Trauma can erase the version of you that felt familiar. Then, you’re left figuring out who tf you are now. And that figuring out period, girrrrlllllll......

In part 3 of the Identity After Trauma Series, we're talking that fun lil Identity CRISIS aspect that gets violently pelted in. Trying to “go back to normal” can make recovery feel so damn much worse. And why??? Isn't the point of healing to get back to feeling like your old self?? 

- Not exactly, but I promise, it's ok!

When your old life doesn't hit the same, that's not failure - that's change.

We get into why forcing the “old you” leads to burnout—and how to sit in the in-between, get comfortable being uncomfortable, and define alignment in a way that actually feels good.

I share what that looked like for me—letting go of a dream career, finding a new pace, and realizing I didn’t actually want everything I used to have.

To all those in a season of recovery or major change, you’re not behind. You’re becoming.

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trauma-informed coaching, career pivot, TBI, recovery

A brain injury or any health scare will clean up your priorities fast. Enter Stephanie Ang, a fellow TBI survivor who agrees with me that she would not let her pain be for nothing. From it, Stephanie created SGA Coaching & Consulting: trauma informed transformational coaching with an emphasis on TBI survivors.

Stephanie & I talk about what happens when “just get back to work” doesn’t work for your brain, your energy, or your nervous system. We get into the grief of losing the old plan—and the unexpected relief of admitting a 9–5 isn't for you anymore.

Stephanie turned her experience into SGA Coaching & Consulting, and we unpack what “holding space” actually means, why validation matters when systems don’t get you, and how to stop living by “shoulds.” If you’ve ever wanted to scream at someone who claims “I understand” when they absolutely do not understand—you’ll feel this.

We also hit career redesign: job interviews or tasks that flare symptoms, toxic work culture, and why entrepreneurship can be an accessibility tool. Plus her “four F words,” tiny confidence-building experiments, and gratitude that isn’t gaslighting.

If you’re navigating concussion, TBI, trauma, or a life plot twist—this one has real tools, not just vibes.

Subscribe, send it to someone who needs it, and tell me: what are you trying to reframe right now?

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Patient/Female Advocacy & Agency, Cervical Cancer, Double Mastectomy, Uterus & Ovary Removal

They can take your organs, but they don’t get to take your identity...and they can give you back your organs if you relentlessly remind them.

Time for a brief exhale. Same story, same reality—but this time we giggle. Alissa & I are still talking cervical cancer & BRCA2, but now it’s about what happens after your body has been through it. When you’re trying to feel like yourself again (or figure out who that even is).

We touch on the messy parts—yeah, the system is still the system—but this is more about reclaiming. Expanders, reconstruction, making choices for you after a series of trips where it felt like everyone else was calling the shots while you rode shotgun within your own body. Femininity, vanity, pleasure…turns out those things still matter, and you don’t owe anyone an explanation for wanting to feel good in your body again.

And because Alissa THANKFULLY refuses to be boring about any of this: she asked for her uterus and ovaries back, named her uterus, and keeps them as proof that she made it through. That's a f'ing WOMAN!!!!

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body—or like you had to fight to get it back—this one will land in a different way. Subscribe, send it to a friend, and tell me what part made you feel like yourself again.

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Patient advocacy amidst a double mastectomy, ovary & uterus removal, & the 2024 election  

Contrary to popular belief, hearing “You have cancer,” is not even close to the toughest part of the journey. Alissa's real grind was everything that follows: decisions she never wanted to make, pain she did not expect, and a medical system that can feel weirdly casual while patients, like Alissa, are quietly panicking about their own mortality.

As promised, a true trauma porn episode: Alissa Milano & I sit down and trace her path from a cervical cancer diagnosis at 31 to the reality of a radical hysterectomy. We talk about what “radical” can actually mean, why recovery is not a nice & clean lil six-week timeline, and how trauma can show up after treatment - when everyone around you thinks you should be celebrating. Alissa gets blunt about intimacy, vulnerability, and the mental health crash that can come when your body changes.

Since the body & mind are s closely connected, when your body completely changes, so do the mental coping mechanisms...but wait, there's more! 

Alissa was also given a fun n flirty BRCA2 genetic mutation diagnosis. For the common tongue, she was carrying a high lifetime risk for breast and ovarian cancer, in addition to already having been violently "treated" for cervical cancer.

Alissa breaks down the nuances, difficulties, and cruciality that comes with patient advocacy and why screening versus prophylactic surgery is such a personal call. We also get into the part nobody glamorizes: insurance authorization battles, inconclusive results, false positives, and the dehumanizing feeling of begging for care while still trying to keep your job.

The episode closes with her preventive double mastectomy, ovary removal, surgical menopause, and hormone replacement therapy, plus a tease of the deeper conversation coming next about femininity and women’s health care.
If you have ever felt dismissed, rushed, or forced to become your own medical expert, you will feel seen here. 

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Reiki healing, breathwork, burnout, AI, transactional energy, love

Make energy healing mainstream - that is Luminara's goal. Meet Romain Daumont, the founder of the energy healing talent agency, Luminara. Energy healing talent agency? I'm sorry - what? 

Born from grief & devastation over the loss of his son, Luminara is an online immersive platform that pairs you with an energy healer curated for your specific needs. From the comfort of your own home, people can now log on and have recurring sessions with a curated energy healer. 

People chalk energy healing up to be 'woo, woo,' but energetic healing works at a cellular level, something that people are finally starting to talk about. While energetic healing isn't a 'cure all,' it is something that should be more than complimentary to modern medicine. 

