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This podcast is guiding trauma survivors through their journey of self-discovery, healing and personal growth.
Its host Nicoleta is a Romanian-British Psychologist, Therapist and Trauma Specialist and a survivor of childhood trauma and TNBC herself.
Nicoleta is interested in authentic human connection, healing and personal development and loves to help people grow conscious awareness, heal their past, develop relationship attunement, and finally open to happiness.
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In this episode Nicoleta talks about spirituality and happiness with Karen Docherty, Psychic and Medium from Scotland Parental divorce and sibling separation at 13 When you feel like living by yourself The connection with the spirit What is a medium and psychic The psychic link and connection with the Self Reading mediumship books at 10 When you embrace what life brings you The deep feeling of the awakened one Scholarship at the College of Psychic Studies From 9 to 5 to full time psych...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about nutrition and happiness with Lea Dombrowski, Holistic Health Coach and Nutritionist from California, USA Insight into trauma and chronic illness Young and struggling with gut health Diagnosed with autoimmune disease Why conventional medicine cannot help sometimes How functional medicine works holistically The root cause of our symptoms Why listen to your body and its illness How to create a sustainable wellbeing plan From processed to whole nu...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Alsu Kashapova, holistic transformational coach from Barcelona Trauma as the suppression of own self Impact of growing up with addictive parents From tech to the healing world Touched by self-awareness, meditation and yoga The return back to wholeness Between personality and the true self Consciousness vs unconsciousness Ordinary and non-ordinary states of consciousness The inner intelligence and our healing Restoration of core belie...
In this episode Nicoleta explores the link between inter-racial struggles and happiness with Urmi Hossain, finance professional, blogger and author from Montreal, Canada. Happiness in the peace within you The impermanent nature of happiness Finding joy in the little actions Happiness in high school and university Identity trapped in between cultures When you belong to two different nationalities Displacement through migration and struggling to fit in Attuned to the diversity of an adoptive co...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Matt O’Neil, Happiness Coach and Best-Selling Author from South Carolina, USA. Growing up with a tyrant father The impact of parental abandonment In therapy at 6 year old Life in poverty and struggle Finding joy in family connection Between success and addiction Resilience that follows trauma Why hardship happen for us The eternal soul as the essence of happiness You choose how much you like the reality How to heal the 8...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Wendy Alexander, mid-life career coach, author and entrepreneur from Melbourne, Australia. Life as a mixed race in the segregated South Africa Trapped in protests and social unrest Laughter and connection in the family home The experience of migration to Australia Domestic abuse throughout pregnancy Losing the house after divorce Embraced by the multicultural Melbourne Growing resilience and cultivating gratitude Inspire...
In this episode Nicoleta explores yoga and happiness with Chloe Markham, award winning yoga teacher, writer and joyful living coach from York, England. When life challenges wire our brain Feeling life is short in childhood When the parent goes through stroke rehabilitation The joy following loss and trauma From practicing to teaching yoga Living more joyfully through you yoga About the toll and magic of yoga Yoga as the reminder of our aliveness How to engage with str...
In this episode Nicoleta is talking about trauma and happiness with Akilah Riley-Richardson, clinical trauma therapist from Trinidad and Tobaggo. Happiness in living aligned with own values Trauma and the relationship with happiness Understanding own value in the world How to erect proper psychological boundaries Moving through rough patches in life From true pain to authenticity Receiving validation for our internal experiences The relationships we choose and choose not When trauma and...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about healing and happiness with Marie Young, Stress Management Coach from Texas, USA. From childhood neglect to depression The impact of the absent parents Coming from divorced families Lacking role modelling and support Between the compare and despair modes About the hardening of the heart Starting healing in the 20s The emergence of the post-traumatic growth Takings from the corporate world Happiness in human connection Wisdom of the divine...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about PTSD and happiness with Garret Biss, retired marine pilot, addiction recovery coach, and TEDx Speaker from North Carolina, USA. Happiness as the peace in your heart Joining the Marines in search for connection Travelling around the world and learning about the human condition In touch with the pain and suffering of people Between hedonic happiness and eudaimonic happiness The profile of a Marines pilot and the need for compartmentalisation PTSD for m...
