Transforming Trauma: Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio

Transforming Trauma....listen in to Amy Eden and Susan Kingsley Smith on learning how to stop the cycle of drama/trauma and dysfunction in our adult life.

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Creating My Best Life; Emotional Awareness

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Recently on the Empowering Solutions Community page I'd posted this: "Avoiding my emotions created a teapot effect where I would blow up or boil dry. ~SusanKs". 


The way I described myself in the past was as having 2 emotions; angry to the point of rage and sadness/depression that would debilitate me. In between I lived in a state of numbness where I didn't feel anything. 


Emotional extremes and swings from one extreme to the other was my normal until I understood that I could learn to connect with my body and my physical responses to my life experiences aka my emotions and...


...that there was a full range of emotional experiences not just the highs and lows I was accustomed to.


I'd like to invite you to join me at the ES Community page. Give us a "Like" and recieve the daily updates, notes and discussions in your own FB Newsfeed.


Connect with us there by clicking here. :) 

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This Week on Empowering Solutions Thursday August 18th 2pm EST

Lets talk about "self"; self love, self confidence, self acceptance....and whats that got to do with healing from an abusive past? What is it about "self care" that we seem to always put on the bottom of the list? And - how is this an empowering solution?

Join Darlene Ouimet of www.emergingfrombroken.com and Susan Kingsley-Smith this Thursday at 2pm EST at Empowering Solutions on BTR!

Follow this link: http://www.blogtalkradio.c​om/empoweringsolutions/201​1/08/18/breaking-free-from​-broken-with-susan-darlene

Empowering Solutions - every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 2pm EST (USA)

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Join us at the Empowering Solutions Community page here!

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A quick note today to bring y'all :) up to speed with the happenings over at Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio this month on August 4th and 18th....

This Thursday August 4th 2pm EST (USA)

Guest: Christina Enevoldsen from overcomingsexualabuse.com

Our topic: Survivors of childhood oppression/abuse/neglect often find themselves in abusive relationships in adulthood. A false method of “empowerment” is to accept the blame for the abuse. The truth is that we are empowered to stop the abusive cycle, but only by realizing that though we aren’t the problem, we are the solution. Coming up this week on Empowering Solutions we’ll be talking with Christina Enevoldsen, Co-Founder of the online resource overcomingsexualabuse.com and  would like to invite you to join us this Thursday, August 4^th at 2pm EST at Empowering Solutions on BTR!

Tune in again on August 18th at 2pm EST

Topic: Breaking Free from Broken!

Join myself and Darlene Ouimet from Emerging From Broken as we continue to discuss the issues connected to learning to recognize and overcome the many subtle issues faced by many who are seeking to discover how they too can emerge from - and live WAY beyond - that place of broken! 

PS....

Have you joined the ES community at Facebook? Click here to get there! 

PPSS...

Have you signed up for stuff? (drop your email in the box at the top left of this post!) 

May you have a most wonderful time creating your own "best life" this week!

Click here to get to the show at BTR this Thursday at 2pm EST!

Friday Follow Ups and Back to Basics!

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Today I wanted to get back to basics...in my Blogging, my advocacy, my writing, my purpose and my passion.

Wha a?

The past couple of weeks my time and attention has been split....pretty thin.

Here's a few things I've been contributing to and working on....

Last week I was Guest Blogger at Emerging From Broken where...


I shared parts of my story in more depth and detail than I ever have in the past. Ever. Anywhere. 

Whats it about?

Learning to identify how I finally came to understand what it meant and means to have my "self" suffocated and my body and being used as an object to serve others.

And - how in this process I also discovered the path to freedom and made that shift from coping, managing and surviving to...


Living.


My best life. 


Ever. :)


Check it out here.

What else have I been up to?


Well....I got kind of involved in a little Petition to New York Times that has turned into kind of a big deal as in less than 5 days we've garnered almost 80% of our initial goal from supporters and comments from around the world. 

You can check it out and read the petition and the comments here. 


Some of the comments...wow. Just wow. 

Check it out at the link above and if this is an issue you can get on board with, leave your signature there then...


Join us at the new Community Group for this Petition to the NYT by clicking here. This will be sort of like our Ground Zero as we continue to keep folks informed and involved in this groundbreaking endeavor.


What else?


Every day there are some great conversations going on at the Empowering Solutions Community page at Facebook. Every day I post and share on a variety of issues and topics faced by SRBT (survivors of really bad things:)) 

Drop by and give us a "like" so you can recieve the daily notes on your own FB wall:)

Any more?


Well, I did recently set up a twitter account for just the ES stuff....