The same healer doesn't work for everyone - everyone has their own needs. That's why Luminara guides you in finding the healer that fits for you. 

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Don't worry, you're not limited to the only one single healer that they chose for you. While they guide you, you can watch videos of several that they recommend before who you decide you want to work with - and a switch up is always an option.

With burnout on the rise, Romain & his son, Raphael, are here to combat it with love.

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Everyone on the internet (TikTok......) thinks their nervous system is dysregulated - but what does that actually mean? Many people say their nervous system is exhausted or dysregulated, as if those two states equate to the same thing. 

However, they are two completely different things - and you can't treat yourself correctly if you don't actually know what health problem you're experiencing. This is especially true when one of these problems requires medical intervention and the other is only situationally dependant. 

One is a diagnosis, one is a descriptor, but which is which? What causes each? In this episode, we get to the bottom of it and I give advice on how to treat each one. Weehoo!

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Year of the horse, year of the snake, Saturn return, Aries

Welcome back Danny Santos of Danny Santos and the Crystal Visions, astrologer, ayahuasca shaman, spiritual life coach, and integrative healer. Danny is breaking down for us what it means to be in 2026: the year of the horse.

2025 was the year of the snake, we left it, so what did that mean and what does this year hold? And what’s to come after?!?!

It is a crazy time in the Universe, hes’, shes’, and theys’ - we may be entering another dimension soon - literally wtf. The world has felt many tads off its kilter lately and spiritually and astrologically, it makes sense why.

And what does all this mean for me specifically?! Am I finding love soon?!?! What does my Saturn return hold for me?! And apparently Hyrox & training for it is my Shamanic initiation - whatever that means.

Danny is here to tell us all what it all means. Buckle up, folks. 2026 going to be a fun ride, but a wild one!

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Concussions, TBI, Brain Injury, Athletes, Veterans 

CTE is something that negatively effects the daily life of millions, but we are just barely beginning to talk about; Former team USA Olympic bobsledder, William Person @OneManWithAChamber, is leading the conversation, seeking to help all victims - but he needs our help. 

William has a new purpose, more fulfilling than what bobsledding ever gave him: to make this neurological disease known and bring others the correct treatment they’ve been missing. William seeks to open a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to all victims of CTE, which primarily affects athletes, veterans, and victims of domestic violence. He has the chamber, he has the land, he has the military on board - he just needs funding. The GoFundMe is located at the bottom of the show notes. 

CTE is the result of a mild to moderate head trauma, usually not displaying until years after the trauma has been sustained (William says 10 years is the magic number). CTE is not possible to formally diagnose until death, when the brain can be dissected. Because of the late onset of symptoms & the barrier to diagnosis, it is often misdiagnosed or entirely missed, and the incorrect treatment is offered. 

Symptoms of CTE include severe depression, tremendous head pain like vertigo & migraines, amnesia, noise sensitivity, problems with vision, impulsive spending & choices, and, as William describes, living in a fog or endless loop.

All of this changed when William randomly discovered the hyperbaric oxygen chamber (he credits Joe Nameth & Pavle Jovanovic for this). Just an hour in the chamber restored color to William’s vision, brought back the taken for granted gift of mental clarity, and even dramatically improved William’s memory.

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Identity crisis, morning pages, meditation, sense of self

Losing yourself is, unfortunately, a pretty common part of trauma. When things - perhaps many things - that were so integral to who you thought you were or your daily life suddenly vanish, it usually feels like part of you has gone with it.

That’s terrifying, bro - especially if you thought said things defined you. Whether it’s the loss of a career, your health, a loved one, a relationship, your brain, a skill, an ability, or maybe all at once (s/o me), this grief hits extra extra hard because it leaves you feeling lost.

What do I do now? Who am I now?

I can’t answer those questions for you, but I can give my two cents on how to get there, start to find yourself again & rebuild your identity. 

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Invasive questions, the survivor/patient archetype, incorrect assumptions vs validation, honesty, empathy.

One of the hardest parts about reconnecting with friends and family, as well as forging new relationships, after medical trauma is hearing the same sentences on repeat that everyone thinks are appropriate - because they’re what everyone says - but we don’t actually want to hear. 

The ‘I’m sorry’s,’ ‘But you’re here!!,’ ‘God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers,’ ‘You’re so brave,’ blah blah blah - yeah, we’ve heard them all a thousand times from a thousand different mouths and stfu!

My friend, Alissa Milano, a cervical cancer survivor, joins me for this brutally honest conversation. It was Alissa’s own idea to get real about what we’re so sick and tired of hearing, what & why it upsets us, and how you should actually talk to a medical trauma survivor.

Throw out the more digestible movie script that is for your own comfort, rather than our own, and lumps all patients together, treating us as a group, rather than individuals with our own unique stories. 

We are not others, we are humans like you, and if you’re asking us to be vulnerable, you better get vulnerable with us - and don’t shove positivity & gratitude down our throats, please & thank you.

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Tightening your circle, misalignment, outgrowing people, quality over quantity, discernment, friendships that no longer fit….the list goes on.

Oof! This was a tough one - tough to live and tough to write. Peer reviewed by fellow medical trauma survivors, this is our take on friendship after trauma. The reality of how friendships change after trauma, how to show up for a friend who’s gone through trauma, &  how necessary friendship is to healing.

After medical trauma, everything changes…so why wouldn’t your friendships? That makes it sound really simple, but figuring friendship after trauma is like trying to solve a Rubix cube, if the Rubix cube had fourteen times as many small cubes as the original Rubix cube and also you were taming a lion while trying to solve said mega Rubix cube. 