In this episode Nicoleta explores emotions and happiness with Andy Brown, author and leadership coach from England. Happiness in balance and equity Jumping with joy growing up in Brighton Curiosity is key to create happiness Attending the inner child Feeling chosen as an adopted child Living with a strong desire to serve About the emotional overdraft Investing in work at the cost of your mental health The factors that create emotional overdraft Why your thinking created your emot...
In this episode Nicoleta explores healing and happiness with Holly Copeland, scientist, coach and healing practitioner from California, USA The youth and the false idea of happiness Missing the feeling of wholeness within Happiness as the inside out job Aligning with the love within When you naturally connect with the joy in life Life near a sibling with mental health struggles From conservation work to Buddhist teachings Finding purpose and helping others When you stop expecting...
In this episode Nicoleta explores health and happiness with Mark L Fox, entrepreneur, scientist, and former Space Shuttle Chief Engineer, from Coco Beach, USA. Looking forward to waking up in the morning Happiness in helping others When you see the half full glass From love of chemistry to rocket science Why NASA is not progressive in its production 16 years in the space shuttle industry What inspired the interest in energy work How everything in the universe involves an energy e...
In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Corey Lyon Folsom, relationship coach from Venice Beach, USA. Happiness in improving the self Joyfulness in helping others Childhood contentment exploring forest and wildlife Joy in the connection with the self Three divorces revealed the need for personal development Increasing awareness for relational attunement Sibling relational trauma Coaching women and couples Slowing down to dissolve conflict A...
In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Jessica Fern, psychotherapist from North Carolina, USA. How we grow up with the unconscious expectations of fun, pleasure and excitement When the happiness is more the byproduct than the goal itself Presence, contentment and gratitude as the source of happiness The neglect surrounding an “easy child” perceived as not-needy Understanding transgenerational trauma Why our nervous system is key in happiness Connected with p...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about wellness and happiness with Heather Heynen, counsellor and weight loss coach from South Dakota, USA. Love for rock climbing and psychology The impact of divorce on teenagers Insight into binge eating and exercise addiction Sitting with emotions and self-regulating Inspired to heal by our own children The power of mindfulness in healing Integrating therapeutic tools and interventions Spirituality and the connection with the outside world Psych...
In this episode Nicoleta explores culture and happiness with Philosopher and Professor Jason Lee from Leicester, UK Is it good to define happiness? Is happiness the opposite of unhappiness? Seeing happiness as a mental illness Drawing joy and happiness from creativity and relationships Going into teaching to share knowledge and help others How is culture promoting both madness and wellbeing Group collective madness and modern social trends How doubt can make you a better thinker and le...
In this episode Nicoleta is talking about gender and happiness with Ann Pellegrini, psychoanalysts, author and Professor at New York University. How happiness is shaped by the social and cultural norms Personal questioning around struggle and flourishing When early life experiences drive our career choices Happiness despite sexism, misogyny and homophobia How a tomboy learns to live in gender Why all gender arises out of a relationship with normative trauma Trauma and its i...
In this episode Nicoleta explores dating and happiness with Mat Boggs, dating expert, speaker, best-selling author, from California USA Happiness as the differential between your expectation and reality Joy in what is happening in the present moment Peacefulness when you give up the resistance to what is Living in an infinite field of goodness Challenge as the seed of an equal and greater opportunity Helping thousands of women manifest their love The greater the challenge, the greater ...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about mindset and happiness with Juan Campoo, mindset & behavior expert, author, TEDx speaker from Argentina, living in Netherlands. Happiness, as contentment and wellbeing When health struggles lead to coaching training Doctors prescribing yoga for life Using intuition to work with people for people Happiness has nothing to do with circumstances The impact of epigenetics in happiness Trauma coming to the surface at 40 Autoimmune dis...
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