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Secrets are toxic to one’s well-being. If you don’t take control of them, they will own you.

Helping Others Find Purpose After Adversity

-Best Trauma Podcasts

Secrets are toxic to one’s well-being. If you don’t take control of them, they will own you.

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A Trauma Survivor Thrivers Podcast

I am a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I kept that secret and lived with the guilt and shame for more than 20 years. It almost killed me until I made the difficult choice to seek help. I went from being a victim, to a survivor and now I am thriving in a way I never thought I could. Join me on my journey through recovery and find out how you can find purpose after adversity.

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Authentic Insider Magazine

Dear Readers,

Hello 2025! With a new year comes an opportunity to set new goals or expand on the personal growth we’ve made in the past year. It’s also a great time to reflect on what worked, and what we’d like to change moving forward.

It’s been a while since I last contributed to Authentic Insider Magazine (AIM) and so much has happened, especially over the past four years, since we started AIM. The growing pains were challenging, but 2024 was a year of transformation, and I’ve come to truly appreciate how far I’ve come. and I’m honored to share that with you.

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and this is a conversation we should be having year-round. In this issue, Kathryn Marsh, our Prosecutor POV, separates fact from fiction on the topic. To expand on this, Erin Williamson of Love146, an anti-human trafficking nonprofit, discusses how we can keep our children safe in the digital age.

Parenting is tough, especially for healing parents. Tina Hamilton shares her final article for Authentic Insider, discussing the quiet revolution of mindful parenting.

What is it like to be a child of a parent who hasn’t found the support and healing they need? Mila Stankovic of the STAR Network shares her personal story about growing up and having to reparent herself.

Envy can be a toxic trait, both for ourselves and others. Trauma Educator Karen Gross explores the implications of envy and offers guidance on how to navigate these feelings, no matter which side of envy you’re on.

As always, we’ve included our monthly playlist—this time featuring my new year tunes—as well as my picks for both children’s and adult books. Plus, don’t miss Joy Larkin’s Twin Flame Reading to see what’s in store for 2025.

Happy reading!

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Reaction to Response: Conflict as a Choice

Written By John Ford, Founder of Empathy Set Once we embrace that conflict is inevitable in social relationships, the question we have to ask is  “how do we respond?” Responsibly, we’d hope. Yet, for the most part, when we are in conflict, we  are not very responsive, and tend to be rea…
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Reclaiming Joy: Crafting Meaningful Moments During the Holidays

Written by Tina Hamilton, Founder of Intuitive Solutions, Parenting POV When my daughter was a toddler, her father and I separated. For a few years, we tried to keep up joint birthdays and holidays. It worked—until it didn’t. In 2017, we decided it was time to celebrate separately, starting with …
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The Tear Box

Written by Sheila Startup, Author of The Tear Box It was 1976. I was a 10-year-old girl heading to her first day of school afterhaving moved from Illinois to Pennsylvania. I was experiencing what I now knowas my first panic attack. I was so anxious that day that I became sick and wassent home. Lo…
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Parenting Children of Divorce: The Highs and Lows

Written By Chloe Mason, Author of Mommy’s House Parenting is a complex and demanding task in any circumstance, but the challenges anddynamics shift dramatically when divorce enters the equation. While divorce can bring relieffrom a marital relationship that is no longer working, it often in…
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Fear Associated with Psychedelics

Getting beyond the fear of trying a psychedelic for the first time If you’re new to psilocybin, it’s understandable to have some apprehension about having a challenging experience Written By Jennifer Chesak, Author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women I’m coming up on my two-year anniversary of w…
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How therapeutic use of psilocybin may be a tool to recover from sexual assault-related PTSD

Sexual assault and PTSD disproportionally affect women, and we need bettertreatments Written by Jennifer Chesak, Author of “The Psilocybin Handbook for Women“ Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect any person of any gender. In fact, it affectsabout 6% of people during their lifetim…
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PTSD and the Link to Domestic Violence

Written by Kathryn Marsh, Prosecutor’s POV “People think of battered women as unable to think for themselves, unable to do this,not able to do that. In reality, they’re the most resourceful, resilient, kind, compassionatepeople I think I’ve ever come across.” Kathy Jones 1 June is PTSD Awar…
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Repairing when you blew it – apologizing to your kids, why it’s important, how it supports and encourages healing.

Written by Tina Hamilton, The Healing Parent Would you apologize to your children if you messed up?  Years ago, I would have said no. I was of the mind that to apologize to a child would mean that they would begin to question my authority.  Besides, I don’t remember adults ever apologiz…
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Children: Navigating the Feelings that come with BIG Emotions

Written By Elizabeth Morse, Author of “The Emotional Bus is Struggling“ As someone who deals with many issues like chronic pain, autoimmune diseases, stomachissues, and complications after back surgery, I learned that masking my emotions would onlyhurt myself and decided to speak up a…
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Parallel Healing: A Mother-Son Journey Through Psychedelics

By Josh Halu & Candace Halu Candace: I have hated my mom for as long as I can remember. At three years old, I clamored to my mom’s bed for a cuddle of reassurance and love, but she pushed me away. And there she was, at my husband’s funeral, pretending she was there to support [&he…

Inspirational Quotes

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
Maya Angelou

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Helen Keller

How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.
Rupi Kaur

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.
Robert Morley