LaDonna Renee Crusby is a survivor advocate, speaker, author, educator, and founder of the LaDonna Renee VST Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors find their voice and connect with resources. A survivor of kidnapping and sexual assault at age 14, LaDonna has transformed her lived experience into a mission of advocacy, education, and support for others.

In this episode, LaDonna explores the many layers of her healing journey, from the relationship patterns she witnessed as a child and the ways trauma shaped her responses to fear, to its lasting impact on self-worth, relationships, and the patterns we can unknowingly carry into adulthood.

She shares what she has learned about moving forward despite fear, the importance of having a supportive village, and the power of recognizing harmful cycles before they continue into the next generation. Through her story and advocacy, LaDonna reminds survivors that finding your voice can be part of reclaiming your power, and that no one should have to navigate healing alone.

Joy is a mother of two, a devoted dog mom to her golden retriever, and a betrayal trauma and life transition coach who helps women rebuild their lives after infidelity, divorce, and identity loss. Drawing from her own healing journey and a trauma-informed approach, she empowers women to move beyond survival and create lives rooted in peace, purpose, and joy.

In this episode, Joy shares how betrayal can shake every part of a person's identity—and why healing requires more than simply moving on. She opens up about the importance of regulating the nervous system, rebuilding self-worth, and finding the strength to embrace a new chapter after life's most painful transitions.

Through her coaching, Joy helps women rediscover who they are beyond the pain of broken relationships. Her story is a reminder that even after profound heartbreak, healing is possible, confidence can be restored, and a joyful future can still be created.

Chloe, founder of Garden of Her, is a relationship healing coach dedicated to helping women understand the connection between the homes they grew up in and the relationships they continue to find themselves in. After escaping an abusive relationship, becoming a mother, and moving abroad to China, Chloe began the inner healing work that would completely transform her life.

In this episode, Chloe shares how journaling became the tool that helped her connect the dots between her childhood, deeply rooted relationship patterns, and the cycles she couldn't seem to break. She opens up about the lessons she learned through her own healing journey and why understanding our past is often the key to creating healthier relationships in the future.

Through Garden of Her and her coaching program, Boldly Rewritten, Chloe now empowers women to recognize unhealthy patterns, rebuild their sense of self, and create relationships rooted in safety, self-worth, and authenticity. Her message is a powerful reminder that the people who hurt us may not have started the pattern—and that healing begins when we're willing to understand where it truly began.