Not everyone survives your survival. Unfortunately, trauma shows you with “painful clarity” where you stand with every friendship in your life. Over the course of your healing, friends - both old and new - will come in and out. 

It will start off very chaotic, intense, & drastic - and stay that way for a damn bit - but overtime, it smooths out. You attract people you are a vibrational match for, so while your vibes are figuring themselves out, so are your friendships. Growth is lonely before it’s aligned.

While some connections will expire, you’ll have the most pure chemistry with the new ones you make and the old, healthy ones you keep: safety. My recovery & healing has brought me to the most beautiful friendships that I never would have found sans coma. It strengthened & grew some existing friendships into the most pure love. 

Even though this episode does provide the harsh reality, it’s also a tribute & ode to some of the most incredible people I’ve met and those that I’ve kept. 

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Healing to live in harmony & balance, the lost art of listening, true inclusivity for all abilities

When Puerto Rican immigrant, Carlos Rodriguez, returned from Vietnam, he bravely chose to devote himself to a life of peace. Already an accomplished athlete, Carlos took up a study of Aikido that eventually led him to learning and then teaching golf. 

A PGA pro, Carlos prioritizes his Four Corners foundation where he teaches golf (for free) to ALL veterans, including veterans with disabilities. Carlos insists he is a teacher, not a master, not a pro. He has no skin in the game, and his goal is only to listen & give back.

Veterans are an especially misunderstood group. With an intense trauma that usually can’t clearly be articulated, drugs are not the answer. Validation, listening, & golf is. Golf is a game that requires your body to be in perfect balance. Players only excel when their body & mind move in harmony. Success comes from peace.

As Carlos explains, caring within our society has become “fractured.” People have forgotten how to give to each other in a way that’s purely generous and the beauty that is simply sharing knowledge. We are too focussed on what separates us all and seem to have forgotten that we all came from the same place and are all going out the same door.

Carlos credits his family and his hispanic heritage for instilling in him this valiant truth that he seeks to spread. 

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Identity, Re-Birth, Acceptance, Self-Transformation, Growth, Emotional Healing. 

In this new series I’m doing ‘Identity After Trauma,’ I will be giving step by step guidance on the process of finding yourself again after the re-birth of you. Trauma changes you…forever. You can never go back to quite the same life or same way of navigating the world after your mentality has been altered by trauma, no matter how slight or major. 

In Part 1 of this series, rebuilding identity, I give tips & tricks to finding this new, better version of you. Because that's the thing - trauma doesn’t have to provide a change for the worse. In fact, trauma can help you expedite & expand your personal evolution, but only if you choose to elevate your vibrations and lean into the good energy, instead of focusing on the bad. 

But how do you do that? Listen and find out the route you need to take to embrace your more lit life, albeit different from the old one.

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

– Elizabeth Kubler Ross

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A deeply honest caregiver-focused episode, My Mom and I unpack the reality oflife after a traumatic brain injury—for both the patient and the people who love them. Together, we reflect on the long road from returning home to outpatient rehab and more surgeries, my move back to LA to try to be an adult and live solo, and the many more medical, mental, and subsequent emotional issues.

Recovery isn’t linear: it’s one step forward, two steps back, filled with setbacks, fear, and constant adaptation. My mom shares what it was like to advocate for her daughter in medical settings, navigate PTSD-level anxiety, and learn the difference between supporting and enabling, while I open up about the emotional whiplash, identity loss, and loneliness that came with rebuilding my life. 

Answering questions from my Mom’s former LoveYourBrain caregiver support group - that she still independently meets with three years later - we break down the complexity of caregiver-patient communication—why emotional regulation is harder after brain trauma, why “fixing” isn’t always helpful, and how boundaries can exist alongside unconditional love. While a traumatic brain injury has at moments made both my Mom and I more upset and angry than we ever could have expected, it has brought us closer than most mom & daughter duo’s.

Ultimately, this episode is a love letter to caregivers: a reminder to seek community, take care of yourself, and give grace to the person healing in front of you, even when progress looks messy. It’s raw, funny, heartbreaking, and validating—proof that two things can be true at once: you can be lucky to be alive, and still be grieving everything that changed.

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A family unites during a daughter’s NDE (near death experience), caregiver ptsd & struggle, strength & dependance on each other, love from the community. 

How does a parent cope when they think their child is going to die? How does a family handle a loved one’s brutal accident & health scare? I somehow convinced my mother, Laura Tranchina, to come to the studio and share exactly that.

My life changed the day of my accident, but so did my family’s, especially my parents. Caregivers are often an afterthought in the whole traumatic experience shindig, and that’s - for lack of a better term - utter bullshit & simply not fair. 

My mom put her life on pause for me. My dad carried my family through. No one supports me more than my brother. I don’t remember the worst parts of my accident. However, my family too clearly remembers it all. 

 ‘Their poor parents,’ ‘I don’t know how they did it,’ ‘Is there anything we can do to help?’ 

From the first call from Cedars Sinai to leaving in-patient rehab, my Mom bravely offers her perspective, detailing all the horror & hope I did not get to see.  

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Where emergency medicine currently is, the future of diagnosis, including medical AI , & patient advocacy. 

Introducing Dr. Carl Berdahl, an emergency medicine physician at Cedars Sinai who saved my life. He will say emergency medicine is a team sport - which it is - but he was the captain & delegator of the ER team who saved me. To me, this man is the ultimate celebrity guest.