You can follow me on twitter by going here: www.twitter.com/susan_ks


And?


I finally mastered the technology to put an email sign up form here on A Journey! 


Now - if you are interested for me to send you STUFF...:)

All you have to do is drop your email in the box up top that says...

SEND ME STUFF! 


(This is different than your reading subscription, k? :))


I'm pretty sure theres something else....


Oh yeah!


I got overambitious and thought about expanding ES to 4 times a month...

(and actually announced that I was doing this not-so-well-thought-out-thing :-/


doh!


and then had some (very wise:)) second thoughts....


Empowering Solutions on BTR will maintain at twice monthly...


the 1st and 3rd Thursdays


at 2pm EST (USA)....


for now anyway:)


Coming up in August!

August 4th - Christina Enveldson, Founder of www.overcomingsexualabuse.com 

August 18th - Breaking Free from Broken with Darlene Ouimet of www.emergingfrombroken.com

Ok then. 

Guess I have been a little busy:)

I think I'll take a break and see what comes up next:) 

Thanks for sharing the journey!

Susan_Ks:)

The past no longer has to steal our todays and destroy our tomorrows:) If you are looking for information and resources to learn how to learn to live beyond broken....

Welcome. Thats what we do. :) 

Sharing the light, the hope and the journey:)

Stay tuned!

Reminder that ES is Expanding, Next Weeks Q&A and I finally got the techsmarts to put an email sign up form on the blog!

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I know you're all busy and get more than enough emails so will keep this short and quick....:)


This Thursday on July 21st you can tune into Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio by clicking here and join Coach and Blogger Darlene Ouimet and myself on the newest addition to the ES lineup...


Breaking Free from Broken!


Each month Darlene and I will share from our own journey the path we've followed that brought us from that place of deep despair and hopelessness to finally emerge on the other side of broken!


And a quick heads up for next week on Empowering Solutions...

Every 4th week we'll be answering YOUR questions about your own journey or the topics from this months ES shows!

So jot your notes down...

Send us an email with your questions to...susankingsleysmith@gmail.com

Or plan now to join us on July 27th for our first...

Livechat! 

Update 7/21/2011


Oops! 


Jumping out of the gate early is never a smart thing to do!


Empowering Solutions IS growing, morphing and changing...


but not just yet!


For now - you can find us on Blog Talk Radio every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 2pm EST (USA)....


August 4th - Christina Enveldson, Founder of Overcoming Sexual Abuse will join us!


August 18th - Breaking Free from Broken with Darlene Ouimet of Emerging From Broken!


More to come!


The rest...


eh...:)


In time! 


Onward and upward! 


Have a terrific Wednesday! 


Susan_Ks :)


PS Thanks for your patience as I find my footing with these changes (oy!) and stay tuned! 


PPSS....


I forgot to mention....I recently figured out how to put an email sign up form here on the blog...


and....this is different than your reading subscription.


This is for you to say "its ok for you to send me stuff"!


"Stuff" being defined as news and happenings in my world that I think you might be interested in that I've not published on the blog here (yet) or is available elsewhere....:) 


To sign up for stuff:) go to the box at the top left of this post where it says...


Sign me up for stuff!!


Send questions! 


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Look! Something New Has Been Added! Breaking Free From Broken Debut!

Susan Kingsley-Smith, CIC, CFFS

A new addition to the Empowering Solutions Community Resources!

Breaking Free From Broken!

One of the core issues that survivors of abuse and other family dysfunction face is a chronic sense of worthlessness and powerlessness that wreaks havoc over our lives and relationships. 

Darlene Ouimet, CTACC

Starting this month Blogger, Author and Coach Darlene Ouimet and I will bring you some empowering solutions on breaking free from and learning to live beyond broken as we share 1/1 with you how we both found freedom from broken and you can too!

New Show: Breaking Free From Broken!

Hosts: Susan Kingsley-Smith, CIC, CFFS and Darlene Ouimet, CTACC

Date: Every 3rd Thursday beginning July 21 2011

Time: 2pm EST (USA)

Where: Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio

Where you can find Susan and Darlene

You can find Darlene at her blog Emerging From Broken and at the Emerging From Broken Community on Facebook.

Find Susan on the Empowering Solutions Community page and on twitter as @Susan_ks

Are you ready? 

Lets do this!

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This month on Empowering Solutions on BTR: Author Dan Hays on Family, PTSD and Writing as an Empowering Solution!

Visit Dan at www.danhays.com 

This month on Empowering Solutions we'll be chatting with Author Dan L. Hays on family as a source of PTSD and how his craft of writing has been an empowering solution in his healing journey.

