What if the greatest pain in your life was also the beginning of your purpose?

In this powerful episode of Surviving Toxic Relationships, hosts Deana and Lizzie welcome Dr. Wole (Oluwole) Babatunde—a physician, psychiatrist, author, and faith leader whose extraordinary story proves that resilience and divine purpose can rise from even the darkest valleys.

In this deeply moving episode of Surviving Toxic Relationships with Deana and Lizzie, we meet Dr. Wole (Oluwole) Babatunde—a man whose life is a living testimony of faith, discipline, and healing after loss.

Orphaned as a child in Nigeria, Dr. Wole faced profound grief and adversity. Yet through unwavering faith, purpose, and resilience, he chose not to be defined by tragedy but transformed by it. His message of “Adapt and Advance” challenges us all to turn pain into power, heartbreak into healing, and trials into triumphs.

Dr. Wole’s book, Adapt and Advance: A Faith-Based Step-by-Step Guide to Turning Trials into Triumphs, introduces his transformative M.A.P.L.A.M.P. framework —
Meaning-Making, Action, Planning, Learning, Alliance Formation, Mission, and Prayer — a spiritual and practical roadmap for anyone seeking to rebuild after trauma, loss, or toxic relationships.

🎧 Listen in to discover:
-How faith and emotional discipline create lasting resilience
-The power of reframing pain through meaning-making
-Why compassion and service are the ultimate forms of healing
-How to keep walking forward—no matter the fire you face

Dr. Wole’s story reminds us that while grief may visit, grace always remains.

Connect with Dr. Wole Babatunde:
🌐 Website: oluwolebabatunde.com

📘 Book: Adapt and Advance on Amazon

▶️ YouTube: @OluwoleBabatunde1870

📘 Facebook: Oluwole Babatunde

💼 LinkedIn: Dr. Wole Babatunde

✨ If you’re struggling to find hope, this episode will remind you:
You can cry. You can rest. But don’t stop walking forward.

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What happens when the pain and exhaustion isn’t “in your head” — but everyone tells you it is?

In this powerful and validating episode of Surviving Toxic Relationships, Lizzie and Deana talk with Tami Stackelhouse, founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute and host of The Fibromyalgia Podcast.

Tami shares her deeply personal journey from being dismissed and misdiagnosed to finally understanding her chronic pain, and how trauma, stress, and fibromyalgia can feel like an invisible toxic relationship with your own body. She opens up about the emotional impact of medical gaslighting, mental health struggles, and the long road to reclaiming your power and trusting your body again.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Recognize the signs of medical gaslighting
✨ Understand the link between trauma, depression, and chronic pain
✨ Advocate for yourself after misdiagnosis
✨ Practice self-compassion and emotional healing
✨ Find validation and community through awareness

💜 Watch if you’ve ever felt dismissed, gaslit, or unseen — by others or by your own body.

🎧 Guest: Tami Stackelhouse
📚 Author, Fibromyalgia Coach & Founder, International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute
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Have you ever worked for a fear-based leader, a toxic bully boss, or someone in authority who used intimidation and harassment instead of emotional maturity? In today’s eye-opening conversation, Kate Lowry, CEO Coach and Author of "Unbreakable: How to Survive Under Fear Based Leaders" breaks down why so many leaders behave more like emotionally reactive children than competent adults — and how their lack of emotional intelligence can create abusive, chaotic workplaces.

Kate explains the shocking truth: many leaders are not actually adults emotionally.
They operate from fear, insecurity, and power struggles — the same way a child does when they feel out of control. Think: “a five-year-old with car keys.”

This episode teaches you how to understand and navigate the behavior of fear-based, toxic leaders by becoming the grounded emotional adult in the room. You’ll learn how to recognize their emotional limitations, help them name their feelings, interrupt their intimidation patterns, and protect yourself from their bullying tactics.

If you’ve ever been belittled, humiliated, micromanaged, or made to feel “less than” by a boss who used fear instead of leadership — this conversation will validate your experience and give you tools to reclaim your power.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why fear-based leaders rely on control, intimidation, and emotional manipulation
• How toxic bosses use bullying behavior when they lack emotional intelligence
• Why emotionally immature leaders behave like children in adult bodies
• How to identify a leader’s emotional limitations before they hurt you
• How to stay grounded and emotionally regulated around abusive authority figures
• Why being “the adult” protects your confidence and career
• How to guide leaders toward better behavior without being their doormat
• Why supported leaders rely on the emotionally mature people around them

If you’ve ever whispered to yourself:
“I want to be the adult here… but why is my boss acting like a child?”
— this episode will feel like someone finally turned on the lights.

Check out Kate's book here! https://a.co/d/6V16oL2

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