Not limited to just practicing medicine, in this interview he speaks as a doctor, professor, & researcher, shedding light on the future of medicine & diagnosis, how to be your own best self-advocate as a patient, and the daily life of an ER doctor. 

Mainly, this man is a human. His level of empathy for both patients and doctors gives so much hope about the future of medicine & our world. 

Medicine can be intimidating…for everyone. In this episode, Dr. Berdahl gives priceless advice about how to best navigate a complex medical situation.

Please excuse my intense fangirling; Dr. Berdahl’s words are priceless. 

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2025 brought growth & healing: trauma work for my CPTSD diagnosis, career expansion, faith strengthening, intrapersonal divulgence, family relationship appreciation, friendship fine tuning. Each day, I got closer and closer to reaching alignment as my highest self.

That’s thanks to me, but it’s more of a thanks to all of you. My listeners, my supporters, my family, my friends - thank you all. 2025 has been the best year since my accident. Each year gets better and better as I own my new self, practice more gratitude, and dive into more opportunities.

The entrance to 2025 was a bit chaotic, the entrance to 2026 is peaceful.

I am so proud of us. I am so proud to be me.

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Mental disability accommodations for TBI’s include extra fast passes, private sections at events, escorts, jury duty exemption - and that’s only the literal! The theoretical? Even better!

Bit of a hot take today, but in the spirit of the holiday season, we are in celebration mode. If I’m going to celebrate every part of myself, that includes my disability.

Life has no room for regret. Regret is nothing… but a waste of energy. I love my brain, I’m not in the business of spending every day sobbing about my reduction in brain cells. Rather, I’m in the business of ethically cutting the line at Disneyland.

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Whether it’s sexual trauma, like assault, abuse, violation, vaginismus or nonsexual trauma like a brutal accident, sex after trauma can lead to aversion, hypersexuality, and unsafe decisions. Do you need exposure therapy? Is that a bad idea? How do you feel safe in your body again?

In this episode, I hear from Nadège, CEO and creator of Pleasure Science. Nadège is a sex scholar, bestselling author, teacher, and speaker who only discovered her career path because of her own trauma.

When it comes to sex, Nadège knows everything about it. Sex after trauma is terrifying because...why wouldn’t it be? No doctors or rehabilitation therapists or  most general therapists ever teach us anything about it - it's just one big question mark. Luckily, we have people like Nadège to guide us.

Really - all of life is traumatizing. This episode isn’t just for the big bad trauma survivors like myself; it also contains ample  necessary information about sex that all of us need to have healthier, safer, more ~vibrant~ sex lives.

(Vibrant seemed like a mom safe adjective)

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Pleasure Science's Healing Trauma & Self Sabotage: https://www.pleasurescience.com/trauma-self-sabotage

Sextrology by Nadège: https://www.amazon.com/Sextrology-Astrology-Subconscious-Erogenous-Compatibility/dp/B0BRLVMYNT

Healing Sex by Staci Hanes: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/healing-sex-staci-haines/1102330875

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A quick hack to align with positivity, manifestation, and drop into a state of attraction is to practice gratitude.  There is always something to be grateful for, even if it doesn’t look like it at first glance.

Happy Thanksgiving!! We’re celebrating the week by reminding ourselves what this holiday is about. Gratitude is a lot more hype than ya’ll realize. It’s a shortcut to feeling your way back to positivity, no matter how ugly the situation. (One would argue that a stitched closed eye and blood soaked hairline is p ugly and gratitude is what got me through that!)

Being told to ‘be positive' can feel like it’s a little unhelpful. Like, sure, I know that’s what I ‘should’ be, but, bitch how? Well, well, well….that’s where gratitude comes in.

In this episode, I teach you how to practice gratitude, while still authentically honoring whatever turbulent circle of Hell you’re at.

Xoxo and Happy Thanksgiving, Loves!

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Divulging into my battle with CPTSD and healing my trauma with the help of neuropsychology. A healthy positive mindset that comes allowing yourself to grieve and celebrating the good, but acknowledging the bad.

Refusing to allow yourself grief and denying your loss creates a feux mask of toxic positivity. Instead of moving on, you are pushing down your emotions - which is a big no no because the only way to allow our emotions to move through us is to feel them fully. The end result of pushing down trauma? Being triggered at the most unideal times (granted, there is no ‘ideal’ time to be triggered) and living in endless suffering of concealed anger and sadness, supplemented by the oh so fun occasional violent panic attack flare up.

Being truly positive doesn’t mean saying that absolutely everything is so great all the time and better than it once was. A healthy positive mindset comes from allowing yourself to feel your emotions and admit that they aren’t always very cash money.

Give yourself permission to say “Bro, I’m straight up not having a good time.”

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Fellow automobile-pedestrian accident survivor, actor Kathryn Prescott,  shares the story of her own recovery from being hit by a truck. Together, we chat about our common similarities in PTSD and CPTSD, invisible disability, years of surgeries, the complexity of a patient-caregiver relationship, and life after long-term rehabilitation.

Kathryn (Kat) Prescott, a UK actress known for the titular role of Carter in Finding Carter and - a guilty pleasure of mine - Emily in Skins (UK.) (and she’s from generation 2 - my personal favorite generation!!).

In this episode, we deep dive into Kat’s traumatic accident, (spoiler alert: a cement truck ran over her legs, resulting in 13 surgeries for her legs, pelvis, and vascular system), family dynamics, the bitch that is long-term health recovery, dnd how humans, both friends and acquaintances, react to another’s trauma.

