What part of yourself did you put down just to survive? In Episode 9 of The Bounce Back Journey Podcast, Melissa Carr and Reign walk you through Pillar 3 of The Bounce Back Method™ and the Permission work that brings her back.

You did not lose yourself in a single dramatic moment.

You quietly set parts of yourself down. A little at a time. Until you forgot you were carrying them.

In Episode 9 of Season 1, Melissa opens with the part of herself she stopped doing for almost three years. Then Reign walks you through the third and final question of Pillar 3 Reclaim inside The Bounce Back Method™.

What part of yourself did you suppress just to survive?

In this episode:

The reason you cannot remember what you buried until you go looking for it The three Permission questions inside The Bounce Back Method™ Why the parts of you that you suppressed are not gone, they are waiting Melissa on the small things she stopped doing and how she found her way back Your one action step to begin this week

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Tags: identity reclamation, life after disruption, permission to be yourself, midlife reinvention, women over 45, The Bounce Back Method, Data Over Damage, Pillar 3 Reclaim, women empowerment podcast, Melissa Carr

The Bounce Back Journey is founded by Melissa Carr, creator of The Bounce Back Method™ and author of Transforming Trauma: How You Can Turn Your Pain Into Power (2021).

DISCLAIMER: Content is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This material does not substitute for professional psychiatric care, clinical diagnosis, or therapeutic treatment.

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Most people have never separated the values they perform from the values they actually have.

In Episode 8 of Season 1, Melissa opens with the moment she realized she had been living by values that were never actually hers. Then Reign walks you through Question Two of the Pillar 3 Reclaim process inside The Bounce Back Method™.

What do you value when no one is watching and nothing is at stake?

Using the two-column framework from The Bounce Back Method™, you will learn to separate your performed values from your actual values and find the ones that were buried under years of survival and obligation.

Melissa shares what she found when she did this exercise herself — and how those discoveries became the foundation of everything she built after the disruption.

Your past is data, not damage. That is the foundation of Data Over Damage™. The values you uncover today are the proof.

Content is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical advice.

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Last episode we asked if you lost yourself in the disruption.

This episode we start finding you again.

In Episode 7 of Season 1, Melissa opens solo with something she needs you to hear. Then Reign walks you through the first of three identity reclamation questions inside Pillar 3 of The Bounce Back Method™: Who were you before the disruption became the loudest thing in the room?

Your past is data, not damage. That is the foundation of Data Over Damage™ — and it means the disruption left information, not just wreckage. In this episode you will learn exactly how to use it.

You will walk away with the three-layer excavation framework from The Bounce Back Method™ and three specific prompts to begin the Reclaim work today.

Melissa shares the moment she realized she had been confusing what she used to do with who she used to be, and what it felt like when she finally separated those two things.

She existed before the disruption. It is time to find her again.

Content is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical advice.

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