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Welcome to a place where two friends open up about hard times, healing, and helping others. We have a shared mission of breaking the silence that so many of us feel during the hard times of our lives. The isolation. The confusion. The messiness of it all. Sometimes navigating through it all can seem so impossible. Here on Breakdown to Breakthrough you’ll find laughter through loss, hope through healing, and coping through chaos … and probably some really bad jokes and awkwardness in between! We’re two friends, Krystal and Gabby, who have known each other since elementary school. We grew apart after high school, but shared trauma brought us back together a few years later. Krystal started opening up about her journey through PTSD, abuse, and losing her Dad by suicide on social media. At the same time Gabby was dealing with her Mom being diagnosed with stage four cancer. After graduating from college, she moved home and became one of her Mom’s primary caregivers. After 2 years of helping take care of her Mom, she ended up passing shortly after starting this podcast. We’ll never claim to have all the answers or to know the best way to do things. We'll keep it REAL, lead with our hearts, and show up as fully and as openly as we possibly can. In doing so, we hope you find a home here on the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. We are so happy to have you join us. Now go listen to an episode!
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Can you even believe we have officially reached the end of season one for Breakdown to Breakthrough?In this season finale episode, Gabby and Krystal take a look back at the wild ride that was the first chapter of the podcast. What worked, what didn’t, what moments stood out to them, things they have never talked about before from producing the show and the ways that YOU helped THEM grow by connecting with the show.We’ll step out of third-person here just to say a thank you to anyone who liste...
Have you ever been to therapy or counseling? Have you ever wondered what it may be like? In this episode Krystal, Gabby, and guest Laura, PLPC (aka therapist), break down their perspectives on therapy. Laura explains the differences between peer counseling, counseling, and therapy. She elaborates on some of the technicalities of therapy and what you can type into Google to find what you’re looking for.They all expand on the process of finding the right therapist. What some potential red ...
How are you feeling while reading this? Are you feeling well-rested, or overworked? Are you feeling like you have enough rest in your life, or every moment is filled with another to-do?In this episode, Krystal and Gabby talk about rest and the power of pause. They break down the hustle culture and how that’s influenced our need to constantly be working. They emphasize the influence that the digital world has on resting.Diving deep into comparison they talk about some of the negative self-talk...
Fake life rules - those things that leave us feeling like we should have an epic career in our dream industry, like we should be married with kids by now, like we should have a clean house 24/7. In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about why fake life rules are absolute nonsense. Sure, in a perfect world all of us would be supremely fulfilled by all facets of our lives and enjoy a perfect "timeline" of milestones. But one of the beautiful things about life is that it is both unpredict...
Do you believe in the importance of boundaries? Do you need help setting them in your life?In this episode Gabby and Krystal talk about setting and breaking boundaries. They introduce the different types of boundaries that can be set. Their most frequently set boundaries fall under the emotional and time categories.They share boundaries they’ve both recently set and how they’ve set them both directly and indirectly with different people in their lives. They cover the difficulties of setting b...
Do you have triggers? Do you know what triggers are?In this episode Krystal opens up about her own personal experience with triggers. She covers what triggers are and what can commonly happen when triggers come up in your life.She explains how to evaluate the media you consume, so that it makes you feel good and not like shit afterwards. Plus, she shares some very specific resources that have helped her consume media more confidently.She touches on how to navigate triggers when they’re unavoi...
In this episode guest Kevin O’Hare, Krystal, and Gabby talk about losing a loved one by suicide and supporting someone who has lost a loved one by suicide. Kevin and Krystal both lost their fathers to suicide in their early 20s. They openly share their experiences of losing their fathers and discuss what healing has looked like for them in the first few years since their losses. There are tips for other survivors, for those supporting survivors, and resources for anyone who may need some...
Do you spend a lot of time on social media? Do you want to set healthy boundaries with the way you use social media for work and personal purposes? In this episode, Gabby talks about setting strong social media boundaries. She shares her experience with being a content creator and using social media for business, but also just as a person scrolling social media herself. She breaks down how she has found and maintained social media boundaries that feel good and work for her. She elab...
Whether the two emotions were brought on by something you did or something someone else did to you, we have all felt shame and guilt. In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about unpacking that shame and guilt and understanding the root of its existence. With two different experiences of emotions, listeners get to see how varying our emotional perspectives truly are.Both of them discuss how to listen to your shame and guilt, as well as navigating the healing process of it all. Learning lesso...
Have you ever wanted to share your story? Whether that be with friends, family, partners, or to an online community? In this episode, Krystal and Gabby talk about sharing your story offline and online. Offline with people you want to share your story with and online on places like Instagram. With years worth of experience telling their truth Krystal and Gabby put everything they’ve learned out there. They each elaborate on what motivates them to share their stories, even through the...
In this episode, Krystal interviews Melinda Oliver. Also known as Mel from STL on social media, Mel is a yoga teacher, law student, and St. Louis native who leads by example. Mel found yoga while navigating out of a difficult breakup. As Mel says, it’s not a sugary story. She found her thoughts turning off because of yoga. Something revolutionary because it was a quiet she had never experienced. After experiencing that herself, she wanted to extend that to more and more people. Duri...
In this episode, Gabby and her Dad talk about the passing of her Mom on 07/20/2021.They talk about her journey through cancer in the past 4+ years, her parents' love story, and the legacy her Mom leaves behind.An episode in loving memory of Pam Rezex who shined a bright light everywhere she went.RESOURCES:National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255Mental Health Crisis Text Message Hotline: Text 'Home' to 741741FIND US ON ONLINE:www.bd-bt.comInstagram: @bdbtpodcastFacebook: @breakdowntob...
In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about anniversaries and milestones after losing someone you love. *Trigger Warning: Mention of suicide and self-harm* Krystal explains in depth how the first year after her Dad passed felt. She shares many ways she handled milestones like his birthday and the anniversary of his death. She provides tangible advice for what has helped her cope in the past 2 years. In this episode Krystal and Gabby also share advice from listeners that have ...
Do you ever feel EVERYTHING all at once? Or do you ever feel nothing at all and numb to emotions altogether?In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about just that - feeling everything or nothing at all. They talk about how periods of inactive or active trauma can impact feeling everything or nothing at all.Krystal explains her experience with feeling little to nothing for over a year and how she now feels looking back on that period of her life. They expand on the importance of grace and sel...
Have you ever thought about the little traumas and big traumas that make up your life story? Do you ever feel like your hard times are harder than everyone else’s or not hard enough? In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about Little T and Big T Trauma. The smaller and bigger traumas that make up our lives. They discuss the differences between these traumas and how no matter how “big” or “small” your trauma may be it is a valid, valued, and a very real part of your life experience.&nbs...
When you're having a hard time or working through traumatic experiences, what can make you feel even just 1% better? How do you cope with huge emotions when your heart is already heavy?In this episode, Gabby and Krystal talk about the rollercoaster of living in chaos. They discuss what has helped them feel less "crazy" and what has prevented them from invalidating their own feelings when it's hard to even narrow down what exactly they're feeling in the first place.It's never easy to clea...
In this episode, you get to meet the voices of Breakdown to Breakthrough and what led us to the mics! What is BDBT all about? What will we talk about in each episode? Who are the voices on the show? Take a listen to our debut episode to find out all that and more!Intro/Outro music by AudioBinger
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