This episode is  supersonically powerful. Everyone absolutely needs to listen to this to better understand health trauma, perhaps receive comfort and validation, and to learn how to be there for a trauma survivor.

Victims of automobile violence, this one’s for you…and binge Skins UK.

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Kat's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/

Kat's Book Recs for Recovery:

Talk Crash to Me by S. Dawne McKay

Lucky by Ed Jackson

I'm Glad My Mom Died  by Jeannette McCurdy

Educated by Tara Westover

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Wintering by Katherine May

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi

Good Morning, Monster by Cathe

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Trust your intuition, ignore your inner critic - but how? My ICF certified life coach, a fan favorite repeat guest, Dominique Gold helps me break down how to choose yourself, choose love, and ignore anxiety-inducing attack thoughts.

We all need to get better about trusting our intuition, sis is never wrong, but it’s hella hard to trust her when we’ve been conditioned our whole lives by society to not trust our intuition. Instead, we’ve learned to foster attack thoughts which are a terrible, shitty, anxious, panicky substitute.

Trusting our intuition feels right & grounded, even if it includes (which it usually does) making a pretty bold decision because it is choosing yourself and love. Our attack thoughts feel like fear because…that’s what they are!! Listening to them can feel like entertaining the whims of others - it definitely doesn’t feel like choosing yourself.

But how do we learn to trust our intuition?! It’s a gut feeling, we have no proof! In fact, we usually have ‘the proof’ to do the opposite of what our intuition tells us to do. Well, bitch, that’s what I’ve been trying to learn and get better at for the past year or so and Dom is who has been helping me do it. We’ve gotten a good enough grasp on this complex/higher-thinking/philosophical subject. We teach what we can, and, hopefully, if all listeners get a good enough grasp, we can all come together in one full grasp ;)

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This episode is dedicated to brain injury survivors and caregivers of. Today I sit down with my physiatrist, Dr. Seth Herman. Dr. Herman has been with me from week one of the coma until now and for the forseeable future.  My recovery has been entirely guided by Dr. Herman and I and my brain would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for him.

As the Medical Director of Traumatic Brain Injury at California Rehabilitation - where yours truly was posted up for a bit - every day he sees patients at all stages of brain injury recovery from the moment their surgery is over and stands by their side as they reassimilate into life. He is still making tweaks to my medication and I  started working with a new neuropsychologist a few months ago at his recommendation.

No one knows the struggle of brain injury rehabilitation better and an invisible disability than someone who sees it present in all different cases every day. Tune into this episode and catch a true glimpse at the reality of having and living with a brain injury.

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Me? Patient? Babe, I want things done yesterday. I ride on impulsivity. Based on my birth chart - it's a birth right...but one that needs some mastering. Healing has required me to be patient or try to learn to be patient, but I almost want it to be done? I'm like 'Ok, I've been patient long enough, let's get going!!!' Unfortunately - that's not how healing works.

Healing is not linear. Just because some things are good now, doesn't mean they'll be good forever..or maybe they will be, but then some other shit's gonna come up. While healing does go up over time, life will keep lifeing. 

Personally, with a TBI, every day is a surprise of new side effects. Yes, even all these years later. Because, say it with me, brain *clap* injury *clap* recovery *clap* is *clap* life *clap* long *clap.* 

Oh - and do you think PTSD goes away quickly? No, no, no - it just often changes the way it presents, leading you to think you've handled it all, but you haven't entirely. 

With the debut of this podcast, the completion of my surgeries, and lots of other life changes, I am finally in a place of being able to address a lot of what I've been forced to push down in order to survive and keep myself moving. And most of it -well, actually all of it, if we're being honest - I didn't even realize I was pushing down.

That's why we have experts like neuropsychologists, psychologists, therapists, and life coaches who all us out!!!

Both mentally & physically, flare ups of conditions can occur. New hurdles will appear. Sometimes, when you're confident you've figured something out, you realize there's a whole other piece you gots to handle - or what you thought you had handled says 'bitch, I'm back.' 

Patience is the softest form of love. If you love yourself, you owe it to be patient with yourself. If you love others, you owe it to them to be patient with them.

We all need more patience. We are all deserving of patience. 

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Ever had a heart-to-heart with the Universe? I did! - On shrooms, of course. In this episode, I share what was dragged out of me  from somewhere deep inside—truths about who I am, how I love, and why we’re all here (spoiler: the job description for being human is very simple and easy - but we overthink and make it harder  different than you think). We’ll talk trust, friendships, the cosmic inside joke we’re all in on, and that feeling when your subconscious finally decides to spill the tea (which is what shrooms do!!!) . It’s part revelation, part comedy, part “wait… what just happened?”—and you might just hear something you already knew.

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Do you believe in giggling? Do you believe in hehe-ing? Do you believe in haha-ing? And do you believe that it can heal you?! I preach it, I scream it, I yell it - and so does Dean Lin, cohost of the Definitely Delusional podcast. 

I mandate that laughter saved me and I wouldn't be where I am today - as recovered, healed, happy, and back to life I am today, if it hadn't been for my ability to giggle while my life getting railed with a cheese grater. 

Dean is a comedic genius who has battled - and fucking won - his own monstrous pile of trauma. When I say monstrous pile, I mean rehab 3 separate times. And how did Dean get through it as gracefully ass he did to be excelling at life today? Laughing. 

Sometimes the emotions we feel about something are so intense that if we don't laugh we'll cry, I choose to laugh, Dean chooses to laugh.

