Are you playing the role of the "perfect" daughter, wife, or mother while feeling like your true self has vanished? In this powerful episode, Brenda Ridgley sits down with Chris Wasco—a spiritual counselor, psychic medium, and author of An Old Soul’s Journey—to discuss breaking free from narcissistic abuse and a silenced nervous system.

Chris shares her raw "Midlife Funk" story: the terrifying moment she realized the abuse she endured as a child was beginning to touch her own children. This "straw that broke the camel's back" led her to cut ties with her parents and begin a massive life transformation. We explore the "Mother Wound"—the generational shadow that shapes how women relate to themselves and their friends—and how unmasking toxic family dynamics can literally heal your physical body.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Breaking Point: Why it often takes a threat to our children to make us stand up to our own bullies.
• The Narcissistic Spectrum: Understanding the difference between overt abuse and the mental manipulation of the "silent treatment."
• Healing the Nervous System: How trauma "mutes" our intuition and why Chris’s psychic gifts only came "online" once she finally felt safe.
• The Mother Wound & Enmeshment: Why having your mother as your "best friend" can actually be an energetic red flag for your marriage.
• Somatic Recovery: Moving from a "stressed breath" to a grounded life through mirror work and chakra exploration.

Actionable Insights:

1. Grounding Check: Learn to anchor your "roots" to exit fight-or-flight mode and breathe from your belly, not just your chest.
2. Solar Plexus Power: Use the "I am powerful" check-in to see if you are standing in your personal sovereignty.
3. Mirror Work: Start with just 20 seconds of looking at yourself with love to reclaim the identity trauma tried to hide.

About Our Guest: Chris Wasco is a spiritual counselor, energy healer, and creator of Spicy Old Souls, a deep-level soul healing program. She specializes in reading the chakra system and listening to the stories the body wants to share.

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You can do everything “right” and still feel lost when the boxes run out. That’s the moment we dig into with Sheree Holt, founder of Why Not Rome, a boutique travel brand created for midlife women who crave culture, community, and real connection. Sheree’s path moves from performer to corporate leadership, then straight into the midlife funk that hits when success stops feeling like you.

We talk about the identity shift so many women over 40 experience but rarely name: the gap between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming. Sheree shares what it felt like to leave an unfulfilling job without a perfect plan, how fear and control show up during a career pivot, and why waiting for a single “big epiphany” often keeps us stuck. The real breakthrough, she says, comes from small actions that disrupt routine: new rooms, new people, new choices that slowly reveal what fits.

You’ll also hear practical midlife reinvention tips you can start this week, including how to name your biggest pain points, stop spiraling into self-diagnosis, and use simple tools like journaling and tiny goals to rebuild momentum. Sheree also points you to her free Midlife Playbook so you can create your own next chapter with intention.

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Personal site: www.sheree-monique.com
Company: www.whynotroam.com

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The hardest moments don’t need perfect words, they need a steady witness. Brenda sits down with Reverend Christine Vaughn Davies, an ordained Presbyterian minister and hospital chaplain leader, for a candid conversation about midlife funk, grief, and the surprising power of presence when life falls apart.

Christine shares how her early pull toward spirituality and her work as an EMT shaped her calling, then how becoming a patient herself changed everything. She opens up about navigating an epilepsy diagnosis, feeling dismissed by medical professionals, and what “medical gaslighting” does to your sense of self and trust. From there, we dig into a practical definition of spirituality that goes far beyond religion: connection to yourself, to others, and to the divine, and what happens when any of those connections rupture.

We also talk openly about miscarriage grief and the phrases that can sting even when they are meant well. Christine breaks down spiritual toxic positivity and offers real alternatives, including the simplest rule most of us resist: show up and shut up. You’ll leave with concrete ways to support someone in pain, plus gentle spiritual practices you can try right now, even if you don’t consider yourself religious. We close with midlife hope, perimenopause honesty, and how to build a “lady tribe” with intention instead of waiting for schedules to magically align.

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