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Beyond Your Past Radio

Author: Matthew Pappas, CLC

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Beyond Your Past - Podcast with your host, Matt Pappas, CLC. Join me each week as I talk with guests who have overcome their past and are using their powers for the greater good! Clinicians, Life Coaches, Advocates, Bloggers, and others will be here to help inspire and encourage you that no matter what you have been through, there is Hope and You can make a difference.



You'll also continue to have past episodes available from Surviving My Podcast, which exists to validate, encourage, support, and inspire all who have survived the trauma of abuse. Topics include Mental Health awareness, and living with challenges such as Dissociation, Anxiety, PTSD, Bipolar, Trauma Recovery, Dissociative Disorders, and other Mental Health Challenges.



If you've ever considered working with a life coach, or have questions about what a life coach is and if one is right for you, contact me anytime over at BeyondYourPast.com.



If you'd like to be a guest on a future show, I'd love to chat with you!
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We’re talking to an essential employee, and offering support, encouragement, and validation to everyone who is on the front lines in hospitals, doctor’s offices, animal hospitals, grocery and food store workers, and so many others who are dealing with a seemingly unending amount of stress and uncertainty. We share insight, tips, and strategies to help... The post Essential Employees Dealing with Overwhelm, Anxiety, and Uncertainty. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
After a 5 month hiatus from recording new episodes, we’re back with a special edition of Beyond Your Past Radio, and we couldn’t be happier to be rejoining the podcast airwaves and spend some time in your podcast playlist this week. 🙂 As certified coaches working with clients, and continuing our own healing, awareness, and... The post Tips for Dealing with Anxiety and Worry during Isolation and Uncertain Times appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
The long-awaited and wildly anticipated (more or less) return of the Mental Health Megacast is here! Season 3, Ep. 2 I believe is where we are, although truth be told it’s hard to say for sure what episode it is. If you’re a regular listener of these podcast episodes with Wes, Mike, and Myself, you... The post Mental Health Megacast: What We’ve Learned in Therapy and How We Continue to Heal. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Gratitude and Forgiveness are not exactly easy things to embrace, especially for survivors of trauma. In fact, just the very mention of either of those two can send chills down your spine, regardless of whether you’re a survivor of childhood trauma or other forms of abuse. Both bring up a multitude of emotions and require... The post Gratitude and Forgiveness, Essential Aspects of Healing and Empowerment, with Lisa Cybaniak appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
It takes a long time, for many survivors it can take decades, to come to terms with the abuse they experienced as a child. You spend years denying it, pretending it didn’t happen, barely giving it a second thought, and trying to avoid any thoughts of it whatsoever, but the only way to truly experience... The post Re-Victimized, the Risk of Sharing Your Trauma Story with Family. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Gaslighting, Cognitive Dissonance, and so many other terms can seem foreign, and downright intimidating when you first begin researching what narcissistic abuse is, and what it means to be in a relationship with a toxic person who has been manipulating you into embracing a reality you never imagined you would find yourself in. Our guest... The post “The Rule of 7”, How Narcissists Use Repetition to Manipulate You, with Kim Saeed appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Recovery and addiction sadly often go hand in hand. What is modeled for us as a child, or not modeled for us, along the trauma of any type of abuse can lead to struggles with addictions of drugs and alcohol. Studies outline that there is a clear and distinct correlation between childhood trauma and drug... The post There is No Shame in Recovery from Addiction, with Lisa Boucher appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
When you first begin to realize that you experienced some type of trauma, you realize that you were a victim. You were a victim unspeakable acts that nobody should ever have to endure. You may not even fully comprehend, understand, or remember everything that happened, but you’ve got some bits and pieces that will eventually... The post Taking Charge of Your Trauma Narrative, with Dorothy Pierre-Joseph. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
When you come to a point in healing from childhood trauma where you feel like it’s time to share your story, it’s truly a monumental moment in your recovery. While sharing openly about those personal struggles is not for everyone, and that’s ok, it can be incredibly validating for those who do wish to end... The post Navigating Daily Life and Continued Healing, after Sharing Your Survivor Story, with Larry Ruhl. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