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You'll discover:
How laughter can be a powerful form of medicine for emotional and mental healing.
Personal anecdotes of finding joy and humor amidst trauma recovery.
Strategies for integrating laughter and play into daily life to boost resilience.
Reflections on the intersection of joy, spiritual growth, and trauma healing.

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Dean's Recommendation:
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
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Another episode about hair?! Guys, the curly hair community NEEDS this one, I need this one. The haters will say trauma from curly hair is a stretch - by haters I mean people without curly hair! Anyone with curly hair knows it's a fucking struggle, a beautiful struggle, but still a struggle. 

Meet my hair stylist, Valerie or Val of ValCutColor. Val is a curl specialist and the first specialist I found in LA - after 7/8 years of trying 7 different curl stylists in LA before her. When I got my extensions out for good, I had two not very cash money hair cuts before I found Val, who spent 4 hours putting my hair back together. She went curl by curl to get it to the sexy as hell place it's in today. 

You'll discover:
How societal expectations around beauty can impact self-worth and identity.
Personal experiences of trauma and their effect on body image and hair perception.
Strategies for embracing natural beauty and cultivating self-acceptance.
Reflections on personal empowerment and healing through self-expression.

Curly hair is more expensive, it requires more time, internalized racism and microaggressions surround curly hair. Curly haircare is is muddled with misinformation and a lack of education. People can be ashamed of their curly hair and reluctant to own it for a while, if not forever. 

Knowing all this, when Val heard my story, she extended a level of empathy that is so hard to find and get from beauty specialists. I'm not the only one she has extended that empathy, time, love, and care to - she extends it to all her clients. She knows all curly q's have had a lifetime of niche trauma.

There is barely any discourse in the community about this, so I figured, I would create it.  I owe it both to myself and all curly girlies. 

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Val's Recommendation:
The Answer to How is Yes by Peter Block
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-answer-to-how-is-yes-peter-block/1122984927

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I met Taylor Swift because I was hit by a car. This is that story. And this story reflects the entire moral/thesis of this podcast: Using what you have to work with the Universe, rather than focussing on what you don't have. I was able to take said coma and said 16 surgeries and said two month hospital & rehab stay and said brain injury and said Uh Oh experience and use it as a way to canoodle with the most famous woman in the world. 

But how?! How does one?! And what exactly do you mean you vague bitch?!

I have the audacity to make you only able to find out by unpacking the whole story with me aka listening to me speak for 46 minutes and 31 seconds.

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You'll discover:
Gabriella’s near-death experience and how it influenced her perspective on life and trauma.
The surprising “Taylor Swift via coma” encounter and its spiritual significance.
Reflections on fate, synchronicity, and the guidance the universe offers during recovery.
Practical takeaways for integrating transformative experiences into daily life.

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My recommendation: The Pitt - medical procedural drama television series on Max

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Being a party girl can make you a good person! My friend, Emily, cohost of the 'Definitely Delusional' podcast, is here to tell you allllll about that. She wanted to restore the rep of untz untz and tell about how music festivals, the dance floor, and how what most identify as taboo debauchery woke her up to the Universe and connects her to her chakras. At it's core, festivals, partying, and dancing are about connection, community, freedom, and love. As a retired party girl (s/o mini SUV's), I absolutely subscribe to this hot take. 

Our banter is impeccable, we rep Calabria, and we do espresso shots in leopard print. Check out our mob wife style (that's ALWAYS been the girls from Calabria's style - my culture is not your costume), hear about how Serena Williams is teaching my editor, Nick, how to crip walk, and celebrate the divine feminine freedom that comes from throwing it back. Plur.

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You'll discover:
How to merge a vibrant social life with spiritual growth and self-care.
Gabriella’s insights on healing trauma while still embracing fun and celebration.
Practical tips for integrating joy, spontaneity, and ritual into daily life.
Reflections on authenticity, self-expression, and reclaiming personal power.

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Emily's Recommendation:
The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-four-agreements-don-miguel-ruiz/1100993587
The Fifth Agreement by Miguel Ruiz, Don Jose Ruiz, and Janet Mills
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My written plans for my funeral and wake extravaganzas are as follows. It is very important to write down your funeral plans. Make your final farewell specific to your personal brand. It is more important that we all get more comfortable talking about our own deaths because yeah...that's gonna happen. 

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You'll discover:
Why writing her own funeral/wake became a radical act of self-ownership.
How contemplating mortality can catalyze healing and perspective shifts.
The connection between trauma recovery, legacy, and living intentionally.
Practical reflections: creating personal rituals that support life after trauma.

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My recommendation: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins : https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-let-them-theory-mel-robbins/1146342595

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When I left the hospital, I couldn’t walk more than 10 feet. Prior to that, I spent over a decade in a toxic relationship with food & my body defined by alternating between overeating and under eating and over exercising and under exercising. Now, I’m in the best shape of my life and my kink is making boys insecure at the gym. 

Hannah Leboff was a key part of that journey. An instructor at my gym, whose strength training class I’ve taken weekly for nearly 4 years now. Hannah is a fitness instructor who I owe my body to. She is certified in literally everything, taught me to not ‘fear’ weights as a woman, and inspires me weekly. 

However, Hannah wasn’t always that way. She also spent over a decade encompassed by literally every eating disorder ever: anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, binge eating - you name it, she had it. Ignited by mental health issues like ADHD and depression, she spent years hopeless and thinking she had no way out.

