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Episode 25 When was the last time you were brave?

What about the last time you saw a bada** woman being brave AF?

In today’s episode, I’m diving deep into the real meaning of bravery—not the highlight-reel kind, but the messy, spirit-shaking, deeply personal kind that recovery demands from us.

I share a powerful story from this past weekend when my daughter suffered a traumatic fall that landed us in the ER for over 10 hours… and what I witnessed in her, in myself, and in every person who showed up in that moment taught me something new about what it means to be truly brave.

I open up about my own experiences of bravery in recovery, from launching my business to saving my marriage, speaking up in friendships, standing up for my children, and choosing the uncomfortable, unpopular truth over silence or people-pleasing.

You’ll also hear:

• What spiritual traditions like the Bible, A Course in Miracles, and Brené Brown teach us about true courage
• Why bravery is essential in healing from addiction, codependency, eating disorders, and perfectionism
• What it looks like to choose bravery in motherhood, marriage, friendship, and self-leadership
• And how we can trust that our bravery is always divinely supported—even when we’re terrified
  
  

Recovery Reflection Prompts:

1. Where are you being invited to be brave right now?
2. How have you already shown courage in your healing + recovery—without even realizing it?

If this episode speaks to you, share it with a friend in recovery, leave a review, or DM + let me know what resonated.

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Episode 24

If you’ve ever felt like your life had to be rebuilt from the ground up—or if you’re in the middle of doing that right now—this conversation with the incredible Jen Chambers will remind you of the power inside of you, regardless of external circumstances.

Jen is a writer, speaker, and host of Your Voice Matters podcast, whose life changed forever after a tragedy and a traumatic brain injury at the age of 15 erased every memory she had. She had to relearn how to walk, speak, and even understand what the color red was.

And yet? She’s here. Speaking her truth. Writing her story. And helping others do the same.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What it’s like to wake up from a coma and not know your name, your parents, or your past
• The white light experience that gave Jen a choice: stay or go
  How a miraculous (and untraceable) drug changed the course of her survival
• The "list" doctors made of all the things she'd never do again—and how she transformed it into her courage checklist
• Why our soul often knows what to do before our brain ever catches up

This episode is a powerful reminder that you are the author of your story—even if it has to start on a blank page.

You are not your past.
You are not your prognosis.
You are here, and your voice matters.

Connect with Jen

Jennifer Chambers is a writer, speaker, and host of the Your Voice Matters with Jen Chambers podcast, a show dedicated to the power of telling your own story. A former columnist and co-owner of a publishing company, she founded the TEDxVenetaWomen event and has spoken at conferences across the U.S., including the Women Writing the West Conference and the Body Love Conference in Tucson, AZ. She is an alumna of the University of Iowa Summer Writing Program.

After surviving a traumatic brain injury at age 15 that erased her memory, Jennifer had to relearn everything—from walking and speaking to discovering who she was. That experience ignited her passion for storytelling as a tool for healing, identity, and empowerment. She writes fantasy and paranormal fiction, as well as nonfiction focused on true crime and women’s history.

Her work invites others to reclaim their narratives, reminding us that telling your story isn’t just powerful—it’s transformative.

Here’s Jen’s:

Website / Instagram / Podcast

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Episode 23

If you've ever been affirmed for being “so strong” when you were silently falling apart, this episode is for you.

This one’s raw and real—an unfiltered look at grief, emotional honesty, and why it’s time to finally tell the old story of needing to be strong in spite of our feelings to gtfo. I’m sharing what happened this weekend as I said goodbye to my 22-year-old cat, Nina—and how I found unexpected healing the moment I dropped the mask of strength, invited my heart to open and gave myself full permission to feel it all.

In this episode, I’m arguing that being strong is overrated—and how emotional suppression, often rooted in patriarchal conditioning, leads us to feel disconnected, to manifest dis-ease, and to numb out what’s desperate to be felt. I talk about the danger of “holding it all together,” what it cost me after my dad died, and why it’s one of the myths we must break to fully heal and recover

You’ll also hear:

• The connection between suppressed emotions and dis-ease (with insights from Dr. Gabor Maté & The Body Keeps the Score)
• Why I cry in front of my kids—and how it’s changed how I parent
• What Inside Out teaches us about the power of feelings
• The difference between wallowing and allowing
• Ways you can actually be strong without suffocating your emotions

This episode is for you if you’ve been carrying it all and trying to just “be strong.” And it’s an invitation and an insistence that you don’t have to be strong anymore. You get to feel, to express your emotions, and to be held by those closest to you. That is the biggest form of strength.

Let this conversation free something inside you.

Resources:

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
  When the Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Maté
• Inside Out
• You Can Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
• Breathwork practitioners I love
  • Siri Baruc Thornton, Jack Fontana, and Kate Becker

If this resonated, share it with a woman you love who needs the reminder: you don’t have to be strong. You just have to be with what is.

💫 And if you’re ready to let go of ideas that are keeping you stuck and do the thing you’ve always wanted to do, I’d love to support you. Book your free 1:1 Breakthrough Call, where I’ll help you get clear on what you’d love to do (or have, or be), identify what’s really holding you back, and take the first best steps to take the leap.

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Hey gorgeous.

I love you.

I'm so proud of you.

And I believe in your ability to create a life you absolutely love.