she and her partner lived in New Jersey, just eight and a half miles from ground zero, Pat could see the chaos that sprang.
As Pat watched the tragedy, she started to process what was happening and write it down in a poetic form, essentially writing down facts and history with the emotion it has. This mark the beginning of how Pat sees and processes a story and writes it down.
Furthermore, Pat talks about how grief is universal and manifests in various things, such as death, loss of a job, and marriage. To combat grief, going into a group of people that also experience grief will be helpful as it reminds you that you are not alone.
Patricia Schoeler’s life story proves that grief and trauma are a part of human life, but there is a way for humans to process it and eventually get through it.
This episode of The Beyond Adversity Podcast is a must-listen for anyone who is going through the pain of grief — those who want to learn how to process and go beyond it.
“The Beyond Adversity Podcast with Dr. Brad Miller is published weekly with the mission of helping people “Grow Through What They Go Through” as they navigate adversity and discover their promised life of peace, prosperity and purpose.
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