Like me, Hannah found the gym. Fitness became a source of empowerment, not something to fear. She dedicated herself to healing her body and brain. Now; she’s a new mom, killer instructor, strong af, and a glowing light in my life. 

The brain & body are connected, a little too connected. Well, actually, that depends on how you view it. Working out can be a source of happiness, community, self respect, pride and relaxation or diet & exercise can be something to agonize over, try to control in negative ways, and destroy one’s self confidence, love, and happiness.

Exercise is a crucial and often ignored part of mental health. It saved my brain and dragged both Hannah and I out of some nasty dark places. Prioritizing exercise is prioritizing the brain. 

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First time I cried after my accident for a legit reason that wasn't espresso martinis? When all my hair fell out of my head! A combination of significant bodily trauma and being exposed to exorbitant amounts of anesthesia caused my seemingly endless amounts of thick curly hair to abandon me during the time I needed it most. 

Unfortunately...that happens to a lot of people along complicated health journeys and battles, not just me.

Losing your hair is losing a part of your sense of self. And if you're like me where your hair is 70% of your personality, that significant part equates to a loss of confidence and a loss of hope. Especially after you've already lost so much.

Curly hair extensions are rumored to be a myth, but I live in the City of Angels and one of those angels is Israel (Izzy) Guzman: celebrity hairstylist, hair extension specialist, hair colorist, crystal shop owner, spiritual student, and, most importantly, friend.

I met Izzy along my mission to bring back what I thought was a defining trait of myself and while many will argue that it's not, it's just hair...eh...the people who's hair have fallen out emotionally beg to differ. We talk about why hair is so important, how hair loss can be a massive, often unspoken, trauma, and why maintaining hair and bringing back one's hair is a necessary act of service. 

Come learn about hair, learn about this underplayed trauma, learn about empathy, learn about self love. 

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Grab your tea, light that sage (or palo santo if you're feeling fancy), and buckle up—because this episode is a cosmic ride!

This week, I’m joined by the radiant and revolutionary Ryan Bacchas, a man whose journey reads like a spiritual superhero origin story. Once navigating life without a roof over his head as a teen, Ryan became a government lobbyist by nineteen—yes, NINETEEN—playing a key role in legalizing medical marijuana in California (you’re welcome). Today, he runs The New Atlantis, a holistic healing hub that's less lost city and more conscious community HQ.

We dive into everything from embracing trauma as a love-powered launchpad, to Ryan’s bold belief that this is humanity’s year to level up and glow up—together. If you’ve been wondering how to turn your pain into purpose while giggling through the healing process, this episode is your vibe.

Come for the spiritual insights, stay for the joy, and maybe leave with a few more tools to help light the world on fire—with love, of course. 

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A State of Trance , podcast & radio show: https://www.astateoftrance.com/
The Art of War: https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772
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Making peace, surrendering,  accepting that death is inevitable and not fearing it - a mindset 99% of the world can only dream of reaching, but Bill Hartman did, in fact, inspirationally reach. Today I sit down with my new friend, Annie Hartman, to talk about all she learned about life, faith, trust, empathy, & strength from watching her dad, Bill, battle brain cancer.  

We discuss the harsh realities of living with or watching a loved one live with a brain injury. These harsh realities are so harsh that they often do not discriminate, no matter what caused them albeit an illness, trauma, genetic mutation etc. Despite these harsh realities, through Bill’s battle, Annie was blessed with the certainty of her faith. 

Annie and I both hope that we can make the public more aware of the difficulties brain impairments present, both to the victim and family and loved ones of.  Listen to us celebrate the man Bill was while Annie tells about all the positivity he bled into this world, her own life, strangers’ lives, and his sold-out rock concert funeral. 

Annie was sprinkled into my life by the Universe, just as I started this podcast. For that, I am eternally grateful because she generously gifted us this conversation. 

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9 metal bones? Ya, fitness gonna be a tad difficult, but it's a tons of tads necessary. Since my accident, I've made fitness a priority to rebuild and maintain both my mental and physical strength. Buuutttt with a once shattered body, there is definitely more I need to pay attention to than the average perason. 

Meet Dr. Jackson Bates, lead clinician at Myodetox West Hollywood. Jackson is the only chiropractor or physical therapist I've worked with who seems to actually care about what's going on with me mentally - something all specialists and experts should care about because the body and mind are cohesive. Physical trauma and metal trauma have a tendency to go hand in hand. 

Making sure to approach all patients with empathy, understanding, and customized goal setting, Jackson is able to execute success in chronic pain management, rehabilitation, myofascial release, and strength and conditioning to heal and future-proof the body.

All my brain doctors have confirmed that my mental recovery has only been as good as it has been because of my focus on fitness - and that focus would not be possible without Dr. Jackson, or Jax, as his friends and family call him. Come learn about the body and mind and understand a little how it all goes together. Caring for one is crucial for caring for the other.

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I have had four sets of boobs in my lifetime. This tetralogy has taught me a thing or two about life, growth, self-forgiveness, redemption, shame, love, persistence, patience, healing - my tits have taught me a lot about a lot of important things. Life lessons can come from yitties? Yes, yes they can. Listen if you would like to learn, listen if you're curious, or  listen because ya just need to know how tf a person can have four sets of boobs and string the saga together together to reflect spirituality. Win most, lose some...lost a lot of tit, gained more tit.