Join us this Thursday July 7th at 2pm EST/1pm CST and 11am PT at Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio!

Click here to join us this Thursday at 2pm EST (USA)

All programs are recorded so if you happen to miss the broadcast you can listen later or download to itunes by clicking here!












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Did you miss the show this month? Here's the link!

Last week Darlene Ouimet of the popular recovery blog Emerging From Broken and I had a chat on the Empowering Solutions page at Blog Talk Radio.

If you missed the live show, you can listen or download the archived program here: where Darlene and I discuss how we were both given numerous diagnosis and in the end we both found freedom when we looked not at our symptoms and labels that told us we were sick but at the lies that told us we were unworthy and powerless. 

We both experienced the deeply ingrained sense of hopelessness that drove our depressions, addictions and other learned coping skills that had served us well in our dysfunctional upbringings. And we both experienced what some would call a near miraculous turnaround in that we both no longer suffer from these "diagnosis" or live only to manage the symptoms that kept us in chronic distress.

I'd like to invite you to drop by the Empowering Solutions Blog Talk Radio page and listen in on the archived show by clicking here. 

(Don't forget to click "share" to post to your Facebook page when you're done listening:))

During this broadcast Darlene shares freely about the differences and difficulties she faced as she faced a variety of mental health diagnosis including that of PTSD in her healing journey and - how she became empowered when she began to battle a broken belief system that finally allowed her to emerge from broken!

While you're there, you can register for automatic notifications of new shows, download to your media player or share the link. 

Listen in now by clicking here.

Don't forget to mark your calendars and catch ES! every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 2pm EST! (USA)

And if you happen to miss the live show...you can always grab the link and listen or share the archived program!

Here's the schedule!

1st Thursday: Each month we'll have a Special Guest to share a personal challenge and how they found their own Empowering Solutions in their own healing journey

3rd Thursday: Susan and Darlene will focus on the unique and intricate issues of learning to recognize and challenge the beliefs that keep us from creating and living our best life as we learn to recognize and claim our rightful place in this world. 

You can read Darlene's follow up post here on her Blog Emerging From Broken.

I am honored and excited that we as a World Wide Community are able to connect and share the hope that comes with believing that healing is not just possible - but probable. 

For all of us:)

~

 Seek Knowledge, find Wisdom, live your Truth ! 

Where Can You Find Empowering Solutions!?

In gratitude for your support and encouragement!
SusanKS

A quick note today....

Thank you to all of you who visit and follow A Journey!

Over the past 13 months or so I've been sharing more of my journey through my work via Empowering Solutions and while I don't typically advertise  I thought I'd take a minute to make sure you all knew where to find me...

I'd like to invite you to drop by the Empowering Solutions page at Blog Talk Radio by clicking here where you can follow us, create an automatic reminder of new broadcasts and share links or download to your Media Player to listen to our archived programs.

And if you haven't found us on Facebook you can
click this link and give us a "like" to receive the daily notes at your FB account and join the conversation there!

From June 2010 to May 2011 I was privileged to embark on this leg of my amazing journey in collaboration with Coach, Author and Blogger Michele Rosenthal of www.healmyptsd.com fame. You can listen to the archives of ES! here at her Blog Talk Radio page!

What exactly is Empowering Solutions? 

ES! is a space and place I created to continue to share the helpful information, tools, skills and resources that I and others have found who have traveled the path of healing. 

My hope is to continue to share the light I've found in my own life and journey from that dark place to this place where

I am no longer am a victim and live far, far beyond survival:)

My hope is that by sharing this light....

that you will be inspired to see that it is not only possible

but probable:)

that we can

all

learn to create

and live

our own best life.

Every day:)




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This Month on Empowering Solutions!

Tune in this Thursday June 2, 2011 at 6pm EST/5pm CST/3pm Pacific time (USA) to hear Darlene Ouimet of the popular recovery blog www.emergingfrombroken.com talk about the differences and difficulties she faced as she faced a variety of mental health diagnosis including that of PTSD in her healing journey and - how she became empowered when she began to battle a broken belief system that finally allowed her to emerge from broken!


You can find us here this Thursday June 2nd at 6pm EST (USA): 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/empoweringsolutions/2011/06/02/darlene-ouimet-on-dealing-with-diagnosis


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This month on Empowering Solutions at BTR!

This month we’ll be chatting with Fred Krazeise about the importance of the connection between the emotional aspect of trauma and its effect on our body. We’ll be asking Fred about some empowering solutions for the healing journey from his perspective as a certified massage therapist and intrinsic coach. You can read more about Fred and his passion for helping women heal at his website Empowering Wellness Now.