There are so many aspects to healing from Complex PTSD; not only is it working through the traumatic events themselves; opening up those old wounds or discovering wounds we never knew were there, but it’s also about dealing with the after-effects of the trauma. A case can certainly be made that, while uncovering and working... The post Self-Esteem and Reframing Negative Core Beliefs in Healing from Complex PTSD. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Childhood trauma and addiction, unfortunately, go hand in hand quite often. According to SAMHSA: In the United States, 61 percent of men and 51 percent of women report exposure to at least one-lifetime traumatic event, and 90 percent of clients in public behavioral health care settings have experienced trauma. In addition, the Adverse Childhood Experience... The post Childhood Trauma, Addiction, and the Hope of Recovery, with Tricia Moceo appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Our good friend, Jody Betty, joins us on this episode of the podcast to talk more about her advocacy work and what it’s like living with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). The official definition of Borderline Personality Disorder, as outlined by the National Institute of Mental Health: Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness marked by... The post Living with BPD, One Hourly Battle at a Time, with Jody Betty appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
When you get a diagnosis that you cannot accept, especially one that is life-altering at a very young age, you have two choices: accept it or get a second opinion. Or third, or fourth, or fifth. Essentially you have to decide if you’re going to fight or go quietly into the night…so to speak. Our... The post A Diagnosis She Would Not Accept, and a Holistic Approach to Healing that Changed Her Life. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
‘Life is all about balance”, something most of us have probably heard many times growing up and even more so today. Trying to balance all of the responsibilities that daily life throws at us, professionally, personally, relationally, spiritually, is tough, to say the least. For those that do that have kind of balance now, you... The post “Feel to Heal”, Finding Balance in Healing and Life through Integrative Wellness, with Delisa Richardson appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
Even in today’s world, where mental health is becoming more mainstream to talk about, there’s still a stigma surrounding those dreaded two words. Even more than that, what about the judgemental mindset that comes with admitting you’ve attempted suicide, or live with chronic suicidality? It’s for those very reasons that I wanted to bring Frank... The post Chronic Suicidality, It’s Always on the Table…with Frank King appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
When it comes to an unhealthy or abusive dynamic in a therapeutic environment, it’s all too easy for the patient to put the blame squarely on their own shoulders, when in reality that is certainly not the case. However, because of the vulnerability that needs to be present in a therapy session, coupled with the... The post Healing from Abusive Therapy, It’s Not Your Fault. appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
What can we do to help communities heal after a mass trauma event like the recent shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio? How do we go about supporting the survivors and families, while also taking care of ourselves and dealing with our own feelings? For that matter, how do we understand our own... The post Understanding the Needs of a Community after a Mass Shooting, with Melissa Glaser appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
When you come to a point in healing from your past, from all of the abuse, the trauma, the years of suffering, you may find yourself breaking down, falling to your knees, and crying out for help. That’s exactly what our guest on this episode of the podcast did, and the answers she received were... The post Living Your Best Life through Healing Your Past, with Karen Cesario Rizzo appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
There’s an old saying, “sometimes you can’t see the forest through the trees”, An expression used of someone who is too involved in the details of a problem to look at the situation as a whole.* Now, what does this have to do is healing from an emotionally abusive relationship? One of the biggest struggles... The post Healing from an Emotionally Abusive Relationship, with Liz Goddard appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
If there’s one thing you need to be able to latch on to, and believe in when you begin a healing journey from past trauma..is Hope. The hope in healing from CPTSD or PTSD caused by childhood trauma is real, but if we don’t believe it’s real, the healing becomes exponentially more difficult. After all,... The post The Hope in Healing from CPTSD, with Monique Koven appeared first on Beyond Your Past Radio.
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