You’ll discover:
Why “four sets of boobs” became a metaphor for evolving identity post-trauma. 
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How physical scars (and emotional ones) can challenge self-worth, and what healing looks like.
The intersection of body image, trauma recovery, and spiritual identity.
Practical takeaways: what listeners can do when they feel disconnected from their body or self-image.
Why vulnerability about shame and transformation is one of the most powerful bridges to self-acceptance.

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Two spiritual students brought together by curly hair & boobs. Meet my life coach, Dominique Gold, who teaches through the lens of spirituality. In this episode we discuss navigating the crossroads and transitions we go through in life - especially when growing up and learning how to adult. . Career changes, moves, social life fluctuations, the campy drama that is dating in Los Angeles all while battling trauma?! To start your own business is a lot for anyone, that difficulty is multiplied my 3 when you're a young adult, and raised to the power of 7 when you add in a brain injury. Balancing that, friendships, dating, family life - CHAOS to say the least. With Dom & the Universe guiding me, I've stayed mentally sane(ish), been on that high vibe, and felt supported the entire way, 
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You’ll discover in this episode:
Why writing her own funeral/wake became a radical act of self-ownership
The link between confronting death and re-claiming life after trauma
How brain injury (TBI) recovery changed her mindset about “what’s next”
Practical prompts: how listeners can create their own farewell wishes to shift how they live now
Spiritual reflections on legacy, meaning, and transforming fear into empowerment

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Dominique's life coaching website https://www.everaftercoaching.com/
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Dom's recommendation: I Feel Pretty , comedy film, written & directed by Abby Kohn and Mark Silverstein

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My accident was written in the stars?! Surgery on the soul?! Meet Danny Santos of Danny Santos & The Crystal Visions. Ayahuasca shaman, spiritual coach, astrologer, tarot reader, reiki healer, breath work instructor, host of the 'Astro Daddy' podcast - he does it all!  From working with trauma survivors to corporate retreats, come hear all Danny has to say about humans and the Universe. And listen to him read and analyze my birth chart!!! For anyone who's not an astrology believer um, I was meant to almost die? So...believe. Danny's ultimate goal: to help everyone who's made mistakes...aka all of humanity and everything that Gabriella Rebranded is all about. 
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You'll discover:
How ayahuasca ceremonies can catalyze healing after life-changing trauma
The role of astrology and “soul maps” in making sense of accident-driven rebirth
How Gabriella’s personal journey after surviving a traumatic brain injury resonates with plant-medicine work
Practical insights: preparing for spiritual healing, integrating after vision work, aligning with cosmic timing
Why spirituality, trauma recovery, and alternative healing are powerful when combined

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Welp, we had to get it out of the way! Detailing the first not very cash money 20 months following my accident. Hear about the car bodying me, the first 14 surgeries (yes - I had two more following where this video ends), the big bad sad, and finally, my spiritual intervention that sent me on the trajectory that I'm on now. A trajectory of positivity, a life of love. How I found my newfound trust in the Universe. Oh yeah, and we're laughing during it.
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🎙️You’ll discover:
How movement (working out) helped her reclaim her body and identity after her accident
The role of mindful eating and nutrition in healing from a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
What happens in the brain after trauma — and how she navigated those changes
Spiritual practices and mindset shifts that supported the physical and mental recovery
Why incorporating joy (smiles), light-heartedness and celebration are crucial on the healing path

If you’re recovering from physical or emotional trauma, navigating life after brain injury, or simply curious how wellness, spirituality and recovery intersect, this episode is for you.

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Gabriella was launched on this mission by the Universe upon waking up from her nap (coma). This podcast is dedicated to fulfilling that mission, showing her up for her assignment. What is said 'mission? Who is this bish? What's she talking about and why is she even talking? Well, you gotta listen to her talk in this introductory debut episode to find out what Gabriella and 'Gabriella Rebranded' is all about. 
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🎙️Get ready to dive into:

• What it felt like waking up from a coma and realizing everything changed
• How a traumatic brain injury (TBI) rewrote Gabriella’s identity and mission
• Why the Universe (and spirituality) became her guiding compass — without the fluff
• The intersection of trauma recovery, disability advocacy, and spiritual growth
• How dark humour, authenticity, and “delulu positivity” turned being broken into a superpower

If you’re navigating trauma, physical or emotional recovery, disability, or simply seeking a deeper connection with your life’s purpose and the Universe, this episode is for you.

Content Recommendation: The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-universe-has-your-back-gabrielle-bernstein/1123721255

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 at 11 am PST

This specific date and time was selected by the Universe. I am listening to the Universe. Choosing to publish on a date so far delayed from my original launch date is a spiritual assignment that I have accepted. My radical acceptance is a hallmark of my physical healing from my severe TBI and spiritual healing and growth. I choose to trust. 

Our perception is our reality and I am choosing to perceive this as a gift.

Win most, lose some. What started out as a slight loss has transformed into a huge win.

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Gabriella 1.0 was a typical twentysomething who was punted by a Nissan into a coma. She was rebranded during her nap and woke up to rejoin the living as Gabriella 2.0, a spiritual student with a TBI (traumatic brain injury). Gabriella seeks to share all that she has learned about the Universe through dipping her toe on the other side and take you with her on her spiritual journey as she discovers more -- but she can't be too serious for too long. Sometimes she discusses trauma, but she discusses trauma through her love language of dark humor as she bleeds positivity into the world.

Gabriella Rebranded seeks to promote healing from trauma, overcoming adversity, disability advocacy, and brain injury awareness through the lens of giggles and delulu positivity.

Gabriella invites you to come alongside her on this trek of learning to harness positive energy and use it to work with the Universe.


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