Join us this Thursday May 5th at 6EST with Fred Krazeise on Empowering Solutions at Blog Talk Radio!

Starting in June 2011 you can join us at our new BTR page here: Empowering Solutions! on Blog Talk Radio

Find Empowering Solutions on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Empowering-Solutions/125715317495039

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Today on Empowering Solutions!

This month on we’ll be chatting with Victoria DiNatale; a survivor of severe bullying at her middle school, then again in her high school that resulted in a diagnosis of PTSD. Today Victoria shares how she made that shift from victim to victor as she takes her story and shares her PTSD experience and a message of hope and help!

Tune today in at 6pm EST! Click here!

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Here's the link.....Darlene Ouimet on Empowering Solutions!

This month we had a great conversation with Darlene Ouimet of www.EmergingFromBroken.com!

Darlene was sharing how she found the core issues behind her lifelong depression and chronic dissociation and call in guest, Robin Kahl of the military advocacy group Vet Wow shared some of the issues she faces each day in her quest to conquer the past and create a new future....

Listen in....

Listen to internet radio with Heal My PTSD on Blog Talk Radio

Heres the link to the show at Blog Talk Radio if you'd like to download it to itunes or share it with friends and family....Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio

Remember....

It is possible to conquer the past and create the future....




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This month on Empowering Solutions at BTR!

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference in our healing journey. Join me this Thursday as I pull from one of the most popular articles from 2010 and share 12 things that will support and empower you to continue to create and live your own “best life”!

What: Empowering Solutions! on Heal My PTSD @ Blog Talk Radio

When: This Thursday February 3rd 6pmEST/5pmCST/3pm Pacific

Click here Heal My PTSD on Blog Talk Radio to register for an email reminder or to listen this Thursday! 

Here's to creating and living our best life!

Susan:)

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~

Lissa Rankin

Tune in to Empowering Solutions! this Thursday January 6th!

Click here  to listen live at 8EST/7CST/5pm Pacific time on Thursday January 6th or download the recorded broadcast to listen later!

This month on Empowering Solutions! we'll be chatting with Lissa Rankin, practicing gynecologist, best selling author of the book “Whats up Down There”, blogger, mother, artist and owner of the Womans Center “Owning Pink. 

We’ll be chatting with Lissa about how very often those who don’t want to talk about their unique woman-ness may have experienced some sort of sexual trauma or abuse - as well as offering some empowering solutions to help you reclaim your unique power!

Visit Lissa's website Owning Pink to get a preview of this months conversation!

Check out Lissa’s book:  WHAT’S UP DOWN THERE?: Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend (St. Martin’s Griffin; ISBN 0-312-64436-1; $14.99) www.owningpink.com/whats-up-down-there/buy-now

Click here  to listen or download the recorded broadcast!

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~

This month on Empowering Solutions! Iraq war Vet Amber Stone

This month we’ll be talking with Iraq war Veteran Amber Stone and some of the things that she has done to overcome the residual effects of war. Amber will share how PTSD changed her life and how she found some empowering solutions to take her life back!


Click here to go directly to the show page at Blog Talk Radio to listen live at 8pm EST/7pm CST/5pm Pacific time

Don't worry...if you can't listen live you can access the recorded show later at the same link!



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Empowering Solutions! Author, Educator and Coach Shamash Alidina on using the R.A.I.N. formula to manage painful emotions

Empowering Solutions is a Blog Talk Radio program hosted by me, Susan Kinglsey-Smith, that focus' on sharing solutions that will empower you to take control of your healing journey!

Learning to use mindful self awareness to deal with difficult emotions is a vital core component of healing from trauma regardless of its source or cause. Mindfulness is a protective environment where we can begin to release difficult emotions and this month on Empowering Solutions we'll be talking with Shamash Alidina on this topic.


Shamash Alidina is an Author, Mindfulness Trainer, Coach, Educator and Lecturer and who recently published his best selling book “Mindfulness for Dummies”. On Empowering Solutions this month we'll be talking with Shamash and his insight into mindful awareness as a tool and the skills in using his RAIN formula to learn to manage distressing emotions and other mindful techniques to support your healing journey!


Learning and practicing mindful self awareness when things are calm will empower us to conquer the pain when life is difficult; R.A.I.N. is formula we can use to begin to "go through" to "get out of" the pain of PTSd. 


Go to Empowering Solutions on Blog Talk Radio to listen to this Empowering Solutions broadcast with Shamash Alidina, Author of Mindfulness for Dummies!